Louise Frith

Student Learning Adviser, (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) Medway
Curriculum & Educational Developer (Thursday, Friday) Canterbury

 

Louise Frith

Louise Frith is a Educational and Curriculum Developer and Study Skills Tutor. Her main responsibility at Kent is to advise departments on how to embed Personal Development Planning (PDP) and study skills in the Curriculum. She came to Kent in 2004, prior to that she had a varied teaching career. This has included; teaching English Language to Asylum Seekers, working as a Teacher-Trainer in Nepal and teaching ‘A’ level History in a Manchester 6th form college.

Louise is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Centre for Recording Achievement. Louise’s’ research interests include:

    • The impact of PDP and e-portfolios on students’ learning.
    • Threshold Concepts approach to curriculum development.
    • Developing communities of practice for students academic skills development.

    Publications

    • Frith, L. (2010) How do different models of PDP influence the embedding of e-portfolios in Journal for Learning Development in Higher Education
    • Frith, L. Martin, R & Osborne, S (2009). Using e-portfolios to evidence practice learning for Social Work students. In Technology supported environments for personalised learning ed O’Donoghue, J
    • Frith, L. (2008) What to do with an e-portfolio? In PDP-UK. Issue 12, Feb
    • Frith, L. (2007) Students Engagement with PDP at Kent. In PDP-UK. Issue 10, March
    • Frith, L. (2000) Non-discriminatory Education in Nepal VSO/Save the Children UK

    Conferences

    • Buckley, C & Frith L (2010) ‘Building a PDP community of practice’, CRA International Conference on PDP and e-portfolios. Nottingham 26-28 April.
    • Frith, L & Mountjoy, (2009) G ‘A Threshold Concepts approach to PDP’ CRA annual conference, Manchester 23-25 Nov
    • Frith, L. & R Thapa Chhetri. What to do with an e-portfolio? At the LDHEN Symposium The Challenge of Learning Development, Bournemouth, 6 _ 7 April 2009
    • Frith, L. & A. Wilson. Embedding study skills into the curriculum. At the Learning Development who needs it? LDHEN Symposium Bradford 17-18 March (2008)
    • Frith, L. Students’ engagement with PDP software. LDHEN Symposium Bournemouth 12th April 2007
    • Cash, C. & L. Frith Students’ Views of Assessment .LDHEN Symposium Liverpool. 4th April 2006

    Email: L.J.Frith@kent.ac.uk
    Tel: Canterbury - (+44) (0)1227 827015; Medway - (+44) (0)1634 888968
    Location: Canterbury Campus - UELT, Room 5; Medway Campus - Gillingham Building, Room GO-06

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