Senior Lecturer in Primary Education and Humanities

Year 3 B.Ed Leader

I joined the primary department at the University of Bedfordshire in 2006. I have taught on the undergraduate, postgraduate and masters level courses. Mostly I teach about primary humanities, science or professional studies.

I began working as a primary school teacher in 1995 in Buckinghamshire, mainly teaching in Key Stage 2 and 3. To gain some experience of teaching overseas I taught in Bermuda for three years.

Before entering into a career in education I worked as an ornithologist. I was fortunate to spend two and half years on the island of South Georgia, at the British Antarctic Survey base of Bird Island, participating in studies of albatrosses, penguins and seals.

I have also worked with the Wetland Trust, the Edward Grey Institute and the RSPB on a range of projects, including migratory bird studies and surveys in both Europe and Africa.

Qualifications

• BSc Forestry (Hons) - Bangor University
• PGCE – Loughborough University
• MA Education – Lancaster University

Teaching Expertise

• Primary geography, history and science
• Environmental education

Research Interests

• Environmental education, how it is taught and the subject knowledge and attitudes that student teachers have about this area of learning
• Children’s attitudes to learning about the environment and wildlife

Publications

• Grant, M. C., Orsman, C., Easton, J., Lodge, C., Smith, M., Thompson, G., Rodwell, S. and Moore, N. (1999) Breeding success and causes of breeding failure of curlew Numenius arquata in Northern Ireland. Journal of Applied Ecology 36: 59-74.
• Sauvage, A. and Rodwell, S. P. (1998) Notable observations of birds in Senegal (excluding Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj), 1984-94. Malimbus 20 (2): 75-122.
• Sauvage, A., Rumsey, S. and Rodwell, S. (1998) Recurrence of Palaearctic birds in the lower Senegal river valley. Malimbus 20 (1): 33-53.
• Rodwell, S. P., Sauvage, A., Rumsey, S. J. R. and Braunlich, A. (1996) An annotated check-list of birds occurring at the Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj  in Senegal, 1984-1994. Malimbus 18 (2): 74-111.
• Rodwell, S. P. (1996) Notes on the distribution and abundance of birds observed in Guinea-Bissau, 21 February to 3 April 1992. Malimbus 18 (1): 25-43.
• Prince, P. A. and Rodwell, S. P. (1994) Aging immature Black-browed and Grey-headed Albatrosses using moult, bill and plumage characteristics. Emu 94: 246-254.
• Prince, P. A., Weimerskirch, H. and Rodwell, S. (1994) Primary moult and maturation of plumage in the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans chionoptera at South Georgia and Crozet Islands. The Auk 111.
• Nevo del, A. J., Rodwell, S., Sim, I. M. W., Saunders, C. R. and Wacher, T. (1993) Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii in Senegambia. Seabird 16: 57-61.
• Prince, P. A., Rodwell, S., Jones, M. and Rothery, P. (1993) Moult in Black-browed and Grey-headed Albatrosses Diomedea melanophris and D. chrysostoma. Ibis 135 (2): 121-131.
• Williams, T. D., Kato, A., Croxall, J. P., Naito, Y., Briggs, D. K., Rodwell, S. and Barton, T. R. (1992) Diving pattern and performance in nonbreeding Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) during winter. The Auk 109 (2): 223-234
• Williams, T. D. and Rodwell, S. (1992) Annual variation in return rate, mate and nest-site fidelity in breeding Gentoo and Macaroni Penguins. The Condor 94: 636-645.
• Kato, A., Williams, T. D., Barton, T. R. and Rodwell, S. (1991) Short-term variation in the winter diet of Gentoo Penguins Pygoscelis papua at South Georgia during July 1989. Marine Ornithology 19: 31-38.
• Croxall, J. P., Rodwell, S. and Boyd, I. L. (1990) Entanglement in man-made debris of Antarctic Fur Seals at Bird Island, South Georgia. Marine Mammal Science 6 (3):

Contact Details

T: + 44 (0)1234 793108
E: steve.rodwell@beds.ac.uk