Professor Henry Maitles
Professor in Education
(Learning & Teaching)
Background
Henry Maitles is Professor in Education (Learning and Teaching). He researches and teaches in the area of citizenship and values and in particular the impact of citizenship initiatives in the schools. He was a member of the Scottish Executive Review Group which drew up the proposals for Education for Citizenship which is a policy priority in all Scottish schools. He is on the editorial boards of Educational Review, Genocide Studies and Prevention and Journalfor Critical Education Policy Studies
teaching interests
Henry Maitles teaches aspects of Education for Citizenship and active and integrated learning in the social sciences on the PGDE(S), PGDE(P) and B.Ed courses. He supervises Chartered Teacher, Masters and Doctoral students.
research interests
Henry Maitles has researched into the impact of curricular initiatives on pupils' citizenship values in terms of the development of professional practice. He also researches into the Holocaust and his third area is the impact of deprivation on school attainment in terms of equity and social justice.
knowledge transfer
Recent CPD for teachers and school students on areas relating to citizenship, values and challenging sectarianism.
recent publications
Books
Teaching Controversial Issues in the Classroom: Key Issues and Debates, edited by Paula Cowan and Henry Maitles, Continuum, ISBN 9781441124845 (2012).
Maitles, H. (2008) Exploring cultural perspectives in education (University of Alberta: ICRN Press) ISBN 0-9731936-2-6.
Maitles, H.(2005) Values in Education: We're citizens now (Edinburgh: Dunedin Press) (ISBN 1 903765 24 2).
Book Chapters
Maitles, H., Zaleskiene, I., Essomba, M. and Karatzia-Stavliote, E. (2010) ‘In theory yes, in practice no’; is this the reality of education for citizenship in higher education, in Pedagogy in Higher Education (Susana Goncalez, ed) (Portugal: Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra) (2010) pp. 25-49 [https://www1.esec.pt/pagina/opdes/?page_id=54].
Maitles, H. (2009) ‘Keeping Memory Alive: Primo Levi 1919-1987’ in Evoking Genocide: Scholars and Activists Describe the Works That Shaped Their Lives (Adam Jones, ed) (Toronto: The Key Publishing House Inc.), pp 114-117.
Maitles, H. (2008) 'Modern Studies Education' in T. Bryce and W. Humes (eds.) Scottish Education (third edition) pp 528-533 (Edinburgh: EUP).
Maitles, H. and Deuchar, R.(2008) ‘Education for Citizenship’ in T. Bryce and W. Humes (eds.) Scottish Education (third edition) pp 285-294 (Edinburgh: EUP).
Book Reviews
Maitles, H. (2009) Because of race: how Americans debate harm and opportunity in our schools (Mica Pollock) Educational Review Vol. 61 (4), pp.492-493.
Maitles, H. (2008) Teaching the Holocaust in School History (Lucy Russell) Educational Review Vol. 60 (3), pp.329-330.
Refereed Journals
Maitles, H. (2011) Education - Hope or Despair?, Scottish Left Review, Volume 66, pp12-13.
Cowan, P. and Maitles, H. (2011) ‘We Saw Inhumanity Close Up’. What is gained by school students from Scotland visiting Auschwitz?, Journal of Curriculum Studies (in press, expected early 2011).
Maitles, H. and McAlpine, C. (2011) ‘I’ve adopted a tiger’: enhancing teaching and learning with infants through an active and integrated approach, Education 3-13 (in press, expected early 2011).
Maitles, H. and Cowan, P. (2011) “It reminded me of what really matters”: teacher responses to the Lessons From Auschwitz Project, Educational Review, (in press, expected early 2011).
Maitles, H. and McKelvie, E. (2010) Why Does Wearing A Yellow Bib Make Us Different?: A Case Study of Explaining Discrimination in a West of Scotland Secondary (High) School, Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 8(1), 246-261.
Maitles, H. and Cowan, P. (2010) Policy and Practice of Holocaust Education in Scotland, Prospects, 40, 257-272.
Maitles, H. (2010) ‘Citizenship Initiatives and Pupil Values: a case study of one Scottish school’s experience’, Educational Review (in press, expected November 2010)
Maitles, H. (2009) ‘They’re out to line their own pockets!’: can the teaching of political literacy counter the democratic deficit?; the experience of Modern Studies in Scotland’ Scottish Educational Review, 41, 2, 46-61.
Maitles, H. and Cowan, P.(2008) ‘Why are we learning this?’ Does studying the Holocaust encourage better citizenship values?: preliminary findings from Scotland’ Genocide Studies and Prevention, 3,3, 341-352.
Research Reports
Maitles, H. and Cowan, P. (2009) Never Again: How the Lessons from Auschwitz (LFA) project impacts on schools in Scotland, in preparation for Holocaust Education Trust/Pears Foundation, submitted November 2009 (with Paula Cowan) [ http://www.co-lab.org/downloads/ScotlandLFAReport.pdf]
Maitles, H., Essomba, M., Karatzia-Stavlioti, E. and Zalieskiene, I. (2008) Developing the conditions for Education for Citizenship in Higher Education,CiCe network report (funded with support from European Commission) ISSN 1741 6353.
Maitles, H. and Cowan, P. (2006) ‘Never Again!; Does Holocaust education have an effect on pupils’ citizenship values and attitudes?’, SEED Sponsored Research, submitted August 2005, published September 11, 2006. [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/06133626/0]
Conference Papers
Cowan, P. & Maitles, H. (2011) A Decade of Education for Citizenship: Induction Teachers Reflect on its Practice in their Primary Schools, Scottish Educational Research Association, Stirling.
Better Values? Better Attitudes?: a case study of the impact of an innovative approach to citizenship in a secondary (high) school in Scotland. Peking University conference on Values Education, Beijing, November 2010.
“Why Does Wearing A Yellow Bib Make Us Different”?: A Case Study of Explaining Discrimination in a West of Scotland Secondary School, Scottish Educational Research Association, Perth, November 2010.
Citizenship in Primary Schools: how well is it developed?, Scottish Educational Research Association, Perth, November 2010 (with Paula Cowan).
‘We Saw Inhumanity Close Up’: Lessons from Student and Teacher Participation in the Lessons from Auschwitz Project in Scotland, International Conference on the Humanities, Los Angeles, July 2010 (with Paula Cowan).
A case study of the impact of an innovative approach to citizenship in a secondary (high) school in the West of Scotland, Childrens Identity and Citizenship in Europe, Barcelona, May 2010 (with Alistair Goold).
“It reminded me of what really matters”: teachers’ responses to the Lessons From Auschwitz Project, Childrens Identity and Citizenship in Europe, Barcelona, May 2010 (with Paula Cowan).
What’s the point of doing this?: the impact on values and attitudes of an innovative approach to citizenship in a secondary (high) school in the West of Scotland, International Cultural Research Network, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 2010.
‘It reminded me of what really matters’: teachers’ responses to the Lessons From Auschwitz Project Scottish Educational Research Association, Perth, November 2009 (with Paula Cowan).
What’s the point of doing this?: the impact on values and attitudes of an innovative approach to citizenship in a secondary (high) school in the West of Scotland Scottish Educational Research Association, Perth, November 2009.
Seeing inhumanity close up: what is gained by school students visiting Auschwitz? European Conference of Educational Research, Vienna, September 2009 (with Paula Cowan).
Better values, better attitudes?: a case study of an innovative approach to citizenship in a high school in Scotland European Conference of Educational Research, Vienna, September 2009.
Seeing the Holocaust on a personal level: the impact of the Lessons From Auschwitz Project on school students in Scotland International Association of Genocide Scholars, Washington DC, July 2009.
Seeing the world today from a different viewpoint: the impact of the Lessons from Auschwitz project on schools in Scotland Children’s Identity and Citizenship in Europe, Malmo, May 2009 (with Paula Cowan).
Seeing the Holocaust on a personal level: the impact of the Learning from Auschwitz project in Scotland Scottish Educational Research Association, Dundee, November 2008 (with Paula Cowan).
‘We don’t get any choices here’: what happens to the experience of democratic practice in the primary school in the first years of secondary? Scottish Educational Research Association, Dundee, November 2008 (with Ross Deuchar).
In primary, we got to choose things, but everything is decided for us here’: pupil experience of consultation in the school and classroom International Cultural Research Network, Antalya, July 2008.
More open to diversity ?: The longer term citizenship impact of learning about the Holocaust Children’s Identity and Citizenship in Europe, Istanbul , May 2008 (with Paula Cowan).
‘No-one listens to us’: pupil experience of transition from primary school to secondary, Children’s Identity and Citizenship in Europe, Istanbul, May 2008 (with Ross Deuchar).