MOON, Bob
Professor of Education, The Open University (UK)
Session: Innovation - Technology and E-learning
Monday, 16 November 2009
- 14.00-15.30
Bob Moon is Professor of Education at The Open University (UK) and Founding Director, The Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa (TESSA) Programme. He has had a distinguished career in schools and higher education and has specialised for more than 20 years in developing world contexts.
He began his teaching career in inner London secondary schools before eventually becoming Principal of two large secondary schools, including The Peers School, Oxford, which won a number of awards for innovatory curriculum organisational structures. He then moved into the university sector and became Professor of Education at The Open University (UK) in 1988 where, for a number of years, he directed The Centre for Curriculum and Teaching Studies. In this period he led the development of a national programme to support teachers in the introduction of the then new National Curriculum. He also led the UK’s largest professional development programme in the use of information and communication technologies in primary and secondary schools (a programme that was taken by over 160,000 teachers). He went on to create a new open and distance-learning teacher preparation programme which has enabled thousands of mature adults to train to become teachers. In 1996 this programme (The OU Postgraduate Certificate of Education) won The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education.
His work in developing new modes of teacher education have made him widely sought after by national governments. He advised the new post-apartheid government of South Africa on teacher education through the 1990’s. He has played a similar role for countries such as Albania, Egypt, Iraq and Nigeria. He has also been an advisor to international organisations such as the OECD, UNESCO and the World Bank. In 2003 he became the founding Director of The Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa (TESSA) programme, Africa’s largest consortium, pioneering the use of new technologies and Open Educational Resources to improve the number and quality of teachers. TESSA extends across nine countries with half a million teachers involved to date.
Bob Moon has degrees and other awards from the University of Bristol, the University of London Institute of Education and the University of Warwick. He has a doctorate from the University of Sussex. He has published extensively in the fields of curriculum, teacher education and international education. His most recent book (co-authored with the late Professor Jenny Leach) is titled The Power of Pedagogy and is published by Sage.
He began his teaching career in inner London secondary schools before eventually becoming Principal of two large secondary schools, including The Peers School, Oxford, which won a number of awards for innovatory curriculum organisational structures. He then moved into the university sector and became Professor of Education at The Open University (UK) in 1988 where, for a number of years, he directed The Centre for Curriculum and Teaching Studies. In this period he led the development of a national programme to support teachers in the introduction of the then new National Curriculum. He also led the UK’s largest professional development programme in the use of information and communication technologies in primary and secondary schools (a programme that was taken by over 160,000 teachers). He went on to create a new open and distance-learning teacher preparation programme which has enabled thousands of mature adults to train to become teachers. In 1996 this programme (The OU Postgraduate Certificate of Education) won The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education.
His work in developing new modes of teacher education have made him widely sought after by national governments. He advised the new post-apartheid government of South Africa on teacher education through the 1990’s. He has played a similar role for countries such as Albania, Egypt, Iraq and Nigeria. He has also been an advisor to international organisations such as the OECD, UNESCO and the World Bank. In 2003 he became the founding Director of The Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa (TESSA) programme, Africa’s largest consortium, pioneering the use of new technologies and Open Educational Resources to improve the number and quality of teachers. TESSA extends across nine countries with half a million teachers involved to date.
Bob Moon has degrees and other awards from the University of Bristol, the University of London Institute of Education and the University of Warwick. He has a doctorate from the University of Sussex. He has published extensively in the fields of curriculum, teacher education and international education. His most recent book (co-authored with the late Professor Jenny Leach) is titled The Power of Pedagogy and is published by Sage.
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