Jon Merrison

Academic profile

Dr Jon Merrison

Associate Head of School: Education Studies and Foundation
School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Jon's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 04: SDG 4 - Quality Education

About Jon

Lecturer in Education with particular interests in languages education, mathematics education and curriculum theory. Associate Head of School for Education Studies and Foundation within the School of Law, Humanities and Social Science at the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.

Supervised Research Degrees

Robinson, D. (2026) Reimagining Mathematics Education: A Practitioner Inquiry into Critical Pedagogy, Lesson Study, and Teacher Agency in England

Teaching

I teach on our Bachelor of Arts in Primary Education. I lead and teach on modules on the primary curriculum (theory and practice); maths, English and science education; and I also take a lead on our languages provision. I lead the dissertation module for all of our undergraduate programmes, and for our MA Education.

I teach on our International Doctorate in Education, and lead a module on Education Policy.

I am on the supervisory teams for a number of doctoral students whose work focuses on issues of teacher motivation and teacher agency.

Contact Jon

+44 1752 585469