Teresa Cremin

Teresa Cremin is Professor of Education (Literacy) at The Open University

An ex-primary school teacher, then staff development co-ordinator and ITE tutor, Teresa now undertakes research and consultancy in the UK and abroad. Her research focuses mainly on reading and writing for pleasure, and teachers’ identities as literate adults and artists. She works with teachers to explore ways to nurture imaginatively engaging practice. Teresa has published over 30 books on these areas and around learning to teach in the primary school and is Director of the Language and Literacy Centre at the OU, exploring issues of social justice and creative practice.

A Fellow of the English Association, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Society of the Arts, Teresa is a currently a Trustee of the UK Literacy Association, chair of the Advisory Group of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Teacher Development Fund and a member of the DfE English Hubs Council.

For more details see: https://www.open.ac.uk/people/tmc242

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