
Kerry Bevan
Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education & Professional Learning and Subject Lead for PGCE Secondary Languages
Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy
Overview
Kerry joined Cardiff Met as an Associate Tutor in 2020 and has been leading the PGCE MFL Secondary students since 2021. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Kerry studied European Studies with French and German at Bath University before completing her PGCE in languages at Homerton College Cambridge in 1997. She has experience working in schools in France and Germany and worked in Berlin, teaching English as a Foreign Language amongst other roles. She has an MA in Education (Wales) and her dissertation focussed on ‘MFL students' perceptions of decolonising the MFL curriculum’.
During her teaching career she has held positions of Head of Languages, Head of French/German and Director of Languages at a Specialist Language College in London. She has also been responsible for PSE at KS3 and KS4 and has overseen GCSE Skills Challenge (Welsh Baccalaureate).
In addition to her work at Cardiff Met, she works at Cardiff University teaching German on the Languages for All programme and has taught German language on the undergraduate programme too. She is a qualified examiner for the Goethe Institute in level A1.
Kerry is an external examiner for the PGCE Secondary Modern Languages at Warwick University. Kerry sits on the Global Futures Wales Steering Group which shapes language policy in Wales and also on the Language Trends Wales Advisory Panel. Kerry is also working with WJEC on the new GCSE German.
Research Publications
An exploration of student MFL teachers’ emerging perceptions of decolonising the MFL curriculum
Bevan, K., 27 Jun 2024, In: Wales Journal of Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review