About Michael D Lightfoot

MICRO-BIO

  • I travel the globe as an educational tinker - selling my wares to whichever company or NGO will employ me and whoever will listen. I have been a teacher of Chemistry, K-12; Performing Arts, TVET; and School Leadership and Management at University le...More

EXPERIENCE

  • Michael Lightfoot Assoicates
    • Principal
    • January 2001 to Present
  • Office for Standards in Education, England
    • OFSTED Registered Inspector
    • September 1993 to September 2000
  • University Campus Suffolk
    • Head of Performing Arts
    • September 1988 to September 1991
  • Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
    • Senior Lecturer in Theatre
    • September 1984 to September 1988
  • Free Lance Theatre Pracitioner
    • Designer, Director, Actor, Stage Manager
    • January 1979 to September 1984
  • London Borough of Hillingdon
    • Science Teacher
    • September 1977 to September 1978

EDUCATION

  • YMCA-Fit, London
    • Diploma in Yoga Teaching
    • January 2014 to August 2014

    Professional Qualification at Level 4 on the European Qualifications Framework to qualify for access to European Register for Exercise Professionals. Main focus on Hatha yoga

  • University College London, Institute of Education
    • PhD
    • September 2009 to July 2014

    A doctorate, by research, into Education Technology in the Middle East - policymaking and enactment

  • City University, London
    • MA
    • September 1985 to July 1987

    Part time Masters programme in Education Management

  • University College London, Institute of Education
    • Post Graduate Certificate in Education
    • September 1976 to June 1977

    Post grad teaching qualification to teach 'integrated science' in secondary schools

  • University of Dundee
    • BSc (hons)
    • October 1972 to June 1976

    Honours science degree in Pharmacology undertaken at Ninewells Teaching Hospital in Dundee

Interests

  • Teacher Education And Cpd

  • Technical And Vocational Education And Training

  • Quality Assurance In Education

  • Curriculum Reform

  • 21st Century Skills

  • Education Reform For The Knowledge Economy

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