Dr Mark A Pike
Senior Lecturer in Education
Tel: +44 (0)113 3434529
Room: HP 1.03
Email: M.Pike@education.leeds.ac.uk
Spiritual, moral, aesthetic and literary aspects of education: Teaching English and the Language Arts; Reading; Values Education and Citizenship; Christian Schooling and Faith-based approaches
Member of CCHRE, Centre for Language Education Research.
Interests
I am currently a Senior Lecturer specialising in reading and values in education. Before doing my Ph.D at Southampton University (for which I was awarded an ESRC Research Studentship) I taught for over ten years in high schools, finally as Head of a Faculty comprising English, Communications and Drama (with responsibility for literacy across the curriculum). Recent books include Citizenship and Moral Education (Routledge, 2006 - with Professor Mark Halstead) and Teaching Secondary English (Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004). My articles appear in journals such as Oxford Review of Education, Journal of Curriculum Studies, Journal of Aesthetic Education, Educational Review, Changing English - studies in reading and culture, Journal of Beliefs and Values - studies in religion and education, British Journal of Religious Education and Journal of Education and Christian Belief. I was also Guest Editor of the International Journal of Children's Spirituality special issue on 'Literature, literacy and spirituality' in 2004. I supervise masters and doctoral students and I am currently able to take on new doctoral students.
Recently funded research projects include: Principal Investigator on a £56k AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme project looking at reading and values formation in new academies with Christian sponsors and Principal Investigator on a £10k TDA funded project working with English and history teachers on the teaching of texts from other times.
Selected Publications
PAPERS
Pike, M.A. (2009). "Religious Freedom and Rendering to Caesar: Reading democratic and faith-based values in society, schools and citizenship education". Oxford Review of Education, 35(1), ???-???. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2008). "Reading the signs of the times: semiotic engagement for ethical learning". Journal of Curriculum Studies, in press, ??-??. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2008). "Faith in citizenship? On teaching children to believe in liberal democracy". British Journal of Religious Education (special issue on Citizenship edited by Professor Liam Gearon), 30(2), ???-???. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2007). "Values and Visibility: the implementation of citizenship education in schools". Educational Review, 59(2), 215-229. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2007). "The state and citizenship education in England: a curriculum for subjects or citizens?". Journal of Curriculum Studies, 37(4), 471-489. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2007). "Transactional Reading as Spiritual Investment". Journal of Education and Christian Belief (Special issue on Teaching Spiritually Engaged Reading), 11(2), 83-94. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2006). "From Beliefs to Skills: The Secularization of Literacy and the Moral Education of Citizens". Journal of Beliefs and Values - studies in religion and education, 27(3), 281-289. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2006). "Measuring the Inner Light: Assessing Creativity and Spirituality in English". The Use of English, 57(3), 214-222. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2005). "The Challenge of Christian Schooling in a Secular Society". Journal of Research in Christian Education, 13 (2), 149-166. Read Abstract.
Pike, M.A. (2005). "Citizenship Education and Faith Schools: What should children in Christian schools understand and appreciate about a liberal and secular society?". Journal of Education and Christian Belief, 9 (1), 35-46.
Pike, M.A. (2004). "Well-being through reading: drawing upon literacy and literature in children's spiritual education". International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 9 (2), 155-162.
Pike, M.A. (2004). "Aesthetic Teaching". Journal of Aesthetic Education, 38 (1), 20-37.
Extended list of publications.
This page last updated by Mark Pike on 15th December 2007