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Personal profile
Research profile
My research interests include teacher professionalism, teachers' work, teachers' professional learning and development, teacher trade unions, social dialogue, education policy, education governance, comparative education, European education systems, narrative inquiry and discourse analysis.
Teaching profile
I teach or have taught on the following undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes:
Undergraduate study programmes
Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)
Semester 2 Module: Scientific Theory and Qualitative Methods (Videnskabsteori og kvalitative metoder)
- The Qualitative Interview (Det kvalitative interview)
- Focus Groups (Fokusgrupper)
- Documentary Research and Text Analysis (Dokumentforskning og tekstanalyse)
- Critical Theory and Discourse Analysis (Kritisk teori og diskursanalyse)
- Research design: theory, methodology and method (Undersøgelsesdesign: teori, metodologi og metode)
(Module coordinator, spring 2022)
Semester 5 Module: Learning and Organisation from a Global Perspective (Læring og organisation i globalt perspektiv)
- Theories of Globalisation (Globaliseringsteorier)
- International Organisations' Role and Meaning in the Creation of a Global Education Space (Internationale organisationers rolle og betydning i skabelsen af et globalt uddannelsesrum)
(Module coordinator, autumn 2021)
Postgraduate study programmes
Masters in Processes of Learning and Change (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)
Semester 7 Module: Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser)
Unit: Methodology and Processes (Metodologi og processer)
- From Scientific Theory to Research Design (Fra videnskabsteori til undersøgelsesdesign)
- Qualitative Approaches and Methods (Kvalitative tilgange og metoder)
- Comparative Research Design (Komparativ undersøgelsesdesign)
Semester 8 Module: Education, Pedagogy and Didactics (Uddannelse, pædagogik og didaktik)
- Global Agendas - National Education Systems - Local Practices (Globale agendaer, nationale uddannelsessystemer - locale praxisser). Workshop with Professor Mette Buchardt and Professor Christian Ydesen.
I have been a PBL (problem-based learning) individual and group supervisor, examiner and internal moderator on the following postgraduate and undergraduate programmes:
Supervisor/examiner (Vejleder/eksaminator)
Masters in Processes of Learning and Change (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)
- Semester 10 Dissertation (Kandidatspeciale) - Spring 2022
- Semester 9 Learning and Change in Practice (Læring og forandring i praksis) - Autumn 2021, 2022
- Semester 8 Learning and Change in Organisations (Læring og forandring i organisationer) - Spring 2022
- Semester 8 Education, Pedagogy and Didactics (Uddannelse, pedagogik og didaktik) - Spring 2022
- Semester 7 Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser) - Autumn 2021, 2022
Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)
- Semester 3 Learning and collaboration in and amongst organisations (Læring og samarbejde i og blandt organisationer) - Autumn 2022
Internal moderator (Intern censor)
Masters in Processes of Learning and Change (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)
- Semester 9 Learning and Change in Practice (Læring og forandring i praksis) - Autumn 2021, 2022
- Semester 8 Learning in Intercultural Contexts (Læring i interkulturelle kontekster) - Spring 2021, 2022, 2023
- Semester 7 Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser) - Autumn 2021
Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)
- Semester 5 Learning and Organisation from a Global Perspective (Læring og organisation i et globalt perspektiv) - Autumn 2020, 2021
- Semester 2 Scientific Theory and Qualitative Methods (Videnskabsteori og kvalitative metoder) - Spring 2022
I completed the university pedagogy course for assistant professors (Adjunktpædagogikum), a nationally recognised programme for teaching in higher education, in Spring 2022.
In addition, I am a qualified secondary school teacher of modern foreign languages (French, German and Spanish) in England and Sweden. With ten years' experience as a teacher and middle leader, I have worked in state comprehensive schools in England and for-profit and not-for-profit free schools in Sweden.
Education/Academic qualification
Education, PhD, Teacher Professionalism from the Margins: a Critical Discourse Analysis of the policies and politics of governance in England and Sweden, University of Nottingham
1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sept 2019
Award Date: 24 Jul 2020
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Getting stronger together: trade union renewal in education
Stevenson, H. & Milner, A. L.
19/04/2023 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research
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Education Access Under the Reign of Testing and Inclusion
Ydesen, C., Milner, A. L., Aderet-German, T. R., Caride, E. G., Ruan, Y., Hansen, I. S., Enemark, N. R. & Holleufer, S.
01/08/2019 → 30/06/2023
Project: Research
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Towards a Framework of Action on the Attractiveness of the Teaching Profession through Effective Social Dialogue in Education
Stevenson, H. & Milner, A. L.
10/05/2021 → 31/05/2023
Project: Research
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Your Turn!: Teachers for trade union renewal
Stevenson, H., Carter, B., Milner, A. L. & Vega Castillo, M. A.
01/12/2018 → 30/09/2020
Project: Research
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Public Service Trade Unions – Effective Interventions in the European Semester
Stevenson, H., Hagger-Vaughan, L., Milner, A. L., Vanhercke, B., Bellitti, C. & Pond, R.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research
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Confronting the disadvantage gap: the challenges to transformative leadership in a high-stakes assessment system
Milner, A. L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Inclusive Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Educational Assessment and Inclusive Education: Paradoxes, Perspectives and Potentialities
Ydesen, C., Milner, A. L., Aderet-German, T. R., Caride, E. G. & Ruan, Y., 21 Apr 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
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Educational Assessment and Inclusive Education
Milner, A. L. & Caride, E. G., 8 May 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
Open Access -
Future teachers for future societies: transforming teacher professionalism through problem-based professional learning and development
Milner, A. L. & Scholkmann, A., 19 Apr 2023, In: Professional Development in Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Measuring privatisation in education: methodological challenges and possibilities
Winchip, E., Stevenson, H. & Milner, A. L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Mapping the Field: 75 Years of Educational Review. Martin, J., Bowl, M. & Banks, G. (eds.). Routledge, Vol. I.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Educational Review Article of the Year Award 2019
Winchip, Emily (Recipient), Stevenson, Howard (Recipient) & Milner, Alison Louise (Recipient), 6 Mar 2020
Prize: Research, education and innovation prizes
Activities
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Accountability for Assessment and Inclusion
Alison Louise Milner (Speaker)
21 Apr 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Educational Assessment and Inclusive Education
Alison Louise Milner (Participant)
21 Apr 2023Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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Bargaining for the future of the profession: trade unions and the teacher crisis in Europe
Alison Louise Milner (Speaker) & Howard Stevenson (Other)
15 Apr 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Edu-LEAD Network (External organisation)
Alison Louise Milner (Member)
Apr 2023 → Apr 2027Activity: Memberships › Membership of research networks or expert groups
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Towards a Framework of Action on the Attractiveness of the Teaching Profession through Effective Social Dialogue in Education
Howard Stevenson (Speaker) & Alison Louise Milner (Speaker)
30 Jan 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
Press/Media
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Attractiveness of the Teaching Profession: Second ETUCE-EFEE seminar in Riga
06/10/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media