Archive for May, 2009
A New Network for Education: Latest News
The ESRC Funded ‘Social and Professional Network for Early Career Researchers in Education’ project directed by Patrick Carmichael (University of Cambridge) and Chris Taylor (Cardiff University) has developed a set of new interfaces and search tools designed to help ALL researchers locate high quality research methods resources and other online content. The Virtual Research [...]
Centre for Excellence in Preparing for Academic Practice: Third conference, 13-15 December 2009
The third conference organised by the Centre for Excellence in Preparing for Academic Practice will be held at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, from 13 to 15 December 2009. The event will be focused on the development of holistic depictions of academic careers – ones conceptualized as more than teaching and/or research. We seek [...]
BJEP Monograph Series II – Psychological Aspects of Education – Current Trends
The British Journal of Educational Psychology’s latest monograph in the series ‘Psychological Aspects of Education – Current Trends’ will be published in June.
The latest title in the series is ‘Teaching and Learning Writing’, edited by Vincent Connelly, Anna Barnett, Julie Dockrell and Andrew Tolmie. Further information can be be found on the following links:
prelims_iii.pdf
http://www.bps.org.uk/bjepmonographs
Major education accolade for BERA’s past president
Professor Geoff Whitty, BERA President 2005-07, is to be the first recipient of the Lady Plowden Memorial Medal, which recognises outstanding services to education.
The medal was awarded on 15th May 2009 by the College of Teachers, which has created it to celebrate the significant and lasting contribution of an individual to national or international education. [...]
Learnovation Open Forum
“Removing the barriers to creativity and innovation? Listening to stakeholders’ voice”
27 May 2009
European Commission’s Madou Auditorium
Brussels
The Learnovation Roundtable, gathering the main networks active in Europe in the field of innovation and ICT for education and training, is organising this conference that contributes to the European policy cooperation for the following decade.
The conference will focus on:
1. [...]
Fourth International Blended Learning Conference: “Engaging Students in the Curriculum”
17th and 18th June 2009
de Havilland Campus
Hertfordshire
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
The Conference is being run by the University of Hertfordshire’s Blended Learning Unit in partnership with the Higher Education Academy, and in association with the University of Calgary and the University of Queensland.
The aims of the conference are to explore the varied ways in which we engage [...]
Engaging the Learner CPD events
A series of CPD events will be held during June, July and September. All participants will receive a copy of support materials and a Certificate of Attendance
The power of storytelling as a teaching tool – half-day workshops – Fee £99
Friday 19 June 2009, London
Friday 10 July 2009, Leeds
Tuesday 15 September 2009, Durham
Background
Storytelling is currently [...]
AIESEP Flash Newsletter #37 – 2009/04/27
News updates:
* Dr Dean Barker has been selected as the young scholar for Besançon (France) for the next AIESEP specialist seminar (May 27-29, 2010). He is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Exercise and Health Sciences of the University of Basel. The title of his presentation is: ‘A discursive-constructionist approach to teamwork in [...]