Dr Edd Aspbury-Miyanishi
- Position: Teaching Fellow
- Areas of expertise: Teacher Psychology and development. Language Teacher Expertise and Skill.
- Email: E.Aspbury-Miyanishi@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 2.20 Hillary Place
- Website: Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
I was an English language teacher in the UK and in Europe and then an academic skills teacher at several UK universities. After 16+ years I decided to come back to university to do an MA TESOL at Manchester which I enjoyed so much, I stayed on for a PhD. Now, I now teach here at Leeds in the TESOL department
Research interests
My research focuses on teacher psychology and behaviour, exploring questions like why teachers do the things they do in their practice? What do we mean by expertise? How does teaching practice change? and how can we develop teaching practices in real-life teaching contexts? I have developed a new approach to understanding teaching practice and teaching skill by incorporating insights from ecological psychology, enactivism and phenomenology into current perspectives on teaching practice such as practical knowledge and teacher noticing.
I am also interested in a range of applied linguistics topics like phonology and theories of language acqusition as well as topics like AI in assessment.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD Education (University of Manchester)
- MA TESOL (University of Manchester)
Professional memberships
- IATEFL
- BERA
- LANTERN