Jenny Brown

About section:

● Jenny is a passionate “lifelong” teacher and learner. She has been teaching in one

form or anotherfor over 20 years, and still loves her job.

● Jenny has taughtin international secondary schools for over15 years. She has taught

IGCSE,the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the IB Diploma Programme (DP).

● Her subjects are English Language and Literature and Theory of Knowledge (ToK).

● As a teacher in international schools,Jenny’s students have come from all overthe

world, so she has a wealth of experience in teaching students with diverse learning

styles and language levels. She has loved forging relationships in the classroom and

takes pride in the guidance and knowledge she has imparted to numerous students

overthe years.

● She has worked as an IBexaminerfor English A and ToK.

● She has worked as an editor and proofreader of academic texts, so she has an eye

for detail and good written expression.

● Jenny is also a published academic writer and looks forward to returning to this kind

of work part-time in the future.

● At Save My Exams,Jenny brings her expertise from all her experience to the ToK and

English content, both creating and reviewing material.

● As well as her work for Save My Exams,Jenny teaches online and creates academic

content, particularly forthe IBDP curriculum.

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● Jenny is passionate aboutthe subjects she teaches and creates contentfor; she

knows the curricula inside out and understands the assessment criteria fully.But

more than this, she thinks these subjects are interesting, important and accessible

to all students when the contentis made well.

● Jenny is an Irish woman who has lived and worked in many places around the world.

She currently lives in rural Spain with herfamily and two dogs, where she is learning

Spanish, how to cook local dishes and grow vegetables.

Published work:

○ Cannibalism in Literature and Film, Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.

○ “Remembrance of Freedoms Past: Foodways in Slave Narratives” in The

Routledge Companion to Food and Literature: Routledge, 2017

○ “Sustenance fortheBody and the Soul?: Children as a Vision ofthe Future of

Humanity and a Reflection of Past Sins in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema” in The

Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema: LexingtonBooks, 2015

○ “Biters, Suckers, Screamers: Gothic Orality” as guest blogger on The Gothic

Imagination interdisciplinary forum, Stirling University, December 2012.

● Education:

○ She completed aBA in English and Sociology, a Master's in Popular Literature

and a PhD in English Literature and Film at Trinity College Dublin.

○ She completed a Master's in Education in 2023 atthe University ofthe

People.

● Expertise:

○ Jenny teaches IBDP English A andBand Theory of Knowledge.

○ She is an examinerforthe Theory of Knowledge exhibition.

○ With a doctorate in English, experience as a published academic writer and

several years working as a teacher, editor and proofreader,Jenny

understands first-hand the challenges and methods of academic writing.