Pip Lee Meer

Currently completing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) research and a Phd with a focus on Gender in Education, Pip is a teacher educator and consultant with experience in delivering workshops, training and seminars for practitioners, with an interest in 'trauma informed facilitation' training. 

A Psychology and Literacy Education Specialist, Pip has worked within a variety of settings as an experienced primary school teacher and subsequenlty, worked within alternative provision, pupil referal units and children's homes to faciliate 'low arousal approaches' for neuro-diverse learners. Pip creates learning environments and resources in order to adopt a fully inclusive approach and has a detailed understanding of the protected characteristsics of the Equality Act (2010) and the implications for educators.

Pip has trained students in both Further Education colleges and Universities. A primary school teacher for more than 20 years, incorporting therapeutic practice and PolyVagal pedagogy, Pip has a passion for promoting inclusive approaches to learning.

Pip has taught across both Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and non-QTS courses delivering Primary Teacher Training, leading modules on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Childhood Studies, and Special Educational Needs, with a particular interest in Gender Diversity and LGBTQ+ and Trans inclusion. Pip identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.

Research Interests Include:

• Gender, Gender diversity, gender identities
• Gender and attachment theory
• LGBTQ+ and Trans Inclusion
• Social Justice in Education and Alternative Provision
• Equity, Diversity and Difference
• Trauma-Informed Facilitation 
• Psychology and the Art of Inclusive Learning
• Ethical Non-monogamy and Polyamory

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