CA Tutors
The CA project endorses a number of tutors who are willing to deliver training both across the United Kingdom, and worldwide. You can contact these tutors directly or contact Lynda Maple directly for a recommended tutor in your area.
Are you interested in becoming an accredited CA tutor?
We regularly select and train new tutors so that they can become accredited tutors for CA courses. You will need to be an experienced CA practitioner with some experience of leading training. Accreditation involves time spent working alongside an experienced tutor until you become familiar with the CPD programme. For more information, contact Lynda Maple.
Colleagues with an interest in CA may wish to read the account of the CA presence at the 15th International Conference on Thinking at Queen's University, Belfast in June 2011.
michael shayer
Areas covered:
Global
Brief CV:
Former Professor of Applied Psychology at King's College London (now retired), co-author of several CA publications including Let's Think Through Maths, PCAME, Thinking Maths, and Thinking Science.
Particular interests:
Coming soon...
philip adey
Areas covered:
Global
Brief CV:
Started as a chemistry teacher, progressed to Professor of Cognition, Science, and Education at King’s College London. Designed and delivered professional development for CASE over 15 years. Much overseas work.
Particular interests:
The development and stimulation of general intelligence; the professional development of teachers.
Mundher Adhami
Areas covered:
London and surrounding areas
Brief CV:
Secondary Maths 1974-88; Seconded to GAIM at Kings College with Margaret Brown, and London Exam Board 1988-2003, CAME researcher with Michael Shayer and David Johnson at Kings 1993-2003. Co-author of CAME, Let's Think and GAIM published materials, and of continued development. Member of Mathematics Association Council and the editor group of the magazine Equals.
Particular interests:
Continuous development of the CAME approach in curriculum, pedagogy and professional development of teachers and tutors.
Jeannie Billington
Areas covered:
London and surrounding areas
Brief CV:
Primary trained, MA in Maths Education, now working as an independent Maths Education consultant. Experienced with CAME programmes for KS1 and 2. CAME tutor since 2002. Member of the CAME Extension Group.(Previously Maths Advisory Teacher (ILEA), Headteacher, External examiner, Senior lecturer in maths Education, South Bank, Ofsted Inspector, Member of General council of the ATM), Member of National Curriculum Working Group (1988), Family Numeracy Tutor)
Particular interests:
Using & Applying Maths, Colloborative Problem-solving & reasoning, Cross curricula links, CAME
John crossland
Areas covered:
Cumbria, Teeside, Yorkshire and Humberside
Brief CV:
Teaching experiences in primary and secondary schools. Senior Adviser in North Yorkshire and currently an independent consultant. Experienced CASE trainer for KS1, KS2 and KS3 including coaching to sustain and counteract the negative impact of staff changes.
Particular interests:
Improving learning in classrooms, CA and how the brain learns, coaching, Assessment for Learning, teaching collaborative group working skills, Learning Skills for Science, Triple Science
Alan Edmiston
Areas covered:
Anywhere but based in the north of the UK.
Brief CV:
Secondary Science trained. Teaching experience of CASE for 18 years and CAME for 13. Co-Director of Cognitive Acceleration Associates. Experienced with all CA programmes for Foundation Stage, KS1, 2 and 3.
Particular interests:
TLA, childrens mathematical and scientific reasoning, lesson observation, new lesson development
Mark Dawes
Areas covered:
Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas
Brief CV:
Secondary teacher for 14 years. Previously Head of Department, now an AST. Experienced CAME practitioner at KS3 and member of the CAME Extension Group. Has collaborated with primary colleagues on PCAME and Let's Think Through Maths lessons.
Particular interests:
CAME, Interactive Whiteboards, effective use of ICT, Using & Applying Mathematics
Pam Fletcher
Areas covered:
East Anglia, Midlands, South East and London
Brief CV:
Primary teacher and AST for maths. Experienced with PCAME and Let's Think programmes (Foundation, KS1 and KS2. CAME tutor since 2005. Member of the CAME Extension Group.
Particular interests:
Real and dramatic contexts for teaching and learning using CAME lessons
barry gunter
Areas covered:
Based in Cheshire but has trained from Jersey to Cumbria
Brief CV:
Science teacher for more than 20 years; Lecturer at Keele University for six years and CA trainer for ten years working with schools and individuals for periods from days to three years depending on training support required. Has worked with teachers from KS1 to KS5. Co-author and publisher of Reflective Science (KS4 course using CASE methodology).
Particular interests:
Pedagogy, thinking skills, gifted and talented, integrating new ideas from cognitive neuroscience into classroom practice and student learning
Martina Lecky
Areas covered:
London and surrounding areas
Brief CV:
Secondary trained in Science; Has been leading the CASE project at The Grey Coat Hospital since 199; an accredited CASE trainer who has led a CASE network of six secondary schools and led training at secondary schools since 2000.
Particular interests:
Students' motivational orientations and their possible relationship to student engagement in CASE lessons; the professional development of teachers in terms of how to promote effective adoption of the CASE methodology.
Lynda Maple
Areas covered:
London and surrounding areas, Wales
Brief CV:
Mathematics education 30 years. CAME tutor since 2001. Experienced with Primary CAME programmes, KS2/3 transition.
Particular interests:
Professional development, subject leadership.
Debbie McGregor
Areas covered:
Midlands and surrounding area
Brief CV:
Secondary science trained, but work across all phases. Experienced in using KS1, 2 & 3 CA approaches. McGregor, D (2007) Developing Thinking Developing Learning: A thinking skills guide for education. Buckingham, UK : Open University Press-McGraw Hill
Particular interests:
CASE, but also CA generally and thinking skills development as a cross-curricular approach or within a subject area. Current research projects include : dramatic science - supporting KS1 children becoming more dramatic in learning science; increasing inclusivity - using historical drama to enliven and inform understanding about how science works at KS2; evaluation of KS4 reflective science.
linda newman
Areas covered:
Wales
Brief CV:
Primary trained, now working as a maths advisory teacher with Cardiff LEA. CAME tutor since 2004. Experienced with CAME for KS2 and KS3 and the Let’s Think Through Maths programmes.
Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice (Cognitive Acceleration in Learning and Teaching). Member of the CAME Extension Group.
Particular interests:
CAME professional development, whole school approaches to CA, how CA materials can be used to develop thinking skills as identified in the Welsh Skills framework for 3 to 19 year olds
Sarah Seleznyov
Areas covered:
East Anglia, Midlands, South East and London
Brief CV:
Primary trained, now working in the secondary sector. Experienced with CAME programmes for Foundation Stage, KS1 and 2. CAME tutor since 2007. Member of the CAME Extension Group.
Particular interests:
CA as a cross-curricular approach, the role of Teaching Assistants, CAME and AfL, embedding What is CA? at whole school level
Gill Potter
Areas covered:
National and international
Brief CV:
Senior lecturer in G&T education at Oxford Brookes University for many years. Now an independent consultant and researcher, with a national and international reputation in e-learning and thinking skills. Became a CAME tutor at the beginning of the development of the primary programme. Also consultant for the National College for School Leadership
Particular interests:
Whole school approaches to CA, long term INSET the development of creative leading and learning initiatives, CA as a thinking approach across the curriculum.
Valentine Natasha Serret
Areas covered:
Based in Derbyshire but can cover Nottingham, the Midlands and London
Brief CV:
Primary teacher in inner London for seven years. Became Senior Researcher for primary CASE project at King’s College, London in 2000. Co-author of Let’s Think Through Science! Has provided professional development in primary CA in local authorities across the country. Became Senior Researcher for an AfL research project (KOSAP) in 2005. Currently Senior Lecturer for Primary BA programme at Nottingham Trent University. Member of editorial board for the Association for Science journal Primary Science. Recently completed PhD thesis at King’s College titled: Exploring the relationship between classroom talk and cognitive development in primary science classrooms undertaking a CASE intervention.
Particular interests:
The relationship between talk and thinking; creating supportive learning environments for collaborative group work and social construction; exploiting the full potential of cognitive conflict in learning; the relationship between Assessment for Learning and Cognitive Acceleration
richard smith
Areas covered:
East Anglia, London
Brief CV:
Primary trained, with more than twenty years experience in primary and middle schools. Current role as adviser and Teacher Leader for Every Child Counts in Suffolk. Have been responsible for coordinating several long term CA projects involving CAME and CASE. Experienced with CAME material across the Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2.
Particular interests:
CA and the construction of learning, whole school implementation of CAME and collaborative approaches to CPD www.numerousmathematics.co.uk