Rosemary Sage is a British professor of

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with a focus on

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and

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. She leads the programme for the practitioner doctorate (

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) at the

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. Since 2008, Sage has taught at the College of Teachers (now

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) and was dean of academic affairs until 2014. She worked at Liverpool Hope University in 2007, where she taught communication in education, and at the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

, where she was a senior lecturer. She has been a visiting professor at Nara Women's University in

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and at the

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. Sage has been an outside examiner at several universities and has given key speeches at international conferences across the world. She has published 23 books and over 200 articles in international

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Selected publications

* ''The Communication Opportunity Group Scheme'' (2000) * ''Class talk: Successful Learning through Effective Communication'' (2000) * ''Helping Able and Less Able Students to Communicate in School'' (2002) * ''Start Talking and Stop Misbehaving: Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties'' (2002) * ''Lend us your ears: listening and Learning'' (2003) * ''Supporting Learning in Primary schools'' (2003) * ''Silent Children'' (2004) * ''A World of Difference: Tackling Inclusion in Schools'' (2004) * '' The Communication Opportunity Group Scheme: Assessment and Teaching'' * ''Supporting Language and Communication'' (2006) * ''Meeting the Needs of Children with Diverse Backgrounds'' (2010) * ''Education and Change: Education Today'' (2014) * ''Education and Capitalism: Education Today'' (2014)

References

External links

Page at College of Teachers website

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