He taught in London schools for seventeen years,[1] before becoming a teacher educator in 1992.
For the past twenty-five years his work has been published by Routledge, Taylor and Francis.
[2] His research interests include sociolinguistics, the professional formation of teachers and citizenship education.
[3][4] Since 2002, he has been deputy director of the CitizED project[5] and since 2006, he has been chair of the Society of Educational Studies.
[6] Davison is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the Royal Society of Arts, and the College of Teachers.