Dr. Graham Corney

Dr Graham Corney Development | It is with much sadness that we announce the death of Dr Graham Corney, Fellow of St Anne's from...
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Dr Graham Corney

It is with much sadness that we announce the death of Dr Graham Corney, Fellow of St Anne's from 1987 until his retirement in 2006.For nearly twenty years, Dr Corney took charge of St Anne's PGCE students and Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies.Many teachers now in our schools will remember him with great admiration.He was a valued member of St Anne's Governing Body and a colleague whom we remember with great affection.

His funeral was held at Oxford Crematorium on Friday 6th June, at which the Principal made a tribute, which can be found here.

Dr Graham Corney
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It is with much sadness that we announce the death of Dr Graham Corney, Fellow of St Anne's from 1987 until his retirement in 2006.For nearly twenty years, Dr Corney took charge of St Anne's PGCE students and Lecturer in the...

A couple of weeks ago on 21 June, fraud investigators from the national Learning and Skills Council (LSC) travelled to Bradford for a two-hour interview with former lecturer Graham Corney.

Dr. Graham Corney

Tel: +44 (0)1865 274002Fax: +44 (0)1865 274027email: graham.corney@edstud.ox.ac.uk

Graham co-ordinates the PGCE Geography Course, jointly co-ordinates the PGDES Course on Thinking Skills in KS3 Geography and History, and teaches on the MSc in Professional Development.His research focuses on environmental education and education for sustainable development, especially through geography, and on teacher thinking and practice.He is a member of the Teaching and Teacher Development Research Group in the Department and the FERN Environmental Education Research Network.

Biographical InformationGraham graduated in Geography at Durham University, gained his PGCE at Exeter University, and then taught in state schools for ten years, latterly as head of geography at Lord Williams's School, Thame.He joined the Department as Lecturer in Educational Studies (Geography in 1977), and has been Co-ordinating Tutor for a post-experience Diploma Course and Director of the PGCE Course.He subsequently completed his PhD at the London Institute of Education, his thesis being entitled Geography Student Teachers' Conceptions of Teaching Environmental Topics.In 1987 he was elected a Fellow of St Anne's College.He is a member of the Geographical Association and BERA.

TeachingGraham co-ordinates the PGCE Geography Course, being especially interested in enquiry-based teaching and learning, the teaching of controversial issues, and the development of thinking skills in geography.

He jointly co-ordinates the PGDES Course on Thinking Skills in KS3 Geography and History, supervising teachers' action research into their own teaching on aspects of enquiry based teaching and learning, including higher order thinking skills.He has supervised teachers working on a range of topics including use of photographs in geography teaching and learning, approaches to groupwork especially related to values enquiry, and increasing teachers' and students questioning skills.

He teaches on the MSc in Professional Development, contributing to the elective on classroom-based research.He has supervised teachers investigating the use of textbooks in geography teaching, developing A level students' essay writing skills, and the processes of school- centred curriculum development.

The topics of PhD students he has supervised includes teachers thinking about teaching and learning environmental issues through the enquiry approach, teachers' classroom approaches to controversial environmental issues, and the pupils' perspective on geography.

Dr Graham Corney

It is with much sadness that we announce the death of Dr Graham Corney, Fellow of St Anne's from 1987 until his retirement in 2006.For nearly twenty years, Dr Corney took charge of St Anne's PGCE students and Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies.Many teachers now in our schools will remember him with great admiration.He was a valued member of St Anne's Governing Body and a colleague whom we remember with great affection.

His funeral will be at Oxford Crematorium at 1.30 on Friday 6th June

Dr Graham Corney
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It is with much sadness that we announce the death of Dr Graham Corney, Fellow of St Anne's from...