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Stuart Farmer
Stuart Farmer

Stuart Farmer
Teacher Network Coordinator for Grampian and Northern Isles
27 Deeside Crescent
Aberdeen
AB15 7PT
Email: stuart.farmer@yahoo.co.uk

                                      

Current Position
Head of Physics, Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen.

 

Initial Training
University of St Andrews (1983) and Dundee College of Education (1984). I have recently completed an MBA in Educational Management by distance learning from the University of Leicester. My dissertation was on the funding of physics education in Scotland and the decision-making processes used in schools to allocate resources to physics departments.

 

Career
I taught at Kinross High School, Peterhead Academy and Alford Academy before moving to Robert Gordon's College in 1996.

 

Links with other Agencies
I have been an active member of the Association for Science Education (ASE) throughout my career and have been Scottish Chair and the Scottish Representative on the ASE UK Council. I am currently ASE Scotland Chair-elect and have edited the ASE Scotland newsletter, Scottish Science Issues since it began in 1995. I have also been widely involved in curriculum development and assessment having been a member of the Higher Still Development Unit Specialist Group for Physics and was a member and Convenor of the SEB/SQA Physics Panel for twelve years until 2005.

 

Personal Interests
Despite a life busy in science education I have time to enjoy some other activities including an extensive music collection and following motor and motorcycle sport.

 

Aim/Mission
I would like to provide effective support and co-ordination to encourage quality physics education throughout Grampian and the Northern Isles and beyond.

 

Forthcoming meeting booking forms:

4 October 2008

Advanced Higher Physics: Support for the Investigation

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15 November 2008

Managing Discussion in the Science Classroom

(Part of ASE Grampian Day Conference: Promoting Excellence in Science Teaching and Learning)

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8 December 2008

Moray Physics Teachers’ Meeting

 

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April 2009

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