Dr Lindsay Knox
Head of Teacher Development and Scholarship in Languages
- Centre for Open Learning
- English Language Education
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 650 4400
- Email: Lindsay.Knox@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Paterson's Land
Holyrood Road - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
As the Head of Teacher Development and Scholarship in Languages in English Language Education (ELE) at the Centre for Open Learning (COL), my role focuses on language teacher education. I lead on the development of language teacher expertise across the Centre, working with colleagues in both ELE and Languages for All (LfA). Within this role, I also have oversight of ELE's academic language and literacies provisions for UG/PGT students in Moray House School of Education and Sports, and also for academic language and literacies courses for PGR students across the University.
Before joining the University of Edinburgh in 2007, I worked as an English language teacher in Greece, Italy and France.
Qualifications
Doctorate in Education (2023)
MSc. Applied Linguistics (2008)
MA (Hons) Modern Languages (1993)
Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (2002)
RSA CTEFLA (1994)
Responsibilities & affiliations
Co-Convenor, BALEAP Teacher Education in EAP Special Interest Group https://tedeap.wordpress.com/
Undergraduate teaching
Academic Language and Literacies for Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences (ISPEHS), MHSES
Academic Language and Literacies for MA Learning in Communities
Postgraduate teaching
MSc. Language Education, Professional Practice
Masters Supervision in Institute for Language Education (ILE), MHSES
Academic Language and Literacies for In-Sessional Study (ALLIS) for PGR students https://ele.ed.ac.uk/insession-courses/elsis/elsis-courses-pgr
Research summary
I am interested in language teacher development, in particular, how language teachers identify and pursue opportunities for professional development.
Conference Proceedings
Knox, L., MacDiarmid, C., and Apostolidou, A. (2024) Exploring opportunities for EAP teacher development In: 4th International EAPCRETE Conference: Options and practices of EAP, ESP and EMI multiliteracies and their pedagogical implications, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 26-28 Apr 2024, pp. 32-45. ISBN 9789609430272 (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13329373)
My doctoral dissertation focused on postgraduate students pursuing academic studies in language teacher education.
Knox, L. (2023) Becoming a second language teacher: developing graduate attributes in an international landscape of academic and professional practices. EdD Thesis.
Current research interests
I am currently interested in conceptualisations of scholarship within language teacher education, specifically for English for Academic Purposes practitioners.Project activity
Exploring opportunites for EAP Teacher Development (2024): BALEAP TEd in EAP SIG
Engagement with the discourse of professional development (2017): PTAS Project 2017
Teaching international students (2014): PTAS Project 2014
Conference details
Knox, L. & MacDiarmid, C. (2024), 'Exploring opportunities for EAP Teacher Development'. Presented at 4th International EAP Crete Conference Options and Practices of EAP, ESP and EMI, Multiliteracies & their Pedagogical Implications. 26-28 April 2024.
Knox, L. & MacDiarmid, C. (2023), 'Introducing the Teacher Education in EAP Special Interest Group and Approaches to Teacher Education'. Presented at University of Nottingham Ningbo China’s Transformations in Context EAP Conference. 20 May 2023.
Knox, L. (2021) “Feeding back on writing feedback: an approach to observation during an online pre-sessional course”. Lightening Talk at BALEAP Conference: Exploring Pedagogical Approaches in EAP teaching. University of Glasgow. 6 – 10 April 2021.
Knox, L., Northcott, J. and J. Paterson (2019) ‘Is learning and teaching terminology a barrier to engagement?’ Presented at Evidencing the value of learning and teaching. The University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference, June 2019..
Invited speaker
Knox, L. (2022, 'Becoming an EAP teacher educator in a global landscape of EAP practices'. BALEAP PIM Plenary Speaker: From EAP Teacher to EAP Teacher Educator. Presented at University of Sheffield. 12 November 2022.