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• workRoom B81 Dearing Building
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• work0115 748 4793
• Rupert.Knight@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Rupert Knight joined the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ in April 2014 and is Associate Professor in Education. He teaches on Primary Initial Teacher Education courses and a range of other postgraduate courses including the MA Education, PGCHE and EdD and is Knowledge Exchange Coordinator. Prior to working at UoN, Rupert held a similar position at the University of Derby (2006-2014) working on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate education courses. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the English Association.

Before working in higher education, Rupert was a teacher in schools in London and Nottingham and his various roles included Advanced Skills Teacher, Leading Behaviour Teacher and Assistant Head Teacher.

Expertise Summary

Rupert's primary education expertise and interests include:

• classroom talk / oracy.
• the roles of theory and practice in learning to teach
• knowledge brokering and exchange in education
• teachers as professionals
• pedagogies for primary education

Rupert's doctoral research focused on teacher education and postgraduate students' understanding of the relationship between theory and practice in learning to teach.

Recent Publications

• KNIGHT, R., 2025. Literacy. 60(1),
• KNIGHT, R., 2024. Professional Development in Education. 51(8),
• KNIGHT, R., 2024. Forum. 66(2), 34-43
• KNIGHT, R., 2024. The Oracy Education Commission: Speaking Volumes. 6-8

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• KNIGHT, R., 2025. Literacy. 60(1),
• KNIGHT, R., 2024. Professional Development in Education. 51(8),
• KNIGHT, R., 2024. Forum. 66(2), 34-43
• KNIGHT, R., 2024. The Oracy Education Commission: Speaking Volumes. 6-8
• KNIGHT, R, 2023. Forum. 65(1), 98-107
• ELLIOTT, J, KNIGHT, R, CLANCY, S. and MORLEY, C., 2023. . In: PULFORD, M., MORRIS, R. and PURVES, R., eds., Understanding Education Studies: Critical Issues and New Directions Routledge. 21-29
• KNIGHT, R., 2023. Literacy. 58(1), 37-47
• KNIGHT, R., 2023. Talking Point: Voice 21's Journal. 7-9
• KNIGHT, R, 2022. . In: MENTER, I, ed., The Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education Research Palgrave.
• KNIGHT, R., 2022. McGraw-Hill / Open University Press.
• KNIGHT, R. and SULLIVAN, S, 2021. Journal of Education for Teaching. 48(2), 146-158
• GU,Q., SEYMOUR, K., REA, S., KNIGHT, R., AHN, M., SAMMONS, P., KAMESHWARA, K. and HODGEN, J., 2021. Education Endowment Foundation.
• KNIGHT, R., 2020. St Albans: Critical Publishing.
• GRIPTON, C. and KNIGHT, R., 2020. Walking the talk: moving forwards with sustained shared thinking and dialogic teaching. Forum. 62(1), 31-40
• GU, Q., REA, S., SEYMOUR, K., SMETHEM, L., BRYANT, B., ARMSTRONG, P., AHN, M., HODGEN, J. and KNIGHT, R., 2020. Education Endowment Foundation.
• KNIGHT, R., 2019. Research Papers in Education. 35(2), 205-227
• KNIGHT, R., 2017. SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2.
• KNIGHT, R., 2017. Mathematics Teaching. 255, 23-25
• KNIGHT, R., 2017. Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice. 23(7), 843-858
• DAY, C., TOWNSEND, A., KNIGHT, R. and RICHARDSON, K., 2016. Bethesda, MD, USA, International Baccalaureate Organization..
• MCINTYRE, J. and KNIGHT, R., 2016. The Urban Review. 48(5), 647-667
• KNIGHT, R., 2015. Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy. 42(2), 1-16
• KNIGHT, R., 2015. Mathematics Teaching. 247, 9-11
• KNIGHT, R., 2013. ‘It’s just a wait and see thing at the moment’: Students’ preconceptions about the contribution of theory to classroom practice in learning to teach Teacher Education Network Journal. 5(1), 45-59
• KNIGHT, R., 2011. Mathematics Teaching. 224, 12-13
• KNIGHT, R., 2010. A theorist in every classroom. Primary Science. 114, 16-18
• KNIGHT, R., 2009. Mathematics Teaching. 213, 18-19
• KNIGHT, R., 2009. Primary Science. 109, 22-24
• KNIGHT, R., 2009. Capturing children’s imaginations through Darwin’s ideas. Primary Science. 107, 9-12