Biography

Learning Development Tutor for School of Education and Sociology at University of Portsmouth - 5 years' experience. EdD student completing thesis comparing student and institutional perceptions of the Learning Development role. Previous publication related to the above, and forthcoming publication on the hidden curriculum of written feedback on academic work. BA Linguistics, MA Applied Linguistics/TESOL, PGCE, CELTA. Fellow of Higher Education Academy since 2016. Background in both teaching English as Second Language and Literacy. Masters thesis on challenges relating to citation, for Chinese students writing in English for University.

Research interests

  • The professional role, identity, value/impact and professionalisation of the 'Learning Development' role in Higher Education
  • Academic writing - supporting the development of, characteristics of effective feedback on.
  • Socially-situated pedagogies, especially Academic Literacies, which focus on the interaction between academic disciplines and student identity/belonging

Research outputs

2024

Plagiaruedo*: teaching of academic integrity through a ‘whodunnit’ game (*any likeness to other games is intentional!)

Johnson, I., Barclay, L.

31 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 32, 7p.

Research output: Article

2023

Conceptual foundations in learning development

Johnson, I., Bishopp-Martin, S.

27 Nov 2023,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Research and scholarship in learning development

Bishopp-Martin, S., Johnson, I.

27 Nov 2023,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Working together: reflections on non-hierarchical approach to collaborative writing

Welton, K., Sum, K., Rafferty, V., Nodder, J., Kantcheva, R., Johnson, I., Chin, P., Bishopp-Martin, S., Bickle, E.

26 Jul 2023,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)

2021

Emerging from the third space chrysalis: experiences in a collaborative, non-hierarchical community of practice

Bickle, E., Bishopp-Martin, S., Canton, U., Chin, P., Johnson, I., Kantcheva, R., Nodder, J., Rafferty, V., Sum, K., Welton, K.

7 Dec 2021, In: Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 18, 7, p. 135-158, 24p., 09

Research output: Article

2020

What hides beneath? An evidence-based take on the hidden curriculum of assessment feedback

Johnson, I.

31 Jul 2020,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)

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