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Gourd, Jan

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Jan Gourd

Senior Lecturer

Institute of Education

01752 636700 Ext: 5228 jgourd@marjon.ac.uk

Programme leader

BA (Hons) Performing Arts Education

Undergraduate

Postgraduate Diploma in Early Years with Initial Teacher Training

Postgraduate

Qualifications

B.Ed(Hons)
M.Ed

Teaching

Early Years -ECS Top Up, PGDip Early Years,BA Early Childhood Studies with EYITT, Primary Education-BA(Hons)

Research

Member of EXEL project 1990-1994

Children's writing. Early Years Policy. New technology and it's potential impact on pedagogy. Pedagogical documentation.

Publications

Kingdon, Z and Gourd, J. (eds) (2014) Early Years Policy: The Impact on Practice: London: Routledge.
Gourd,J (2013) 'Using Needs Analysis in Early Years' in Early Years Educator Vol 15 No 7 pp 38-44 Salisbury: MarkAllen Group.

Other Interests

Previously primary teacher, latterly headteacher and Plymouth Able and Talented provision lead. EYPS assessor. I currently programme lead the PGDip Early Years with EYTS and the BA Early Childhood Studies EYTS.