Ailsa Fidler
School of Education
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: A.J.Fidler@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 6532
Degrees
2021, University College London, United Kingdom, MA (History) Education
2018, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom, PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Eduscation
1993, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom, PGCE
1991, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, BA (Hons) History
University of Reading, United Kingdom, PhD candidate
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, Education, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Professional Tutor in Primary Education, Education, Liverpool Hope University, 2017 - 2022
Associate Tutor, Liverpool Hope University, 2014 - 2017
Other
Fidler A. 2024. Earth Heroes: Etta Lemon the Mother of Birds Primary History, Publisher Url
Fidler A. 2022. History in England's Primary Schools: what do secondary history teachers need to know? HA update. Teaching History, :6-8 Publisher Url
Fidler A. 2022. Wangari Maathai as a significant individual: positive representation within a broad and balanced curriculum Primary History, :34-38 Publisher Url
Fidler A, Stow C. 2022. Mentoring student teachers Primary History, :44-48 Publisher Url
Fidler A. 2020. More than just a word list: embedding progress in historical vocabulary teaching Primary History, 84 :30-33 Publisher Url
Journal article
Fidler A. 2022. How far did the toppling of the Colston statue in 2020 impact upon primary history subject-leaders’ curriculum decision-making in North-West England? Education 3-13, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Fellowships:
Primary Fellow, Schools History Project. 2024
Associate Fellow of the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, IOE at UCL, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centres/ucl-centre-climate-change-and-sustainability-education. 2024
Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association, Historical Association. 2020
FHEA, Higher Education Academy. 2018
Conference presentation:
Student teacher perceptions of history education: a comparison of primary and secondary student teacher thinking about the purpose of history at the start of a PGDE/CE course in England., HEIRNET 2024, University of Stirling, Oral presentation. 2024
Supporting student teachers in primary history co presented with Helen Crawford and Sue Temple, Historical Association Conference 2024, Birmingham, Oral presentation. 2024
Developing wider partnerships in ITE, History Teacher Educators Network (HTEN) Conference 2024, University of Birmingham, Oral presentation. 2024
Support for new primary history teachers, their school mentors and initial teacher training tutors, HEIRNET 2023, Stockholm, Joint presentation with Sue Temple and Helen Crawford. 2023
'Come together': using popular music in primary and secondary history learning and teaching with David Ingledew and Damienne Clarke, Historical Association conference 2022, Bristol, Oral presentation. 2022
Developing a community among history educators (co-presented with Clare Stow, CCU), Historical Association conference 2022, Oral presentation. 2022
Primary and secondary history: developing a shared understanding, HTEN mini-conference, Online, Round-table. 2022
Wangari Maathai: positive representation within a broad and balanced curriculum, Historical Association Annual Conference, Online, Webinar. 2021
More than just a word list: embedding progress in historical vocabulary teaching, Historical Association Annual Conference, Stratford upon Avon, Oral presentation. 2019
Editorial boards:
Primary History, Member of the editorial board. 2024
Climate Change and Environment special edition of Primary History, Co-editor, https://www.history.org.uk/publications/categories/299/resource/10853/primary-history-96-climate-and-environment. 2024
Other Professional Activity:
Trustee of the Historical Association. 2023
External committees:
History specialist advisory group for developing teacher support around climate change and sustainability education, IoE at UCL, Group member. 2022
Expert panel for the model history curriculum, DfE, Panel member, https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/model-history-curriculum-expert-panel. 2022
History Teacher Educators' Network Committee, HTEN, Historical Association representative. 2021
Primary Committee, Historical Association, Committee member, https://www.history.org.uk/aboutus/info/3480/primary-committee-biographies. 2020
Award:
Chartered Teacher of History, Historical Association. 2019