Name Colin Mills | ||
'Colin Mills (born 6 January 1951) is a British educationalist and writer on children's literature, literacy and policy research. '''''''Has written extensively on'''' children's literacy and literature, including 'Language and Literacy in the Primary School, (1988) with Margaret Meek, 'Connecting, Creating: new ideas in Teaching Writing' (with Sue Ellis) 2005, and contributions to 'The Routledge Encyclopedia of Children's Literature' (2003), and the International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature' (2007). Later work focused on education policy and research, including the edited collection, with Professors Helen Gunter and David Hall, on 'Education Policy Research' (Bloomsbury, 2014). Forthcoming (2017) is Consultants and Consultancy: the case of Education (with Helen Gunter). Springer Publishers
Taught in schools in Cheshire and London, and worked as an advisory teacher and a researcher (1972-1989); and at Universities of Exeter, Central England, Worcester, (1989-2007); and, from September 2007, University of Manchester, where he was a Senior Teaching Fellow. Semi-retiring in 2014, he is now an Honorary Teaching Fellow. His brother is the comedian and writer, Bob Mills. His late father was the actor John Channell Mills.