Clare Stephens

BA Hons., MA Applied Linguistics, MA Social Anthropology, RSA Diploma TEFLA

Senior Lecturer and Subject Coordinator

Oxford Brookes Business School

cstephens@brookes.ac.uk

Role

Leading the Foundation Programmes under the guidance of our Programme Lead. Designing and delivering curricula. Mentoring staff and advising students. Liaising with various bodies across the university

Teaching and supervision

Modules taught

Ideas and Ideologies
Tourism and Hospitality
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Embed the educational for sustainable development competencies in all my teaching
Embrace assessment as not of learning
Awareness of academic literacies on the Foundation Programme

Research

Team working and Critical Thinking

Research impact

My research into team working and critical thinking has led to the creation of our new compulsory module entitled Critical Thinking and Problem Solving which is taught by a team of Foundation lecturers and embraces Education for Sustainable Development pedagogy as well as the Problem Based Learning approach to Teaching and Learning.

Publications

Other

TASK (Transferable Academic Skills Kit) series www.task.reading.ac.uk (2005):
- Sole author:
  - Academic Culture
  - Critical Thinking
- Joint author:
  - Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism
  - Essay writing
  - Team working
Practical English Teacher (2010): Teaching critical thinking in the general English classroom
InForm (2011): Critical Incidents: Raising cross cultural awareness at foundation level

Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

BALEAP
OBU representative of the University Pathways Alliance (UPA) a body designed to champion private providers of International Foundation Programmes
External examiner at Anglia Ruskin University and Bath Universities

Conferences

InForm Conference 2021
40th Annual Critical Thinking Conference 2021
BLTC annually