Geeta Ludhra is a lecturer in Education at Brunel University, West London. Presently she leads the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme for primary education students (those training to teach pupils aged between 5-11 years of age).
She teaches on the English education programme and Investigating Professional Practice module. She has extensive experience of teaching in primary schools and has worked in Leading Literacy advisory roles within local authorities.
She has also worked as a deputy head teacher in an urban multicultural primary school where she led in the following curriculum areas: assessment, Literacy, English as an additional language and the teaching and learning of more able pupils.
Her research interests include the development of creative teaching approaches for trainee teachers and the role of speaking, listening and drama for multilingual pupils.
Current doctoral research is being conducted with British South-Asian adolescent girls to explore the role of the secondary school and home contexts in developing their sense of identity. |
