Gethin Foulkes
Senior Lecturer
Gethin is a Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) department in the School of Education. He is the strategic lead for mentor development in ITE, and leads the mentor development team. He also leads the Mentoring and Coaching in Education (MACIE) research interest group with Dr Luke Jones.
Before working at Chester, Gethin was a Lecturer in the Sport Science Department at Edge Hill University, a Lecturer at Llandrillo College and a Lecturer at Wirral Met College. Gethin’s PhD thesis is focused in the area of Primary Physical Education and is supervised by Dr Luke Jones.
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0910-4503
Gethin teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the in the School of Education as well as supervising MA dissertation students. He also works with established teachers delivering CPD and mentor training as part of the mentor development team.
Mentoring and Coaching in Education
Physical Education
Forest school and outdoor learning
Educational technology
Jones, L., Tones, S., & Foulkes, G. (2020). Associate Teachers’ Learning Networks: A Figurational Analysis of Initial Teacher Education. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education,
Jones, L., Tones, S., & Foulkes, G. (2019). Exploring Learning Conversations between Mentors and Associate Teachers in Initial Teacher Education. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education,
Jones, L., Tones, S., & Foulkes, G. (2018). Mentoring Associate Teachers in Initial Teacher Education: The Value of Dialogic Feedback. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education,
BA (Hons) Leisure and Sport Studies (Leeds Met); Diploma Popular music and sound technology (LIPA), PGCE Secondary Physical Education (Bangor), MA Education (Edge Hill), Postgraduate Cert in Teaching in Higher Education (Edge HIll), PG Cert in Coaching and Mentoring (Chester)