Senior Lecturer in Education - Modern Languages

Ana Redondo is Senior Lecturer in Education and Subject Leader for the Secondary PGCE Modern Foreign Languages and responsible for the Foreign Languages Education in the Primary Undergraduate programme.

These roles are a continuation of her previous post in Initial Teacher Education within Higher Education in London prior to joining the University of Bedfordshire.

Previous posts held included Senior Manager in the Secondary Phase and Curriculum Manager with a focus on both European and other World Languages; before that, she was MFL Coordinator and teacher of Foreign Languages in a number of schools in England.

Qualifications

• Educated outside the UK prior to completing a BEd. (Hons) in History and Philosophy, all taught modules of an MEd in Foreign Languages and Education Management in England.

Teaching Expertise

• Lecturer in the Foreign Languages Education Primary Undergraduate
• Subject Leader Secondary PGCE Modern Languages
• Lecturer in the Undergraduate Programme
• Unit Leader for The Reflective Teacher component within the PGCE

Research Interests and Projects

• Foreign Languages Education and Pedagogy
• Intercultural Education
• Technology enhanced learning in Foreign Languages Education
• Global Citizenship in Foreign Languages Education
• Internationalisation in Initial Teacher Education
• A selection of projects has included working with Teacher Education institutions within the European Community.

External Roles

• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Language Learning Journal

Selected Publications

Books

• Pachler, N., Evans, M., Redondo, A. and Fisher, L. (2014) Learning to teach foreign languages in the secondary school. Fourth, revised edition. London: Routledge
• Pachler, N. and Redondo, A. (eds) (2014) Teaching foreign languages in the Secondary school – a practical guide. Second, revised edition. London: Routledge

Chapters

• Pachler, N. and Redondo, A. (2015) ‘Internationalisation in (teacher) education’. In Kricke, M., Kürten, l. (eds) Internationalisierung der LehrerInnenbildung. Band 5. Münster: Waxman, pp. 21-33
• Redondo, A. (2014) 'Fostering an international dimension and global dimension in secondary education with digital technologies.' In Leask, M. and Pachler, N. (eds) Learning to teach ICT in the secondary school. Third, revised edition. London: Routledge, pp. 174-184
• Redondo, A. and Whyte, G. (2014) ‘Linking school with home use.’ In Leask, M. and Pachler, N. (eds) Learning to teach using ICT in the secondary school. Third edition. London: Routledge, pp. 221-231
• Redondo, A. (2014) ‘Working with other adults in the foreign languages classroom.’ In Pachler, N. and Redondo, A. (eds) (2014) Teaching foreign languages in the Secondary school – a practical guide. London: Routledge, pp. 130-137
• Pachler, N. and Redondo, A. (2014) ‘A critical exploration of the impact of technology on learning, pedagogy and teacher effectiveness.’ In Tan, O.-S. and Liu, W. Teacher effectiveness for a complex learning era: expert and inventive perspectives internationally. Singapore: Cengage Learning, pp. 255-280
• Pachler, N. and Redondo, A. (2012) ‘Towards a technology-enhanced pedagogy of teacher education.' In Tan, O.-S. (ed) Teacher Education Frontiers 2020: International perspectives on building new teacher competencies. Cengage Publishers, pp. 171-191
• Pachler, N. and Redondo, A. (2012) 'E-mentoring and educational research capacity development: a conceptual perspective.' In Fletcher, S. and Mullen, C. (eds) SAGE Handbook of Mentoring and Coaching in Education. London, pp. 459-477
• Redondo, A. (2009) “Schools expectations and the mentor’s point of view’ In Pachler, N., Barnes, A. and Field, K. (2009) Learning to teach modern foreign languages in the secondary school. Third edition. London: Routledge, pp. 49-56
• Redondo, A. (2000) ‘Mixed ability grouping in Modern Foreign Languages teaching.’ In Field, K. (ed) Issues in modern foreign language teaching. London: Routledge, pp. 118-129

Special Issues of Journals

• Pachler, N. and Redondo, A. (2005) Guest editors: Support for Learning. The British Journal of Learning Support 20(3): Inclusive approaches to teaching foreign languages

Selected Conference Papers

• ‘Learning Spaces with Technology in Teaching and Teacher Education’, Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE) Conference, Helsinki, May 2013
• Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Foreign Language Teaching, International Conference on Learning, South Africa 2007

Contact Details

T: + 44 (0)1234 400 400
E: ana.redondo@beds.ac.uk