Marilyn Leask (born 1950) is an academic and author who researches in education in the UK. She is Professor of Education at

De Montfort University De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was tak ...

, and was previously Professor of Educational

Knowledge Management Knowledge management (KM) is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization. It refers to a multidisciplinary approach to achieve organisational objectives by making ...

at the

University of Bedfordshire The University of Bedfordshire is a public research university with campuses in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. The University has roots from 1882, however, it gained university status in 1993 as the University of Luton. The Universi ...

and a professor at

Brunel University Brunel University London is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It was founded in 1966 and named after the Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In June ...

. Many of her works involve the educational use of

information and communications technology Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications ( telephone lines and wireless signals) and computer ...

(ICT).

Education and career

She received a Diploma in Radiography from the Australasian Institute of Radiologists and Radiographers, a BA from the Open University, a PGCE from the Institute of Education, University of London (now UCL IOE), an MPhil from the Cambridge Institute of Education/UEA and a PhD from De Montfort University, UK. Leask worked as a teacher and government policy officer. She has written several books for

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and is the series editor, with Susan Capel, of the book series, ''Learning to Teach in the Secondary School'', used in training secondary-school teachers in the UK. She then moved into academia, holding positions at the

and

. As of 2021, she is Visiting Professor of Education in the School of Applied Social Sciences at

, Leicester. Leask was a trustee of the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust.

Books

* Hargreaves, D, and Hopkins, D, with Leask, M. (1991) ''The Empowered School: The management and practice of development planning''. London: Continuum. * Goddard D., Leask M. (1992). ''The Search for Quality: Planning for Improvement and Managing Change''. London: Paul Chapman Publishing/Sage Publications. * Leask M., Terrell I. (1997). ''Development Planning and School Improvement for Middle Managers''. London: Kogan Page. * Leask M., Meadows J. (eds). (2000) ''Learning to Teach with ICT in the Primary School''. London: Routledge. * Leask M., with Dawes L., Litchfield B. (2000) ''Keybytes for Teachers''. Evesham: Summerfield Publishing.Reviews of ''Keybytes for Teachers'': * * * Leask M. (ed.) (2001) ''Issues in Teaching with ICT''. London: Routledge. * Capel S., Leask M., Turner T. (2nd edition 2004, 1996). ''Starting to Teach in the Secondary School''. London: Routledge. * Younie S., Capel S., Leask M. (2009) ''Supporting Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School: a companion for higher level teaching assistants''. London. Routledge. * Capel S., Leask M., Turner T. (2009) ''Reading for Learning to Teach in the Secondary School''. London: Routledge. * Younie S., Leask M. (2013) ''The Essential Guide to Teaching with Technologies''. MK: Open University Press. * Leask M., Pachler, N. (eds) (3rd edition 2013). ''Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Secondary School''. Abingdon: Routledge. * Younie S., Leask M., Burden K. (2014, 2nd edition) ''Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School''. Abingdon: Routledge. * Capel S., Leask M., Turner T. (2019, 8th edition) ''Learning to Teach in the Secondary School''. Abingdon: Routledge. * Hudson, B., Leask, M and Younie, S. (eds) (2020) ''Education System Design: Foundations, Policy Options and Consequences''. Routledge.

References

External links

Profile at De Montfort University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leask, Marilyn 1950 births Living people Australian academics Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom Academics of the University of Bedfordshire Academics of Brunel University London Academics of De Montfort University People from Beaudesert, Queensland