| Post: | Lecturer in Education |
| Location: | Arts E E426 |
| Email: | James.Williams@sussex.ac.uk |
| Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 7132 |
| UK: | (01273) 877132 |
| International: | +44 1273 877132 |
Biography
James Williams is a Lecturer in Science Education
Biography
I graduated in Geology from the University of London and after a brief time in PR trained as a science teacher at Chelsea College, Centre for Science and Maths Education, University of London. I taught science in North London (Enfield), South London (Croydon) and Surrey. I have worked as a head of biology, head of year and head of science. I entered teacher education in 1997. I was awarded chartered Science teacher status in September 2008.
BSc (Goldsmiths' College, University of London) MEd (Chelsea College, University of London) CSciTeach (Chartered Science Teacher) FIBiol (Fellow of the Institute of Biology)
I am a non-active elected fellow of the Geological Society of London (FGS) and the Linnean Society of London (FLS)
I also work as freelance writer and education consultant. I have worked for a number of publishers and I am a co-author of the best selling key stage 3 science programme for 11 - 14 year olds, Hodder Science. I am a regular contributer to the Times Education Supplement.
Recent Professional/Academic Publications
In Press
The Vocabulary of Science: Trainee Teachers' Understanding of Key Terminology and Ideas on the Nature of Science
(Science Teacher Education)
Abstract:
How Science Works (HSW) is central to the new KS3 and KS4 programmes of study for science. QCA (2006) states that HSW includes, ‘the scientific method' and in the new GCSE specifications various terms have been included in their approach to HSW, including reliability, validity, precision, accuracy etc. What are not included are terms such as theory, law, hypothesis or fact, whose everyday definitions differ from scientific ones. A survey of graduate scientists entering initial teacher education at Sussex University over a two year period showed considerable variance in how they defined and described common scientific terms related to the scientific method.
November 2008
Great Minds in Education (Times Educational Supplement 'Essential Guides' booklet)Abstract
This booklet links the theories of education to the practice of the working teacher. Through an exploration of modern educational thinkers from Benjamin Bloom to John Holt and Howard Gardner and influential thinkers such as Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner, this booklet outlines their origional theories and gives real examples of how the theories can be used in teaching situations.
October 2008
Do scientists know what makes a science 'science'?
(The Scientist: USA)
Abstract:
In this opinion article I argue that undergraduate science students should take a course in the history and philosophy of science to gain an understanding of what makes a science 'science'.
The article also prompted the Editor to base his editorial on my article, you can read the editorial here
September 2008
Science Now and Then: Discovering how science works
(School Science Review)
Abstract:
This is an editorial for a special edition of the journal School Science Review for which I acted as editor. It proposes a model for How Science Works which encompasses argumentation, experiment and investigation, history and philosophy of science. These contribute to the idea of How Scientists Work.
The scientific method and school science
(Journal of College Science Teachers: USA)
Abstract:
What understanding do preservice science teachers have of the scientific method and do they have common definitions of key terminology associated with the scientific method? The results show that confusion and error is also apparent in science graduates training to teach.
December 2007
Creationist teaching in school science: a UK perspective
(Evolution: Education and Outreach)
Abstract:
This article looks at the impact the evolution/creationism controversy has had on the UK government and how creationism is trying to gain ground in UK state schools by introducing students to Intelligent Design. The article concludes with a number of implications for researchers, teachers and schools.
Do We Know How Science Works? A brief history of the scientific method
(School Science Review)
Abstract:
Do we know how science really works? How has the scientific method, if indeed there is one, developed from ancient Greek times to the Modern day?
November 2007
Professional or Academic: what impact does educational research have?
(Education in Science)
Abstract:
Does published academic output make a difference to teachers and to the experiences of pupils? This article explores some of the tensions between academic and professional publications.
Recent Media Work
Photograph reproduced with permission from The Brighton and Hove Argus
February 2009
This is a very busy month. My evenings and weekends are filled with talks to celebrate Darwin's 200th. The Durham Union debate was a slam dunk for excluding Intelligent Design Creationism from school science and the following week I had a two page article in the TES Magazine on the life and work of Darwin.
Following this was an appearance at the Brighton Science Festival:- Nailing Gods: who'd be a six day creationist? At a packed venue i had a go at the evangelical creationists who give Christianity a bad name with their literal biblical interpretations. Some people walked out - without hearing the message of the talk. Stop the evangelicals - a minority group - from making fools out of honest Church going folk.
Alongside talks in my hometown of Neath in SouthWales were interviews in the local press.
January 2009
A new year, but the same old arguments. Yes it's creationism once again. The religious think tank Theos, published a report called rescuing Darwin. This report also included the initial findings of a survey on attitudes to creationism and evolution in the UK. The guardian and Telegraph reported the results and I gave some comments to the guardian. The comments were also reported in Sweden.
October 2008
Another busy month so far...
A letter to the TES, again on the KS2-3 test shambles. Read it here.
Another Argus article (20/10/08). The headline could have been 'Sussex Academic Predicted End of KS2 Tests' but I guess that vainglorious wishful thinking. It's an opinion piece on the Government U turn on KS3 tests, wondering how they can now defend the KS2 tests!
An opinion piece in 'The Scientist' Magazine (October 2008) on What Makes Science 'Science'. I'm particularly pleased with the response to this article as it was (on 20th October) the most commented article in the magazine and had the greatest number of comments from readers. It was also rated as 4.47 out of 5 stars by readers who voted online (114 votes), also making it the most voted article in this months issue.
Two radio interviews (02/10/08 & 03/10/08) with BBC Southern Counties, one on the differences between Steiner and Montessori schools. Then one on the drivetime show with Sarah Gorrell discussing the BBC and TES news item that 20% of teachers want to bring back caning (I am against). Radio interviews seem to be a bit like busses. You wait for one for ages then two turn up at the same time!
Well the Times Higher Education magazine has a little letter ping pong (or wiff waff as Boris Johnson would call it) going on between myslef and a correspondent from Cambridge.
Read the exchange of ideas here.
September 2008
The month kicked off with an interesting issue - my old friend creationism. The Rev. Professor Michael Reiss (see also October 2007 below) suggested that creationism is not a misconception but an alternative 'worldview' and that teachers need to discuss this and point out that evolution is science and creationism is not. I'm 90% in agreement. Where I disagree is where in the curriculum should this discussion take place. I say RE. I did an interview on LBC radio on Thursday 11th September and had a letter published in the Independent which you can read here on 15th September.
Another of my 'In The Know' Articles appeared in the TES on 5th September - on how to stop name calling in class. Read the article here. Followed by one on how to deal with Plagiarism on 25th September.
I rounded off the month with a lighthearted letter in the Times Higher Education magazine about Professor Steve Fuller's play on Intelligent Design. And, on the following day a letter about the TDA trying to attract failed city bankers into teaching in the TES!
August 2008
Summer for journalists is known as the silly season as not much noteworthy news happens. I contribute to the silly season with what I hope are some serious points. For GCSE results day I called for the scrapping of exams in The Argus. I also gave a little bit of the history of exams. Read the article here.
July 2008
I produced a double page spread in the TES magazine, Take off for the Future, on what newly qualified teachers can do to prepare for the new term. It gives tips and advice on what to do and, in some cases what not to do. Read the article here.
ITN arrived to film a short piece on creationism in UK schools. The MORE4 News report revealed some shocking statistics, that many faith schools, including some state funded state schools are teaching creationism as scientific fact to their pupils. A very small survey revealed nearly 6,000 pupils being exposed to creationism 'as science'. Look at the report here.
The second in my series of short articles, In The Know was published by the Times Educational Supplement. Read about how to get pupils to do more and better homework here.
June 2008
An interesting month which saw me claim my rightful place as the inventor of the cricket switch hit in a letter to the guardian. The switch hit is a 'new' stroke that a batsman in cricket can use by starting off in a right-handed stance and switching to a left handed stance to confound the bowler. Read my letter here. This resulted in a brief interview on the BBC Southern Counties Breakfast show.
I am now contributing to a series in the Times Educational Supplement called In The Know. The first in a series of three, how to deal with shy pupils in class, can be seen here.
May 2008
On 22nd May I conducted a live interview on BBC Southern Counties Radio responding to a report in the Times Higher Education Supplement that your IQ is related to your social class. Personally I don't accept this as a premise. Read the article here.
I responded to a brief report on 9th May that small desks were giving pupils back pain; never mind the kids, what about me? Have you ever tried sitting in a chair designed for an eight year old when you are six foot tall? Read my response here.
A letter in New Scientist, creating grief, supports the development of better examples of transitional forms in textbooks dealing with evolution and outlines a common creationist use of Zeno's paradox to supposedly show that transitional fossil forms do not exist.
March 2008
Can 'bad' pupils eventually make good teachers? Does being naughty in school give trainees an advantage when they ecome teachers? My response to this is reported in a TES article by Nick Morrison.
February 2008
Is state schooling better than private schooling? This was the subject of a brief interview I gave on 19th February on BBC Southern Counties on the Alison Fearns Afternoon show. The item was prompted by comments by Sir Paul McCartney, reported in the Daily Mail. Private education, in his estimation, "messes up" children and he hopes his daughetr Beatrice would gain from being grounded by the experience of state schooling.
On 13th February I did a short interview on BBC Southern Counties, talking to Gordon Astley on his morning show, about how we know what we know about dinosaurs, in particular the sounds that Dinosaurs make.
I've written a brief biography of Alfred Russel Wallace for the BBC South West Wales 'Hall of Fame' website. Wallace, a sometime resident of Neath - my hometown - has been a fascination and inspiration for me for a number of years. I'm proud and pleased that he will be included in the 'hall of Fame'.
October 2007
My views were recently sought on the place of creationism in science lessons. In live, on-air debates with Professor Michael Reiss from the Institute of Education, University of London, I put forward the view that creationism is a belief system that should not be dealt with in science, but in its proper place, the RE curriculum/classroom. The debate was part of the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on 5th October 2007 hosted by John Humphries. The debate was continued on BBC Radio 5 Live's Breakfast Show with Nicky Campbell. Later in the day I contributed a live TV interview to BBC News 24 on the issue. BBC Southern Counties picked up the story in the afternoon 'Drive Time' programme, airing an interview with me. Going back to my home country, BBC Radio Wales on their Good Evening Wales programme hosted a debate between myself and a representative from the Evangelical Alliance of Wales.
The BBC Radio 4 Today programme debate can be listened to here. Creationism in schools
The item also set the agenda for Radio 4's 'Thought for the day'
August 2007
I recently appeared in BBC1's 'The One Show', where I put the comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, 'Coast' presenter Neil Oliver and nature presenter Ellie Harrison through O level and GCSE Maths exams to test if O levels or GCSEs were harder. The results? The TV presenters thought that GCSEs and O Levels were equal. I also wrote a piece for the local paper The Argus on this topic.
April 2006
Channel 4 TV Series
In 2006 I appeared in series 3 of the Channel 4 programme 'That'll Teach 'Em', nominated for a BAFTA in 2003, where I was engaged as the deputy headmaster, housemaster and biology teacher for a 1950s boarding grammar school. I also appeared in the spinoff series, 'That'll Test 'Em', hosted by comedian Jeremy hardy.
Single Authored Book
I am the author of Professional Leadership in Schools: Effective Middle Management and Subject Leadership published by Routledge Falmer. I have contributed to publications on initial teacher training, including An Introduction to Teaching: A Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers (2004) and the Association for Science Education's Handbook for Secondary Science Teachers (1998).
I am a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and I have written for a number of national newspapers and magazines on science and science education. I have appeared on various TV and radio programmes as an education specialist.
I researched and appeared in "The Forgotten Evolutionist" a programme in the BBC Wales series "Jones, Genes and Evolution" on the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace, presented by Professor Steve Jones of the University of London.
Role
I am a lecturer in education, specialising in science education.
I also contribute to the professional studies programme of the PGCE courses delivering a session on the history of education in England and Wales.
Community & Business
Recent Speaking Engagements
During the Darwin 200 Celebrations I have taken on a number of speaking engagements from formal conference presentations, reflecting aspects of my research work, to private evening and weekend community speaking enagagements.
June 2009
6th British Humanist Association: Darwin, Humanism and Science
Insidious Creationism:
the intellectual abuse of children through creationist books, comics and literature
the British Humanist Association (BHA) is hosting the General Assemblies of the European Humanist Federation (EHF) and International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) in London.
The day kicks off with a keynote talk by Professor Richard Dawkins and ends with a Plenary talk by Professor A.C. Grayling
April 2009
22nd Wellington College (evening) Practice and Theory Makes Perfect (Staff CPD Session)
27th Wellington College (evening) Evolution: facts and controversies
March 2009
6th Swansea Humanist Association (evening) Charles Darwin and the evolution of a theory (Neath Town Hall)
7th Neath Festival of Welsh Ingenuity (evening) Alfred Russel Wallace: The Forgotten Evolutionist
27th Queens University Belfast (Research Serminar) Celebrating Darwin: evolution and the creation of a controversy
February 2009
4th Brighton and Hove Humanist Society - Charles Darwin and the Evolution of a theory
13th Durham Union (evening) - This house believes that Intelligent Design has no place in school science lessons
20th University of Dortmund/Max Planck Institute - School Science and Creationism in the UK
26th Brighton Science Festival (evening) Nailing Gods: the case against creationism and intelligent design (Latest 7 Bar Manchester Street, Brighton: 7:30pm)
January 2009
21st Brunel University (Research Seminar) - Evolution and Creationism: A matter of acceptance vs belief
Research
My research interests currently revolve around teaching 'The Nature of Science', 'The Scientific Method'. In particular what do trainee teachers understand about these concepts and ideas in science. This leads to work on a better understanding of the 'How Science Works' approach in the new GCSE examinations.
Linked to this work is research on the teaching of Evolution in science and the place of Creationism in a school based context.
Other research interests involve issues Surrounding the publication of the Theory of Evolution by means of Natural selection by Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin.
Teaching
PGCE Science 7-14
Teaching the key stage 2 element of secondary science (all sciences)
Teaching the 'Nature of Science' for KS2 and 3
PGCE 11-18
Teaching the biology specialist content at key stages 3, 4 and 5
Teaching the geology specialist content of key stages 3 and 4 science
Subject Knowledge Booster Courses
Teaching the biology track and geology specialist content
Publications
Publications List for James Williams
In Preparation
2010
Cassidy M, and Williams JD Evolution (Cambridge University Press)
2009
Williams, J Teaching and Learning about How Science Works: a guide for teachers
Williams, J Evolution and Creationism: A Matter of Acceptance and Belief
Williams, J Darwin, Wallace and the Theory of Evolution: coincidence, connivance or conspiracy?
Williams, J Fossilisation and Mummification a confusion in the science textbooks
Latest Publications
2008
Williams, J (2008) Modern Educational Thinkers (Times Education Supplement special booklet)
Williams, J (2008) What Makes 'Science' Science? (The Scientist 22(10) p.29)
Williams, J (2008) The Scientific Method and School Science (J of Coll Sci Teach 38(1) p.14-16)
Williams, J (2008) Creationist teaching in school science; a UK perspective (Evolution: Education and Outreach, 1(1) p.87-95)
Williams, J (In Press) Just How Does Science Work? (PowerPoint Presentation - National Secondary Strategy)
Williams, J (In Press) A Brief History of the Scientific Method (National Secondary Strategy)
2007
Williams, J (2007) Do We Know How Science Works? A brief history of the scientific method (School Science Review, 89(327) p.119-124)
Williams, J (2007) Professional or Academic: what impact does educational research have? (Education in Science: November p.10-11)
Book Reviews by James Williams
2008
Berry J (2007) Teachers' legal rights and responsibilities: A guide for trainee teachers and those new to the profession (University of Hertfordshire Press)
Insley K, (2008) Teachers and the Law (Institute of Education: London)
Lewis M (Ed) (2008) The Bristol Guide:Professional Responsibilities and Statutory Frameworks for Teachers and Others in Schools (University of Bristol: Graduate School of Education)
Roden J, Ward H, Ritchie H (2007) Extending knowledge in practice: Primary Science (Learning Matters)
2007
Wyse, D (2007) The Good Writing Guide for Education Students (Sage publications)
2006
Davies, B (2006) Leading The Strategically Focused School (Sage publications)
Text Books
Sample Pages from Hodder Science
2005
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2005) Hodder Science: Summary Book (2nd Ed:Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2005) Hodder Science C Platinum (Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2005) Hodder Science: Book C (2nd Ed:Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2005) Hodder Science: Book B (2nd Ed: Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2005) Hodder Science: Book A (2nd Ed: Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2005) Hodder Science Workbook C (Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2005) Hodder Science Workbook B (Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2005) Hodder Science Workbook A (Hodder Murray)
2003
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2003) Teacher's Resource C Framework Edition (Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2003) Teacher's Resource B Framework Edition (Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D & Williams J (2003) Teacher's Resource A Framework Edition (Hodder Murray)
2002
Heslop N, Williams J, Snape, G, Hall M (2002) Hodder Science Gold Book C (Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Williams J, Snape, G, Hall M (2002) Hodder Science Gold Book B (Hodder Murray)
2001
Heslop N, Williams J, Snape, G, Hall, M (2001) Hodder Science Gold Book A (Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D, & Williams J (2001) Teacher's Resource Pack C (1st Ed:Hodder Murray)
Heslop N, Brodie D, & Williams J (2001) Hodder Science: Book C (1st Ed: Hodder and Stoughton)
2000
Heslop N, Brodie D, & Williams J (2000) Hodder Science: Book B (1st Ed: Hodder and Stoughton)
Heslop N, Brodie D, & Williams J (2000) Hodder Science: Book A (1st Ed: Hodder and Stoughton)
Heslop N, Brodie D, & Williams J (2000) Teacher's Resource Pack B (1st Ed: Hodder and Stoughton)
Heslop N, Brodie D, & Williams J (2000) Teacher's Resource Pack A (1st Ed: Hodder and Stoughton)
Heslop N, Brodie D, & Williams J (2000) Hodder Science: Extension Pack (Hodder and Stoughton)
Heslop N, Brodie D, & Williams J (2000) Hodder Science: Support Pack (Hodder and Stoughton)
Academic Books/Chapters in Books
2004
Williams, J (2004) Chapter 1: An Introduction to Teaching in Nicholls, G. (Ed) An Introduction to Teaching: A Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers (2nd Ed: Routledge Falmer)
Williams, J (2004) Chapter 13: Induction for Newly Qualified Teachers in Nicholls, G. (Ed) An Introduction to Teaching: A Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers (2nd Ed: Routledge Falmer)
2001
Williams, J (2002) Professional Leadership in Schools: Effective Middle Management and Subject Leadership (Routledge ISBN: 0-7494-3292-6)
1999
Williams, J (1999) Chapter 1: An Introduction to Teaching in Nicholls, G. (Ed) Learning to Teach: A Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers (Kogan Page)
Williams, J (1999) Chapter 13: Induction for Newly Qualified Teachers in Nicholls, G. (Ed) Learning to Teach: A Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers (Kogan Page)
1998
Williams, J (1998) Chapter 4.4: Choosing and using published science schemes in Ratcliffe, M. (Ed) ASE Guide to Secondary Science Education (Stanley Thornes)
Academic Papers/Conference Contributions/Research
2007
Williams, J (2007) The Vocabulary of How Science Works: trainee teachers' understanding of key terminology and ideas on the nature of science (British Educational Research Association National Conference: 6th September 2007)
Williams, J (2007) So Just How Does Science Work? PGCE Trainee Perceptions of The Scientific Method in Burton, N. (Ed) ATSE Annual Conference Proceedings (Newport, South Wales, ASE: Hatfield)
Brodie, D., Williams, J., and Heslop, N (2007) The Language of Science: confusions in the definition of terms crucial to How Science Works (ASE Annual Conference seminar)
2006
Williams, J (2006) Key Note Speech at the National Primary Teaching Exhibition (London)
Williams, J (2006) Will the new GCSE really teach pupils how science works? (Education in Science: June)
Williams, J., (2006) How does Science Work? (ATSE Annual Conference: Newport)
2002
Williams, J., (2002) The validity of Faith in Science: Why we should not teach Creation Science (ATSE Annual Conference: UWE)
Williams, J., (2002) Ideas and Evidence in Science: Portrayals of Scientists in KS4 textbooks (School Science Review, December 2002 84(307))
2001
Williams, J., (2001) Ideas and Evidence in Science: Portrayals of Scientists in KS4 textbooks (ATSE Annual Conference: Cheltenham and Gloucester College)
Williams, J., (2001) Bridging the Gap or Plugging the Holes: Transition from KS2 to KS3 (ATSE Annual Conference: Cheltenham and Gloucester College)
Williams, J., (2001) Using Information and Communications technology in the K1 - 5 Classroom: A matter of confidence ( NARST International Conference, March 25 - 28th, St Louis Missouri)
2000
Principal researcher "The Forgotten Evolutionist" programme 3 of the BBC Wales Series Jones, Genes and Evolution Programme broadcast on 12 March 2000 (10:45pm BBC1 Wales)
1997
Williams, J., (1997) Choosing a scheme of work (Education in Science: September)
1996
Williams, J., (1996) Technicians on the Team (Education in Science No. 167 April, p1)
1995
Williams, J., (1995) Rejected? Dejected? Correct it! (Education in Science No. 165 p10)
Williams, J., (1995) All spit and polish (Education in Science No. 164 p24)
Williams, J., (1995) The write way (Education in Science No. 163 p16)
1993
Williams, J., (1993) A Seal of Approval (Education in Science No. 154)
Williams, J., (1993) Fakes, frauds and fluorine (School Science Review 74(268) p41-46)
1992
Williams, J., (1992) The development of vaccination and the work of Louis Pasteur (School Science Review 73(265) p37-43)
Williams, J (1992) Earth science education (Geoscientist Vol. 2 No. 3)
1991
Williams, J (1991) Theories of the Earth and the nature of science (School Science Review 73(262) p7-15)
Williams, J (1991) A brief history of dinosaur discovery (Geoscientist Vol. 1 No.4)
1990
Williams, J (1990) Alfred Russel Wallace (School Science Review 72(258) p155-157)
Williams, J (1990) Alfred Russel Wallace (School Science Review 71(256) p155-156)
Newspaper Articles
2008
Williams, J (2008) Creating Grief (New Scientist Letters 1 May)
Williams, J (2008) Large Class Size and Teaching (Telegraph letters 24 March)
Williams, J (2008) Religion's True Place in our Secular Society (Observer letters 6 January )
2007
Williams, J (2007) Testing our ways of teaching (The Brighton and Hove Argus 24 August)
Williams, J (2007) RE and Science (TES Letters, 8 June)
2006
Williams, J (2006) Lessons that go with a bang (TES Magazine 15 December)
Williams, J (2006) Combating Creationism (New Scientist Letters 25 November)
Williams, J (2006) Science Solutions (TES Magazine 24 November)
Williams, J (2006) Science with a bang (TES Scotland 19 May)
Williams, J (2006) How to dissect rabbits and avoid being sued (TES News & Opinion 5 May)
Williams, J (2006) Back to the 1950s: that'll really teach ‘em (TES News & Opinion 31 March)
2005
Williams, J (2005) Practice Imperfect (TES Extras & Updates 14 January)
Williams, J (2005) Your Problems Answered (TES Extras and Updates 14 January)
2004
Williams, J (2004) Your Problems Answered (TES First Appointments 19 November 2004)
Williams, J (2004) Your Problems Answered (TES First Appointments 9 January 2004)
Williams, J (2004) Collect Your Evidence (TES First Appointments 9 January 2004)
2003
Williams, J (2003) Your Problems Answered (TES First Appointments 14 November 2003)
Williams, J (2003) In Defence of Theory (TES First Appointments 14 November 2003)
Williams, J (2003) Theory and Practice Make Perfect (Daily Telegraph)
Williams, J (2003) You Will, You Will, You Will, Take a Trainee (TES First Appointments 14 November 2003)
Williams, J (2003) Prepare to Promote Yourself (TES First Appointments 9 May 2003 p.14)
2002
Williams, J (2002) Teacher Placements (TES First Appointments 8 November)
Williams, J (2002) Running Successful Meetings (Employing People in Schools, Optimus Publishing)
Williams, J (2002) How to build effective teams: practical advice for the team leader (Employing People in Schools, Optimus Publishing)
2001
Williams, J (2001) A Solution to the Shortage (TES Platform, p7 28 December)
Williams, J (2001) Planning Your Career Path (Employing People in Schools, Optimus Publishing)
Williams, J (2001) What's New at the ASE? (TES Reviews 19 January)
Williams, J (2001) Paradox hitting trainee teachers (BBC News Online)
Media & Related Activities
2007
BBC 1 ‘The One Show' (22nd & 23rd August 2007) GCSEs vs O levels: with Hardeep Singh Kohli, Neil Oliver and Ellie Harrison Teacher's TV Live debate (July 2007) on the series ‘ Follow the Learner' BBC Southern Counties radio: Interview on the teaching of classics and humanities in secondary schools (July 9th) BBC Southern Counties radio: Interview on Career changers entering teaching (15th June)
2006
Bright FM radio: interview on changes to the science curriculum (15th October) BBC News (six o'clock) item on changes to the new KS4 progrsamme of study in science (September 2006) Channel 4 ‘That'll Test ‘Em': Quiz show hosted by Jeremy Hardy featuring pupils from that'll teach ‘em and their parents - guest slot in episode 3 (April 2006) BBC Southern Counties radio - interviews on the Brighton science festival and ‘That'll teach ‘em' (Feb - April 2006) BBC Radio 4 - The Learning Curve - item on changes to the KS4 science GCSEs (June 26th 2006) Brighton Science Festival talk on creationism and evolution (February 2006)
2005
Channel 4 ‘That'll Teach ‘Em' Housemaster and Deputy Headteacher in a five part reality TV show on 1950s education (Broadcast; April 2006)
2003
Meridian TV News: Revision strategies (summer 2003)
Other Media Work/Experience
Contributor to BBC Radio four series A History of Human Folly, programme four, Galileo and the Church, presented by Francis Wheen (June 2003) Contributor to The Commission (BBC R4) with Nick Ross on the public understanding of Science Contributor and Researcher to Jones, Genes and Evolution (BBC Wales) about the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace Spokesperson for the Educational Publisher's Council for the School Book Alliance Campaign (20 regional and national live/pre recorded radio interviews) Contributor to BBC 2 Education Magazine Just One Chance September 1998 Contributor to Radio 4 Learning Curve programme 1998 Judge of the Spotlight Scientist of the Year Awards 1998 9 regional BBC radio interviews as representative of the ASE at the annual meeting 1997 3 BBC television interviews on the ASE annual science conference 1997 Studio Guest BBC Newsnight on the labour 5 point plan July 1996 Representative of the ASE at the House of Commons, 1995, 1996, 1997 Two BBC Newsnight interviews on Science Education 1995 Former Secondary Science Consultant to Marshall Editions (book packagers) Secondary Science Consultant to Project Sunrise Occasional education consultant to BBC news and current affairs Former Council member of the ASE for Surrey and Sussex