Mr Morgan Robinson

CTHist., FRHistS,. SFHEA

School of Education

University Teacher in Education

Education Consultant

Morgan Robinson
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morgan.robinson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 8138

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Mr Morgan Robinson
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Profile

Morgan is a Chartered History Teacher and History Teacher Educator. He studied history as an undergraduate at the University of Oxford and went on to study for a research M.Phil. in Modern Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin, before moving on to work as a Research Assistant in the education team at RAND Europe, an international public policy think tank in Cambridge.
Morgan trained to teach history via Teach First, and worked in Sheffield as a History Teacher, Head of History and specialist ITT History Tutor. During this period he studied for an M. Ed. In Education with the University of Manchester whilst also adapting his M.Phil. dissertation for publication via Cambridge University Press. Since 2019 he has worked with a number of national providers of Teacher Training on on the design and delivery of their training for student history teachers.
He joined The University of Sheffield in August 2022 as a University Tutor in Education on the School of Education’s PGCE programme, and additionally as a member of the school’s academic staff in their undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Outside if his role at the University, Morgan works as a freelance Consultant in Education, presents regularly at the Historical Association Annual Conference, and leads SheffieldClio, a CPD association for alumni, partners and friends of the PGCE History Programme.

Qualifications

B.A. (Hons), MA, History, The University of Oxford
M.Phil. Modern Irish History, Trinity College Dublin
PGCE History (Teach First), Sheffield Hallam University
M.Ed. Education, The University of Manchester

Research interests

Morgan’s research in his capacity as a historian focussed on the occurrence and experience of sexual violence during the 1641 Rebellion in Ireland. His M.Phil. dissertation was recommended and later adapted for publication by Cambridge University Press via the journal Irish Historical Studies in 2015.
Morgan’s M.Ed. Dissertation offered both a history of the origins of the ‘Fundamental British Values’ project and a critique of the statutory responsibilities on teachers and schools imposed by the PREVENT duty.
Morgan is interested in the application of the cognitive theory of multimedia learning to the discipline and procedures of History as it is taught in secondary schools. He's also interested in how Museums and Heritage sites can serve as extensions of schools history curricula and can facilitate artefactual historical enquiry beyond the classroom.

Teaching interests

Morgan teaches primarily on the History and Education and Professional Studies modules of the PGCE programme. Through his teaching practice he hopes to ensure that his PGCE History Student Teachers enter the profession with rigorous subject-specialist understanding of their discipline and the highest expectations of themselves and their pupils. In particular Morgan's teaching and scholarship focusses on the procedures of disciplinary thinking in History and the application of principles of dual coding, cognitive psychology and cognitive linguistics in History Teacher Education.

Professional activities and memberships

Chartered Teacher of History (CTHist) - The Historical Association
Member of the Historical Association (HA)
Member of the History Teacher Educator Network (HTEN)
Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)