University College Plymouth St Mark & St John


Mark Leather
Job Title:
Senior Lecturer in Sports Development & Outdoor Learning
Faculty/Department:
Faculty of Sport, Media and Creative Arts
Contact Number:
01752 636700 Ext: 5655
Email:
mleather@marjon.ac.uk
University of Exeter EdD ~ Doctorate in Education University of Edinburgh MSc Outdoor Education University of Exeter BSc (Hons) Science Education with QTS Kingston University Higher National Diploma (BTEC) in Physical Science Fellow Higher Education Academy Institute for Outdoor Learning Accredited Practitioner APIOL NGB - a variety of outdoor coaching and leadership awards
Research Background:

  • Perceptions of Disability: Improvisation with Good Intentions
  • Self esteem and self concept development through Outdoor Adventure programmes.
  • Outdoor learning and disaffected pupils.
  • Teachers perceptions of Outdoor Education programme outcomes.
Research Interests:

  • Personal and social development through Outdoor Learning.
  • Literal and metaphorical Journeys through Outdoor Learning
  • The place for Adventure and Challenge in the school curriculum.
  • Quality Outdoor Learning and the School Curriculum
  • Youth movements and the opportunities for �Rites of Passage�.
  • Alternative forms of Assessment in Higher Education.
  • Evolutionary Psychology and the Outdoor Experience
Teaching Areas:

  • MA Outdoor Learning in Applied Sport Development
  • BA Outdoor Adventure Education
  • BA Outdoor Studies
  • BEd Physical Education (Secondary).
  • BEd Primary Education
  • PGCE Physical Education

Publications:

Leather M (2010) An Exploratory Case Study of a 'Successful' Pupil Referral Unit (PRU).Doctoral Thesis. Available from Doctoral Theses collection archived in Exeter?s repository ERIC: http://hdl.handle.net/10036/97436 Leather M & Porter S An Outdoor Evolution: Changing names, changing contexts, constant values. In Humberstone B & Brown H (2006) Shaping the Outdoor Profession through Higher Education.

Leather M & Porter, S. (May 2004) National PE and School Sport Professional Development Programme - Modules PR03 and SR02 - Improving behaviour, attitude and attainment through high quality PE and school sport.

2006 Institute for Outdoor Learning National Conference. Seminar presentation: The Role of Higher Education in developing Outdoor Practitioners with Bertie Everard and John Palmer.