Miriam E. David FRSA

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(born 9 August 1945) is a British educator. She is Professor of Education at the

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and Associate Director of the

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Education and career

David earned a BA (Hons) degree in sociology in 1966 from the

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. In 1975, she earned her Ph.D. in economics of education from the

. In 1993, she was elected Fellow of the

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(RSA), and in 1999 she was Elected Academician of the

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(AcSS). David has held the following recent major positions: * 1998–2005 – Visiting Professorial Fellow,

. * 2002–2004 – Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences,

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. * 2004–2005 – Research Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Keele University. * 1999–2005 – Visiting Professor of Policy Studies in Education, Keele University. * 2004–2006 – Professor of Education, Institute of Education, The School of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies. * 2007 (March–April) – ESRC/SSRC Fellowship as visiting professor at

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, Graduate School of Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,

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, Faculty of Education. * 2004–2008 – Associate Director,

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External links

World Who's Who profile for Miriam David
retrieved 10 July 2008.
Institute of Education – Dept of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies – Miriam E. David BA (Hons.,) PhD, AcSS, FRSA
retrieved 10 July 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:David, Miriam 1945 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) English people of Jewish descent Alumni of the UCL Institute of Education Academics of the UCL Institute of Education Harvard University staff Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Alumni of the University of Leeds Academics of Keele University