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Jane Jones

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.

The publication feed is not currently available.

Research

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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.

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King’s International Education Research Network

The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.

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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...

A group of women teachers and lecturers posing for a picture at the end of the last workshop of the project 'Decolonising language teaching'.

Decolonising Language Teaching: project latest

The latest news from the Decolonising Language Teaching project.

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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...

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Events

25May

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...

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What I learnt from colleagues in the Czech Republic

An ECS academic recently spent time at Charles University to collaborate on various projects.

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The publication feed is not currently available.

Research

books-1204029_1920
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.

International hero 1903x558
King’s International Education Research Network

The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.

School classroom student and teacher
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...

A group of women teachers and lecturers posing for a picture at the end of the last workshop of the project 'Decolonising language teaching'.

Decolonising Language Teaching: project latest

The latest news from the Decolonising Language Teaching project.

decolonising-language-teaching

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...

Sparkler on a dark background

Events

25May

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...

teacher in classroom with map-1903x700

What I learnt from colleagues in the Czech Republic

An ECS academic recently spent time at Charles University to collaborate on various projects.

prague hero