Senior Tutor in Teacher Education - Early Years

I am the course co-ordinator for the PGCE Early Years Birth to Five with Early Years Teacher Status and the PGCE Primary Early Years (3-7) with QTS. I am also phase lead for early years.

I joined the University of Bedfordshire following 17 years of working in schools in the UK and Tanzania.

I started my career in a maintained Nursery School, followed by two years developing teacher training for nursery school teachers in Tanzania.

Since then I have worked in Nursery, Lower and Special Schools, and have been a Headteacher of maintained Nursery Schools, also leading childcare and Children’s Centre provision.

Qualifications

• PGCE Primary (Early Years) – University of Reading
• MA (Education) - University of Bedfordshire
• BA (Hons) History – University of Wales, Aberystwyth
• Froebel Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Studies
• National Professional Qualification for Headship
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• All academic quals inc HEA status

Teaching Expertise

• Early Years (birth to five)
• Outdoor learning

Research Interests

• Characteristics of Effective Learning
• Risky Play
• Forest School

External Roles

• Vice Chair of Governors at a local school
• Member of TACTYC

Publications

• Sogga, M. and Siddons, K. (2021) ‘Bringing the curriculum to life in the early years: a consideration of the learning environment’, in Wearmouth, J. and Lindley, K. (eds.) Bringing the curriculum to life. Open University Press.

Articles for the Bloomsbury Education online series for Early Childhood Education for England:

• Sogga, M., Beams, J. and Gosling, A. (2019) Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996281.0034
• Sogga, M., Beams, J. and Gosling, A. (2019) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996281.0033
• Sogga, M., Beams, J. and Gosling, A. (2019) Initial Teacher Education in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996281.0035
• Sogga, M., Beams, J. and Gosling, A. (2019) Access to Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0011
• Gosling, A. Beams, J. and Sogga, M. (2019) Overview of Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350995949.0014
• Gosling, A. Beams, J. and Sogga, M. (2019) Curriculum in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996274.0018
• Gosling, A. Beams, J. and Sogga, M. (2019) Transitions in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996274.0017
• Beams, J., Gosling, A. and Sogga, M. (2019) Management, Leadership and Governance in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0009
• Beams, J., Gosling, A. and Sogga, M. (2019) Professionalism and Professional Development in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0010
• Beams, J., Gosling, A. and Sogga, M. (2019) Communication and Language Development in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0007
• Beams, J., Gosling, A. and Sogga, M. (2019) Bilingualism and Multilinguism in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0006
• Sogga, M. (2009) ‘Reflections on what we mean by enabling environments for young children, arising from working in England and Tanzania’, Early Childhood Practice: The Journal for Multi-Professional Partnerships, 10 (2).

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1234 793451
E: michelle.sogga@beds.ac.uk