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Senior Tutor in Teacher Education - Early Years

I am the course co-ordinator for the PGCE Early Years Birth to Five with Early Years Teacher Status and the PGCE Primary Early Years (3-7) with QTS. I am also phase lead for early years.

I joined the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û following 17 years of working in schools in the UK and Tanzania.

I started my career in a maintained Nursery School, followed by two years developing teacher training for nursery school teachers in Tanzania.

Since then I have worked in Nursery, Lower and Special Schools, and have been a Headteacher of maintained Nursery Schools, also leading childcare and Children’s Centre provision.

Qualifications

• PGCE Primary (Early Years) – аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û of Reading
• MA (Education) - аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û
• BA (Hons) History – аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û of Wales, Aberystwyth
• Froebel Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Studies
• National Professional Qualification for Headship
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• All academic quals inc HEA status

Teaching Expertise

• Early Years (birth to five)
• Outdoor learning

Research Interests

• Characteristics of Effective Learning
• Risky Play
• Forest School

External Roles

• Vice Chair of Governors at a local school
• Member of TACTYC

Publications

• Sogga, M. and Siddons, K. (2021) ‘Bringing the curriculum to life in the early years: a consideration of the learning environment’, in Wearmouth, J. and Lindley, K. (eds.) Bringing the curriculum to life. Open аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Press.

Articles for the Bloomsbury Education online series for Early Childhood Education for England:

• Sogga, M., Beams, J. and Gosling, A. (2019) Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996281.0034
• Sogga, M., Beams, J. and Gosling, A. (2019) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996281.0033
• Sogga, M., Beams, J. and Gosling, A. (2019) Initial Teacher Education in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996281.0035
• Sogga, M., Beams, J. and Gosling, A. (2019) Access to Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0011
• Gosling, A. Beams, J. and Sogga, M. (2019) Overview of Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350995949.0014
• Gosling, A. Beams, J. and Sogga, M. (2019) Curriculum in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996274.0018
• Gosling, A. Beams, J. and Sogga, M. (2019) Transitions in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781350996274.0017
• Beams, J., Gosling, A. and Sogga, M. (2019) Management, Leadership and Governance in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0009
• Beams, J., Gosling, A. and Sogga, M. (2019) Professionalism and Professional Development in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0010
• Beams, J., Gosling, A. and Sogga, M. (2019) Communication and Language Development in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0007
• Beams, J., Gosling, A. and Sogga, M. (2019) Bilingualism and Multilinguism in Early Childhood Education (England) DOI: 10.5040/9781474209496.0006
• Sogga, M. (2009) ‘Reflections on what we mean by enabling environments for young children, arising from working in England and Tanzania’, Early Childhood Practice: The Journal for Multi-Professional Partnerships, 10 (2).

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1234 793451
·¡:Ìýmichelle.sogga@beds.ac.uk