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David Kerr
BA MA PGCE MEd
Principal Research Officer
d.kerr@nfer.ac.uk
+44(0)1753 637201
David is Director of the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study and Associate Director IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS).

Joined NFER in 1996 as SRO and worked on a number of citizenship and transition related projects. 1997-8 seconded to QCA as Professional Officer to the Citizenship Advisory Group. Citizenship Consultant 1999 to 2005 to DfES.

Citizenship education, Education policy-making, Comparative research, National Curriculum, Professional development, School improvement

Citizenship education policy and practice (national, European and international); cross curricular themes; educational policy and reform; transition and history education. Has general expertise in programme evaluation, research management and research and evaluation methodologies. Has experience of working with European and international agencies, including Council of Europe, EU, IEA and British Council. Has directed a number of international and European seminars and events.
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Benton, T., Cleaver, E., Featherstone, G., Kerr, D., Lopes, J. and Whitby, K. (2008). Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study (CELS): Sixth Annual Report. Young People’s Civic Participation In and Beyond School: Attitudes, Intentions and Influences (DCSF Research Report 052). London: DCSF.

Kerr, D., Lopes, J., Nelson, J., White, K., Cleaver, E. and Benton, T. (2007). VISION versus PRAGMATISM: Citizenship in the Secondary School Curriculum in England. Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study: Fifth Annual Report (DfES Research Report 845). London: DfES.

Kerr, D. (2006). Citizenship Education Research : How to Access and Use Key Findings (Induction Pack for Tutors of Citizenship Education) [online].

Kerr, D., Nelson, J. and Ireland, E. (2006). 'Exploring the meaning of "active citizenship" in England, Europe and beyond', NFER News, Summer, 4-5.

Kerr, D. (2005). ‘Promoting active citizenship in schools and communities in England: emerging lessons from policy, practice and research’, Different Faces of Citizenship Development of Citizenship Education in European Countries, 93-125.

Lopes, J. and Kerr, D. (2005). ‘Moving citizenship education forward: key considerations for schools and colleges’, Topic, 34, 50-6.

Kerr, D., Cleaver, E., White, G. and Judkins, M. (2005). DCA Connecting with Citizenship Education: a Mapping Study. A Mapping Study to Establish the Links Between Citizenship Education and the DCA’s Priorities Under the DCA 5-Year Strategy [online].

Kerr, D. (2005). ‘From England: report from the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study: trust must be rebuilt in the young’, Our Schools Our Selves: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 15, 1, 89-94.

Kerr, D. (2005). ‘"England’s teenagers fail the patriotic test": the lessons from England’s participation in the IEA Civic Education Study’ (Political and Citizenship Education: International Perspectives), Oxford Studies in Comparative Education, 14, 2, 29-47.