Dr Jane Jones
Senior Lecturer in Education
Research interests
- Languages
- Education
- Teaching
Biography
Dr Jones taught languages in secondary schools for 16 years and introduced formative assessment and records of achievement into her last school. During that time she worked as Visiting Lecturer at King’s College London and was appointed to a full-time post in 1994.
Dr Jones has participated in numerous international projects to provide platforms for teachers and school leaders to share their knowledge and practices of learning teaching and assessment on a cross-national basis.
Her research interests are all aspects of languages teaching and learning, assessment, teacher development and comparative education.
Dr Jones is currently Senior Lecturer in Education at King's. She speaks several languages including:
- French (advanced)
- Serbo-Croat (intermediate)
- Spanish (basic)
- German (basic)
Teaching
- MA in Education
Research areas
- Modern Foreign Languages Education
- Assessment in Education
- Teacher Development and Research
- Comparative Education
PhD supervision
Dr Jones has taken through a large number of doctoral students to successful completion and won the King's College London Excellence in Supervision award in 2017. She has examined doctoral theses extensively in other universities all over the UK on topics as in her profile but also in ELT and in CFL.
Research
Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication (LDC)
The Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication is a major centre for descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics and language in education.
King’s International Education Research Network
The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.
Sustaining teacher quality and retention post-pandemic
This project examines the impact of the substantial changes and sustained disruption caused by Covid-19 to the development of secondary school teachers.
Project status: Completed
Decolonising Language Teaching
Engaging staff and students in active research, training and reflective practice that deconstructs the content and pedagogy of teaching languages and culture.
Project status: Ongoing
News
More needs to be done to decolonise language teaching, King's project team says
Over the course of 10 workshops, lecturers from the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) and the King’s Language Centre (King’s LC) have...
Decolonising Language Teaching: project latest
The latest news from the Decolonising Language Teaching project.
Outstanding Supervisor Receives Award
Dr Jane Jones, Senior Lecturer in MFL Education at the School of Education, Communication & Society, was presented a Supervisory Excellence Award on 15...
Events
Decolonisation & Othering
Online seminar: Part 1: Zeynep Demir: Othering & Part 2: Dr. Jane Jones: Decolonisation the Curriculum
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Q&A with Dr Jane Jones, trainer of 2,000 MFL teachers at King's
Dr Jane Jones retired from her full-time role in 2022, although we have been immensely fortunate that she has continued to contribute to our provision this...
What I learnt from colleagues in the Czech Republic
An ECS academic recently spent time at Charles University to collaborate on various projects.
Research
Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication (LDC)
The Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication is a major centre for descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics and language in education.
King’s International Education Research Network
The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.
Sustaining teacher quality and retention post-pandemic
This project examines the impact of the substantial changes and sustained disruption caused by Covid-19 to the development of secondary school teachers.
Project status: Completed
Decolonising Language Teaching
Engaging staff and students in active research, training and reflective practice that deconstructs the content and pedagogy of teaching languages and culture.
Project status: Ongoing
News
More needs to be done to decolonise language teaching, King's project team says
Over the course of 10 workshops, lecturers from the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) and the King’s Language Centre (King’s LC) have...
Decolonising Language Teaching: project latest
The latest news from the Decolonising Language Teaching project.
Outstanding Supervisor Receives Award
Dr Jane Jones, Senior Lecturer in MFL Education at the School of Education, Communication & Society, was presented a Supervisory Excellence Award on 15...
Events
Decolonisation & Othering
Online seminar: Part 1: Zeynep Demir: Othering & Part 2: Dr. Jane Jones: Decolonisation the Curriculum
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Q&A with Dr Jane Jones, trainer of 2,000 MFL teachers at King's
Dr Jane Jones retired from her full-time role in 2022, although we have been immensely fortunate that she has continued to contribute to our provision this...
What I learnt from colleagues in the Czech Republic
An ECS academic recently spent time at Charles University to collaborate on various projects.