Dr Viv John
Senior Lecturer in ITE
Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy
Overview
I am the Learning and Teaching Lead for the Cardiff Partnership for Initial Teacher Education and, with my steering group, I am responsible for both the university and school-based provision for student teachers who train within the Cardiff Partnership. Previous roles at Cardiff Met have included PGCE Secondary Programme Director, SEWCTET Partnership Quality Manager and Programme Leader for PGCE and BA Secondary Music.
Having gained a B.Mus and PGCE from the University of London, I taught music for sixteen years in a range of secondary schools in England and Wales, and was Head of Department at St. Joseph’s R.C. High School in Newport. Between 2004 and 2006, I lead the education work at Wales Millennium Centre, creating a wide and diverse education programme for schools and colleges.
I joined Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy in 2006 as Senior Lecturer in Music Education and completed an MA (Ed) at the university in 2011 and a Professional Doctorate (EdD) in 2020. I have been an A Level examiner for WJEC and an Associate of Musical Futures, responsible for leading the highly successful 2011-12 Welsh pilot and subsequent roll-out across Wales. I am a keen and active orchestral and solo performer and I regularly play flute with a range of ensembles around South Wales.
Research Publications
Research in schools and the lure of the transcendent
Adams, D. & John, V., 24 Sept 2024, Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change: Orientations for Professional Practice. Conn, C., Mitchell, B. & Hutt, M. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 15-36 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Musical identity, pedagogy, and creative dispositions: Exploring the experiences of popular musicians during their postgraduate teacher education in a changing Welsh education landscape
John, V., Beauchamp, G., Davies, D. & Breeze, T., 18 Apr 2024, In: Research Studies in Music Education. 46, 3, p. 516-528 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pioneer teachers: How far can individual teachers achieve agency within curriculum development?
Kneen, J., Breeze, T., Thayer, E., John, V. & Davies-Barnes, S., 4 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Educational Change. 24, 2, p. 243-264 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Integreiddio’r cwricwlwm: yr heriau sy’n wynebu ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd wrth ddatblygu cwricwlwm newydd yn y celfyddydau mynegiannol
Kneen, J., Breeze, T., Davies-Barnes, S., John, V. & Thayer, E., 11 May 2020, In: Curriculum Journal. 31, 2, p. e85-e103Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Curriculum integration: the challenges for primary and secondary schools in developing a new curriculum in the expressive arts
Kneen, J., Breeze, T., Davies-Barnes, S., John, V. & Thayer, E., 14 Feb 2020, In: Curriculum Journal. 31, 2, p. 258-275 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Learners' experience and perceptions of informal learning in key stage 3 music: A collective case study, exploring the implementation of musical futures in three secondary schools in Wales
Evans, S. E., Beauchamp, G. & John, V., 23 Sept 2014, In: Music Education Research. 17, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review