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David Pepper

Dr David Pepper

Senior Lecturer in International Education and Educational Assessment

Research interests

  • Education

Biography

David's background is in research and development supporting school curriculum and assessment policy at England, UK and EU levels. He has been involved in the School since 2005 when he started a part-time MRes at King's.

David joined the School full-time in 2010 when he started a PhD studentship with Economic and Social Research Council funding. David then became a post-doctoral research associate on an Education Endowment Foundation project in 2014 and began his lectureship in 2016.

Research

David's current research interests are:

  • Educational assessment, assessment validity, psychological measurement and self-assessment
  • International education, comparative education, international assessments and international schools
  • STEM education, mathematics education, environmental education, intercultural competence and citizenship education.

Teaching

David is programme director of the distance-learning Executive MA International Education supported by Nord Anglia Education. He organises MA International Education modules on international education and international schools and research methods for international education.

He contributes to MA Education modules on international and comparative education, recent developments in mathematics education and business management in education. He also contributes to the PGCE in mathematics education.

PhD supervision

David supervises students in the fields of international education, comparative education, STEM education and educational assessment.

Further information

For further details please see David's Research Staff Profile.

    Research

    women at wokr
    Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)

    The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.

    International hero 1903x558
    King’s International Education Research Network

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

    News

    Uncovering new educational trends as students use real-world data to learn about statistics

    Brand new data from an international survey of teenagers is being used by students studying quantitative methods in educational research in the School of...

    Image of the Quantitative Methods Education Research online book

    Events

    30JunPaul Black event

    Innovations in Pedagogy, Assessment for Learning & Classroom Practice: The influence of the work of Paul Black

    This event will celebrate the influential work of Paul Black in educational practice in STEM, which has been commented and analysed in a Festschrift that will...

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      women at wokr
      Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)

      The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.

      International hero 1903x558
      King’s International Education Research Network

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

      News

      Uncovering new educational trends as students use real-world data to learn about statistics

      Brand new data from an international survey of teenagers is being used by students studying quantitative methods in educational research in the School of...

      Image of the Quantitative Methods Education Research online book

      Events

      30JunPaul Black event

      Innovations in Pedagogy, Assessment for Learning & Classroom Practice: The influence of the work of Paul Black

      This event will celebrate the influential work of Paul Black in educational practice in STEM, which has been commented and analysed in a Festschrift that will...

      Please note: this event has passed.