ACADEMIC / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1975 - 1979 B.Ed (Hons) in Physical Education. Scottish School of Physical Education,
Jordanhill College, Glasgow.

1991 - 1994 M.Ed, Aberdeen University.

APPOINTMENTS

1999 - Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Education.

1983 - 1999 Principal Teacher of Physical Education, Banchory Academy.

Including
1998 - 1999 Secondment as National Development Officer for Higher Still Physical Education.

1990 – 1992 Secondment as Curriculum Development Officer in Physical Education, Grampian Region.

1987 One year teaching exchange to Wirreanda High School, Adelaide, South Australia.

1981 - 1983 Physical Education Teacher, Elgin High School.

1979 - 1981 Physical Education Teacher, Elgin Academy.

DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTANCY APPOINTMENTS

1988 – 1999 External Verifier for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (Scotvec).

1994 - 1995 Examiner in Higher Grade Physical Education, Scottish Examination Board (SEB)

1995 - 1999 Principal Examiner in Higher Grade Physical Education, SEB / Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA).

1995 - 2001 Member of the Higher Still Specialist and Reference Group for Physical Education

1995 - 2001 External Verifier for Moray College, Elgin for all Physical Education and Sport and Recreation modules and units including HNC/HND Sports Coaching with Sports
Development.

1998 - 1999 Member of the Working Group designing ‘Sport and Leisure’ Group Awards at
Intermediate 2 and Higher Level within Higher Still.

1998 -1999 Member of the Scrutiny Group for Physical Education, appointed by the SQA, to complete vetting procedures for National Assessment Bank (NAB) materials.

1999 - 2000 Member of the CD Rom writing team and Support Group for the development of Staff resource material on ‘Effective Learning and Teaching in Higher Still Physical
Education.’

1999 –2000 National Trainer Higher Still Physical Education.

2003 External Consultant to the SQA for Research into the Standard of Students work at Higher level in Physical Education between 1998 and 2002.

2003 Curriculum Adviser in Physical Education at www.teachandlearn.net a web based Teaching and Learning site developed by The Open University and the BBC.

2003 Appointed as an Adviser / Assessor by the General Teaching Council for Scotland for accreditation and advice on evidence submitted for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

IN SERVICE AND COMMUNICATIONS

Thorburn, M. (1996) Teaching Knowledge and Understanding in Standard Grade Physical Education. Lecture presentation. HMI ‘Effective Learning and Teaching in Physical Education.’ National Conference Series. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen.

Thorburn, M. (1990 - 2001) Physical Education in-service sessions to suit different Local Authority needs on a range of curriculum issues / needs, for example, on ‘How to mark Investigations and Analysis of Performance scripts at Higher Level’. Other presentations of ‘Course Design’ ‘Managing Course Assessment and on ‘Preparing Teaching and Learning Resources’ have been undertaken. These in-service presentations, some 50 days in total, have taken place in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, Highland, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Thorburn, M, Lobban, D. and Duff, A. (1998) Assessing the Investigation of Performance and Analysis of Performance within Higher Physical Education. National Conference, Scottish Qualifications Authority, Dundee.

Thorburn, M. and Grant, J. (1999) Using the Unit Plan - Basketball with Structures, Strategies and Composition. Workshop presentation. Scottish Physical Education Association (SPEA) Annual Conference. University of Edinburgh, Cramond Campus.

Thorburn, M. (2000) Platform speaker on ‘Assessment in Higher Still Physical Education’ at Scottish Physical Education Association (SPEA) Annual Conference. University of Edinburgh, Cramond Campus.

Thorburn, M. and Brewer, R. (2000) Co-Director of Higher Still Physical Education National Conference at University of Edinburgh, Cramond Campus.

RELATED ACTIVITIES AND CONSULTATIONS

Writer for Higher Grade Interactive Disc on Performance and Analysis of Performance tasks (1993). Grampian Region / Scottish Centre for Educational Technology (SCET).

Writer and video production organiser for Case Studies in Performance Video at Intermediate 1 through to Advanced Higher, (1998 - 1999). Higher Still Physical Education Support Materials.

Chairperson of the Activ 8 Grampian Region Sports Development Initiative in Snowsports
(1995 - 1999). Part of Lottery Planning Group that was successful in attracting £56,000 of funding for the eight different Sports for 1999 - 2000.

Various meetings with Scottish Sports Council to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of School Sports Coordinators in Schools (1996 - 1999). Banchory Academy was one of two Scottish Schools selected to pilot this initiative.

Consultant to the Scottish Badminton Union (SBU) for the editing of materials for the Teacher’s Curriculum Award, 2000-2001.

Researcher on Evaluation project on the School Sport Coordinator Programme (SSCP) for sportscotland in 2002.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Higher National Units Achieved.
D32 (1996) Assess Candidate Performance, City & Guilds.
D33 (1996) Assess Candidates Using Differing Sources of Evidence, City & Guilds.
D35 (1995) Verify the Assessment Process, Scottish Qualifications Authority (Scotvec).