
Ailsa Fidler
School of Education
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: A.J.Fidler@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 6532
Degrees
2021, University College London, United Kingdom, MA (History) Education
2018, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom, PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Eduscation
1993, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom, PGCE
1991, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, BA (Hons) History
University of Reading, United Kingdom, PhD candidate
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, Education, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Professional Tutor in Primary Education, Education, Liverpool Hope University, 2017 - 2022
Associate Tutor, Liverpool Hope University, 2014 - 2017
Other
Lea S, Fidler A. 2024. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Primary History- take CARE! Primary History, Publisher Url
Fidler A. 2024. Earth Heroes: Etta Lemon the Mother of Birds Primary History, Publisher Url
Fidler A. 2022. History in England's Primary Schools: what do secondary history teachers need to know? HA update. Teaching History, :6-8 Publisher Url
Fidler A. 2022. Wangari Maathai as a significant individual: positive representation within a broad and balanced curriculum Primary History, :34-38 Publisher Url
Fidler A, Stow C. 2022. Mentoring student teachers Primary History, :44-48 Publisher Url
Fidler A. 2020. More than just a word list: embedding progress in historical vocabulary teaching Primary History, 84 :30-33 Publisher Url
Journal article
Lea S, Fidler A. 2024. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in primary history - take CARE! Primary History Association, 98 :44-51 Publisher Url Public Url
Fidler A. 2022. How far did the toppling of the Colston statue in 2020 impact upon primary history subject-leaders’ curriculum decision-making in North-West England? Education 3-13, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Fellowships:
Schools History Project, Primary Fellow. 2024
IOE at UCL, Associate Fellow of the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centres/ucl-centre-climate-change-and-sustainability-education. 2024
Historical Association, Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association. 2020
Higher Education Academy, FHEA. 2018
Conference presentation:
Oral presentation, University of Stirling, HEIRNET 2024, Student teacher perceptions of history education: a comparison of primary and secondary student teacher thinking about the purpose of history at the start of a PGDE/CE course in England.. 2024
Oral presentation, Birmingham, Historical Association Conference 2024, Supporting student teachers in primary history co presented with Helen Crawford and Sue Temple. 2024
Oral presentation, University of Birmingham, History Teacher Educators Network (HTEN) Conference 2024, Developing wider partnerships in ITE. 2024
Joint presentation with Sue Temple and Helen Crawford, Stockholm, HEIRNET 2023, Support for new primary history teachers, their school mentors and initial teacher training tutors. 2023
Oral presentation, Bristol, Historical Association conference 2022, 'Come together': using popular music in primary and secondary history learning and teaching with David Ingledew and Damienne Clarke. 2022
Oral presentation, Historical Association conference 2022, Developing a community among history educators (co-presented with Clare Stow, CCU). 2022
Round-table, Online, HTEN mini-conference, Primary and secondary history: developing a shared understanding. 2022
Webinar, Online, Historical Association Annual Conference, Wangari Maathai: positive representation within a broad and balanced curriculum. 2021
Oral presentation, Stratford upon Avon, Historical Association Annual Conference, More than just a word list: embedding progress in historical vocabulary teaching. 2019
Editorial boards:
Member of the editorial board, Primary History. 2024
Co-editor, Climate Change and Environment special edition of Primary History, https://www.history.org.uk/publications/categories/299/resource/10853/primary-history-96-climate-and-environment. 2024
Other Professional Activity:
Trustee of the Historical Association. 2023
External committees:
IoE at UCL, Group member, History specialist advisory group for developing teacher support around climate change and sustainability education. 2022
DfE, Panel member, Expert panel for the model history curriculum, https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/model-history-curriculum-expert-panel. 2022
HTEN, Historical Association representative, History Teacher Educators' Network Committee. 2021
Historical Association, Committee member, Primary Committee, https://www.history.org.uk/aboutus/info/3480/primary-committee-biographies. 2020
Award:
Historical Association, Chartered Teacher of History. 2019