Ted Wragg
Ted Wragg | |
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| Born | 26 June 1938 Sheffield, England |
| Died | 10 November 2005 (aged 67) Exeter, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Exeter University of Leicester Durham University |
| Awards | Elected member of the Academy of Social Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Exeter University of Nottingham Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Wyggeston Grammar School |
| Thesis | An analysis of the verbal classroom interaction between graduate student teachers and children (1972) |
Professor Edward Conrad Wragg (26 June 1938 – 10 November 2005) known as Ted Wragg, was a British
In the UK, the Ted Wragg Teaching Award for Lifetime Achievement honours his memory, and is given out annually to educators who are considered to have shown excellent devotion to teaching throughout their careers.
Early career
Wragg was born in
Academic career
His long association with the
In 1978 he returned to Exeter as a Professor where he headed the amalgamation of the Exeter Education department with St Luke's College. While at Exeter he directed numerous research projects on such topics as classroom processes, teaching strategies, curriculum evaluation, appraising competence and incompetence, and performance-related pay.[7][8] He also studied education in numerous countries around the world. Throughout his academic career he would always make time to teach a class of children for one or two days a week so that he would remain in touch with the profession at the 'chalkface'.
Professional recognition
Wragg was president of the British Educational Research Association in 1981–82, Chairman of the Educational Broadcasting Council of the UK from 1981 to 1986.
In 1997 he was invited to deliver the
He was a member of the board of the
Commentary
He was a frequent broadcaster on radio and television and wrote regularly in newspapers including the
Bibliography
Wragg was a prolific writer. The following list of some of his books is freely adapted from the material posted on his University of Exeter curriculum vitae.
- E C Wragg (1974) Teaching Teaching David and Charles
- E C Wragg, J Oates and P Gump (1976) Classroom Interaction Open University Press
- E C Wragg (1981) Class Management and Control Macmillan
- E C Wragg (1982) Swineshead Revisited Trentham
- E C Wragg (1982) A Review of Research in Teacher Education NFER-Nelson
- E C Wragg (ed) (1984) Classroom Teaching Skills Croom Helm
- E C Wragg (1984 Pearls from Swineshire Trentham
- E C Wragg (1986) Education: An Action Guide for Parents BBC
- E C Wragg (1987) Teacher Appraisal Macmillan
- E C Wragg (1988) The Wragged Edge Trentham
- E C Wragg and J A Partington (1989) Schools and Parents Cassell
- E C Wragg (1990) Riches from Wragg Trentham
- E C Wragg (1991) Mad Curriculum Disease Trentham
- E C Wragg and M Williams (1993) The Parents' File Southgate
- E C Wragg (1993) No, Minister! Trentham
- E C Wragg (1993) Class Management Routledge
- E C Wragg and G Brown (1993) Explaining Routledge
- G Brown and E C Wragg (1993) Questioning Routledge
- E C Wragg (ed) (1993) Education: a Different Vision IPPR
- E C Wragg (1993) Primary Teaching Skills Routledge
- E C Wragg (1994) An Introduction to Classroom Observation Routledge
- R Dunne and E C Wragg (1994) Effective Teaching Routledge
- E C Wragg, F J Wikeley, C M Wragg, G S Haynes (1996) Teacher Appraisal Observed Routledge
- E C Wragg (1994) Flying Boot Nelson
- E C Wragg (1995) The Ted Wragg Guide to Education Butterworth Heinemann
- E C Wragg (1996) The Last Quango Trentham
- E C Wragg (1997) The Cubic Curriculum Routledge
- E C Wragg (1997) Assessment and Learning Routledge
- E C Wragg (1998) The Prince of Darkness Trentham
- E C Wragg, C M Wragg, G S Haynes and R P Chamberlin (1998) Improving Literacy in the Primary School Routledge
- E C Wragg (1999) An Introduction to Classroom Observation (2nd edition) Routledge
- E C Wragg, G S Haynes, C M Wragg and R P Chamberlin (2000)Failing Teachers? Routledge
- E C Wragg (2001) Class Management in the Primary School, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg (2001) Class Management in the Secondary School, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg (2001) Assessment and Learning in the Primary School, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg (2001) Assessment and Learning in the Secondary School, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg and G Brown (2001) Explaining in the Primary School, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg and G Brown (2001) Explaining in the Secondary School, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg and G Brown (2001) Questioning in the Primary School, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg, G Brown (2001) Questioning in the Secondary School, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg, G S Haynes, Wragg, C M and Chamberlin, R P (2004) Performance Pay for Teachers, Routledge Falmer.
- E C Wragg (Ed) (2004) Teaching and Learning, RoutledgeFalmer.
- E C Wragg (Ed) (2005) Letters to the Prime Minister, Central Books.
- E C Wragg (2005) (in press) The Art and Science of Teaching and Learning, Routledge.
- Editor of the international research journal Research Papers in Education (Taylor and Francis) since 1986.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-415-33551-5.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4424628.stm BBC Obituary
- ^ http://education.guardian.co.uk/obituary/story/0,,1640189,00.html Guardian obituary
- ^ "School of Education :: Ted Wragg". Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2006. Short CV published by the University of Exeter School of Education[dead link]
- ^ http://www.tes.co.uk/2289141 TES Obituary] Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wragg, Edward Conrad (1972). An analysis of the verbal classroom interaction between graduate student teachers and children (PhD thesis). University of Exeter.
- S2CID 167479.
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