Dr. Tözün Issa

Qualifications

BEd Degree Primary Education (South Bank University )
MSc. (South Bank University)
PhD (University of North London)
Regional Trainer for KS2 Framework for Languages
Trainer for ESL in the Mainstream programme.
Member of Association of London Government Commission on Race and Education Committee.

Role

Director, Centre for Multilingualism in Education

www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/doed/centre-for-multilingualism

Senior Lecturer

PGCE Primary and Early Years Community languages tutor

Module Leader: MA Bilingualism and Education

Course Leader: PG Certificate in Bilingualism and language Education

PhD supervision

Dr. Issa has been a primary school teacher for 12 years and worked as an adviser for Ethnic minority Education for 6 years. He has studied for his doctorate at the university of North London before becoming the course tutor for PGCE Community Languages course. He is currently working as a PGCE primary and early years tutor with a specialism in community languages and the Director of the Centre for Multilingualism in Education. He has undertaken a number of research projects in UK as well as Europe exploring children’s citizenship, language and identity. He has co-ordinated the work of a steering group which organised two successful conferences in 3rd March 2007 and two day conference on 19th-20th June 2009.

Dr. Issa’s research interests include bilingual education and the education of the linguistic minority communities. He has focussed on a number of community education programmes particularly those of Supplementary schools in UK. He has carried out extensive research in the area of linguistics with a particular emphasis on language, culture and identity in school environments. Dr. Issa has a particular expertise in pre-school education and has carried out numerous researches in this area. He has been working on innovative pedagogic approaches to language teaching as part of the teacher education programme (PGCE) at the university. He has made numerous presentations and written a number of articles. His ongoing projects include working with children with special educational needs, currently working with Sakarya University in Turkey to set up a joint MA programme for practicing teachers as part of their continued professional development (CPD). The other areas include the Bilingual Mathematics project looking at instruction in two languages to deliver the national Mathematics curriculum in a secondary school.

Dr. Issa supervises a number of PhD students who are undertaking work in the related areas.

Dr. Issa is involved in a number of consultancy activities with the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Schools and CILT (National Centre for Languages) providing training for mainstream as well as supplementary schools teachers.