Dr Nicola Warren-Lee
BSc, PGCE, PGDES, MEd, EdD
Expertise
Geography teacher. Geography teacher educator. Learning to teach. Global Challenges.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Education
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Research interests
Geography Educaton with a focus on 11-18 age range
Climate Change Education
Teacher agency and professional learning
The retention and professional development of teachers
The nature of knowledge in learning to teach - inc. professional knowledge in learning to teach geography
Practical theorising in Initial Teacher Education - how student teachers work with theory and practice in their learning and teaching
Mentor knowledge and practice in Initial Teacher Education
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Futures: climate research collaborations with Bristol schools
Principal Investigator
Description
Schools and University working together for a better understanding of climate changeManaging organisational unit
Dates
01/10/2024 to 28/11/2025
Capture, evaluate, and improve: co-creating a cycle of empowerment for underrepresented groups
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/03/2023 to 28/02/2025
Climate Change Craftivism in the Classroom
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The project brings together educators, learners and community artists to develop education-based and cross-curricular ‘craftivist’ activities that aim to enable young people to explore and express their thinking and feelings…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/03/2023 to 31/12/2023
Climate Science to Schools
Principal Investigator
Description
This project brings together climate scientists and expert educators to pilot transdisciplinary generation of Climate Change Education (CCE) resources for schools. We will co-produce 3 sets of curriculum-aligned, age-appropriate resources,…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2021 to 31/07/2022
Thesis supervisions
Purposing the Curriculum
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
02/04/2025The Geographical Association's curriculum framework
Geography
Student teachers: Creativity in Initial Teacher Education
Creative Practice in Higher Education
Bracing ourselves
Education Sciences
Support or Surveillance? – Mapping the Experiences of Beginning Teachers Working Within the Early Career Framework
British Educational Research Journal
Climate craftivism in the classroom
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School of Education
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School of Education
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Dr Anna Baker
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