Ted Bailey has over 25 year’s experience of working in teacher training in the UK higher education sector. Previously he was a teacher in inner city schools in London and was a lecturer in Further Education for many years. During that time he successfully completed a Master’s degree and a Doctorate and also participated in the “Fulbright UK-USA Exchange” programme in a California High School/College.
Academic publications include:
- ‘Developing Sociology Essays’, Social Science Teacher, 1988
- ‘Implementing the New 730: An Adult Perspective’, NASD Journal, 1988
- ‘Negotiation: A Study of ACSET/C&G 730 Stage 1 Schemes’, NASD Journal, 1989
- ‘The Power of Analogy in Sociology Teaching’, Social Science Teacher, 1989
- ‘The Maturing of FE: An Issue of Teaching Strategy’, 1990
- ‘Analogy, Metaphor & Sociology’, Social Science Teacher, 1996
- ‘Two Tribes: Analogical Exploration of Sociology’, Social Science Teacher, 1997
- ‘A Sociology of Wine Culture?’ Social Science Teacher, 1998
- ‘Age, Class and Wine’, Social Science Teacher, 1999
- ‘Revisiting Sociology Writing’, Social Science Teacher, 2000
- ‘Analogy: Uses and a Model’, EDUCA, 2000
- ‘Get It Taped!’ Nursing Standard, 2002
- ‘Analogy, Dialectic & Lifelong Learning’, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2003
- ‘Now it is for real’, Nursing Standard, 2000
He has recently finished a book on the practical applications of analogy in teaching and training and its underlying principles to demonstrate its potential as a clarifying technique when imparting ideas and skills. Contact address for anyone interested in analogy and its educational uses: ted@tedbailey.co.uk
Ted has just published A Major Soldier which is the story of his grandad’s remarkable army career and courage with his comrades in the Essex Regiment especially in the Great War of 1914-1918.
