Dr Elizabeth Parr
School of Education
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: E.F.Parr@ljmu.ac.uk
ORCID
Elizabeth Parr is Head of Primary Programmes at Liverpool John Moores University. Prior to this, she was a Senior Professional Tutor in Initial Teacher Education at Liverpool Hope University, teaching across the BA (QTS), PGCE (QTS) and Professional Research Doctorate programmes. She has undertaken several roles including Academic Strategic Lead for Ambition Institute, School Direct Programme Lead and Head of Masters of Education with QTS. Elizabeth also has experience as a primary school teacher and governor in schools across the north west of England.
Degrees
2016, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, Doctor of Education
2010, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, Master of Education
University of Manchester, United Kingdom, PGCE Primary
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, BA English Language and Literature
Academic appointments
Head of Primary Programmes, Liverpool John Moores University, 2025 - present
Senior Professional Tutor, Liverpool Hope University, 2013 - 2025
Journal article
Parr E, Lampropoulou S, Gonzalez-Diaz V, Flynn K. 2025. The paradoxes of oracy education in secondary schools: A case study of Liverpool English FORUM, 67 :92-103 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
González‐Diaz V, Parr E, Nourie K. 2025. Using constructs of ‘good’ writing to develop ‘a voice of one's own’ in the primary school classroom Literacy, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Gonzalez-Diaz V, Parr E, Nourie K. 2024. Conceptualisations of 'good' writing in the English primary school context Language and Education, :1-24 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
O’Siochru C, Norton L, Pilkington R, Parr E, Anderson B, Maslen J. 2020. Action learning: how can it contribute to a collaborative process of pedagogical action research? Educational Action Research, 29 :191-205 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Parr E. 2020. Teaching Primary English: Subject Knowledge and Classroom Practice by EveBearne and DavidReedy2018. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN: 9781138681569 £25.99, 422pp. Literacy, 54 :71-71 DOI Publisher Url
Rayner S, Lord J, Parr E, Sharkey R. 2015. ‘Why has my world become more confusing than it used to be?’ Professional doctoral students reflect on the development of their identity Management in Education, 29 :158-163 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Parr E, Lampropoulou S, Gonzalez-Diaz V, Johnson P. "I don’t want to do the gender division, but...’: resisting and reifying gender difference discourses in talk about schoolchildren’s writing Gender and Language, 18 Public Url
Chapters
Parr E, Rayner S, Lord J, Stenhouse R. 2024. Enabling intellectual leadership in precarious times: the contribution of the professional doctorate Intellectual Leadership, Higher Education and Precarious Times Bloomsbury Academic 9781350291805
Parr E. 2020. Learning Beyond Schools Studying Education An Introduction to the Study and Exploration of Education SAGE 9781529723496
Parr E. 2016. The Changing Role of the Teacher in Multi-Agency Work Teacher Education in Challenging Times Lessons for professionalism, partnership and practice Routledge 9781317373391
Giardiello P, Parr E, Mcleod N, Redman C. 2014. Understanding Pedagogy Handbook for Teacher Educators :15-32 SensePublishers DOI Publisher Url
Report
Parr E, Gonzalez-Diaz V, Mandya A. 2022. Gap-Minding, Gap-Closing, Gap-Worrying: Addressing The ‘Gender-Gap’ in Primary Children’s Writing Author Url
Conference presentation:
Making Education Policy work in Practice: Implementing Intensive Training and Practice (ITaP) in ITE, British Education Research Association Annual Conference, Symposium. 2024
The Wonder Brothers: Hosting a Poet-in-Residence and an Author-in-Residence as part of Initial Teacher Education Programmes, UK Literacy Association International Conference, Research Paper. 2024
Using constructs of ‘good’ writing to develop ‘a voice of one’s own’ in the primary school classroom, UK Literacy Association International Conference, Research Paper. 2024
Gap-Minding, Gap-Closing, Gap-Worrying: Addressing the ‘gender-gap’ in primary children’s writing, UK Literacy Association International Conference, Research Paper. 2023
Addressing The ‘Gender-Gap’ in Primary Children’s Writing., School Improvement Liverpool ‘Global Citizens’ Conference, Workshop. 2023
External collaboration:
School Improvement Liverpool, Good Writing, Gender and 'the Gap' Project. 2024
Research Grants Awarded:
Learning Skills Research Foundation (The Maths Anxiety Trust), Investigation into mathematics anxiety in preservice teachers, Manchester Metropolitan University; University of Southampton, Grant value (£): 8500. 2024
Fellowships:
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, HEA. 2019