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Dr Jonathan William Firth

Principal Teaching Fellow

³Ô¹Ïtv Institute of Education

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Personal statement

I am a Senior Teaching Fellow at ³Ô¹Ïtv’s Institute of Education. The main focus of my teaching, scholarship and research is the application of cognitive psychology to education. I lead the BA Joint Honours Education Studies at the Institute, teach across several other courses, carry out research, and supervise students.

Prior to working at ³Ô¹Ïtv I gained experience of school teaching and adult education, including more than 15 years as a secondary school teacher. I also write textbooks and books for teachers, most recently ‘Metacognition and Study Skills’ (David Fulton Books, 2024).Ìý

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Publications

, , Shetty Panrita, Surendran Shone, Cabarcas Ortega Marcelo Jose, Wythe Jessica, Panopoulou Maria Stylani,
Education and Popular Culture Education and Popular Culture (2025)
, Beck Anna, Wilson Claire
Educational Management Administration and Leadership, pp. 1-18 (2025)
(2025)
Badger Claire,
The Teacher CPD Academy Series The Teacher CPD Academy Series (2025)
(2025)
(2024)

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Research Interests

My research interests focus on the psychology of memory and metacognition as it applies to learning, as well as learning theories, higher-order skills, assessment, and teachers' professional learning. Applications of these interests include teaching strategies, educational interventions for critical thinking, approaches to teacher education, and professional engagement in evidence-based practice.

Professional Activities

Recipient
8/7/2025
Speaker
10/3/2025
Speaker
11/11/2024
Speaker
19/10/2024
Speaker
13/10/2024
Speaker
13/9/2024

Projects

Firth, Jonathan William (Principal Investigator)
I organised a series of writing retreats in connection with the APT Education research sub-theme. The sessions had a focus on supporting colleagues/students to write essays on the theme of consciousness/conscious experience.
01-Jan-2025 - 18-Jan-2025
Sosu, Edward (Principal Investigator) Firth, Jonathan William (Principal Investigator) Wilson, Claire (Co-investigator) Chen, Yueling (Post Grad Student)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Sosu, Edward (Principal Investigator) Firth, Jonathan William (Co-investigator) Wilson, Claire (Co-investigator) Chen, Yueling (Post Grad Student) Liu, Jia (Post Grad Student)
01-Jan-2022 - 29-Jan-2024
Sosu, Edward (Principal Investigator) Firth, Jonathan William (Co-investigator) Wilson, Claire (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
Wilson, Claire (Principal Investigator) Sosu, Edward (Co-investigator) Firth, Jonathan William (Co-investigator) Chen, Yueling (Post Grad Student)
01-Jan-2022 - 29-Jan-2024
Firth, Jonathan William (Principal Investigator)
As part of my knowledge exchange work, I write a weekly newsletter during term time with explainers of research and theories related to memory, metacognition, and other closely related concepts, including case studies and applications to teaching and lecturing. This has been shared via Substack.
21-Jan-2022

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Dr Jonathan William Firth
Principal Teaching Fellow
³Ô¹Ïtv Institute of Education

Email: jonathan.firth@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8069