British Educational Research Association

EU Seminar in Berlin Lise-Meitner-School 1

beraoffice — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:30:08 +0000

GENE TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Cloning Experiments in the Laboratory
and the Teaching Method Self Organized Learning

3rd — 9th October 2010

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Exploration and Analysis on Creativity and Innovation in Initial Vocational Education and Training

beraoffice — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:26:49 +0000

We are happy to inform you that the final report on the “Exploration and Analysis on Creativity and Innovation in Initial Vocational Education and Training” which was commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture (in the course of the European Year 2009) is now available here.

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Educational Visions Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series

beraoffice — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:15:00 +0000

‘Including Children with Special Educational Needs in Physical Education – Have we arrived at Utopia?’
by Professor Philip Vickerman Professor of Educational Research at LJMU, Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure.

Thursday 18th March, 4.00 – 6.00pm, LJMU Art and Design Academy.

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SRHE Prize for Newer Researchers 2010 – Call for Applications open

beraoffice — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:06:13 +0000

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For a ‘Call for papers’, clickhere.

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Annual BERA Inclusive Education SIG event: ‘What is Inclusive Pedagogy?’

beraoffice — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:54:01 +0000

Please see here for a flyer for our upcoming conference ‘What is Inclusive Pedagogy?

If you would like to attend please get in touch with Torhild Hearn.

NCRM – Training Event – Researching youth: methodological issues and challenges

beraoffice — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:46:44 +0000

An NCRM training event for early career researchers, led by Sue Heath, Alison Fuller, Cathy Murray and Charlie Walker, University of Southampton, Friday May 21st 2010

This one day workshop will focus on some of the methodological challenges which arise when negotiating various dimensions of difference between researchers and the young people involved in their research, alongside a consideration of the impact of the specific contexts in which research on young people’s lives might be conducted. The day will consist of presentations, workshop activities and opportunities for participants to reflect upon their own experiences. It is targeted at researchers who are relatively new to youth research, and will be particularly suited to postgraduate students and early career researchers with an interest in youth research in a variety of settings.

For full details and information on how to book a place, please follow this link:

http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/TandE/events2010/0521/index.php

AIESEP Flash Newsletter #49

beraoffice — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:45:29 +0000

* Do not forget to visit the Website of the next AIESEP World Congress organized in October 2010 in A Coruna (Spain). See on http://www.aiesep2010.org/

* The School of Health, Physical Education & Leisure Services (HPELS), University of Northern Iowa and the Grundy Center Community Schools are pleased to announce the program for the Global Forum for Physical Education Pedagogy 2010 (GoFPEP 2010) in Grundy Center, Iowa, USA from May 13-14, 2010. This major event endorsed by AIESEP will provide unique opportunities for professional enhancement drawing together leading scholars and experts in physical education, physical activity, health, and technology throughout the world. A unique contextualized model of health and physical education preparation embedded in community life will be explored. Further, GoFPEP 2010 will highlight ways in which technology can be employed in the teaching of health and physical education. There will be 11 presentations during the two-day forum including keynotes, breakout sessions, and workshops. GoFPEP 2010 will involve the crafting of a global consensus statement focused on “Health and Physical Education Pedagogy in the 21st Century”. It is the objective of the forum to stimulate interest of colleagues globally on this unique model of health and physical education for future diffusion to various communities and school systems in the U.S. and internationally. For more info, see the official website (http://www.globalpeforumgc.org) or contact Prof. Dr. Ming-kai Chin, Chairman of the Organizing Committee (ming-kai.chin@uni.edu).

* The Physical & Health Education Academic Journal has just published its latest issue at http://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex. Do not hesitate to review the Table of Contents and visit the web site to review articles and items of interest.

* The table of content of the 1st issue of the 29th volume of the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education is available on http://hk.humankinetics.com/jtpe.

* Requirements for abstracts. AGTC plans to organize round table during the World Championship in Rodez, FRA, 2010. There will be discussed issues concerning scientific researches in Aerobic Gymnastics. Anyone, who would like to be part of that discussion, will be kindly asked to submit an abstract. The materials will be collected, summarized and presented by subjects. The abstract should be consistent with the Aerobic Gymnastics subject areas or relevant to sport science. They should be submitted in English language only through the electronic submission form. Please, send Abstracts to Maria Mineva, responsible person for scientific researches in AG – minevafig@hotmail.com

* World Day for Physical Activity.The Agita Mundo Network is pleased to advise that this year’s World Day for Physical Activity will be celebrate around 6 April, 2010, with events expected to be held from 1 to 11 April. The central theme for celebrations will be: Active Cities; Healthy Life! Institutions and individuals are invited to organize events to demonstrate indignation in relation to sedentarism. Suggestions include walking or biking parades, website message dissemination, conferences, symposia, media contacts, school or worksite events. Do not hesitate to register events on the website: www.agitamundo.org.br

* The issues of the Bulletin of Institute of Health and Sport Science, the University of Tsukuba are available online. This review proposes sport related scientific publications in Japanese language. Some English written papers are available. See https://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/portal/tr/IHS/v32.php

Adam Smith Institute Publication – The Broken University

beraoffice — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:24:50 +0000

On the 4th March the Adam Smith Institute Publication will launch a radical new publication on university funding by Dr James Stanfield: The Broken University

For more details, contact Philip Salter, Adam Smith Institute.

EDULEARN10

beraoffice — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:47:37 +0000

The annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies will be held in Barcelona (Spain), on the 5th, 6th and 7th of July, 2010.

The main objective of the conference is to promote and disseminate the experiences in New Technologies and E-learning applied to Education in all fields and disciplines.

EDULEARN10 will be a unique International Forum for those who wish to present their projects and discuss the latest innovations and results in the field of New Technologies in Education, E-learning and methodologies applied to Education and Research.

This conference will be held at international level. The attendance of more than 500 delegates from 65 different countries is expected.

We would like to invite you to submit your abstracts and to contribute to EDULEARN10 (in person or virtually) in order to share your results in educational experiences and technological methodologies applied to Education and Research. The deadline for abstracts submission is the 1st of April 2010.

Two ISBN publications will be produced with all the accepted abstracts and papers. They will serve as a database of innovation projects in Education and New Learning Technologies.

International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies

beraoffice — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:45:43 +0000

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS DEADLINE SUBMISSION: 1st April 2010

We invite you to submit your abstracts and participate in EDULEARN10, the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, that will be held in Barcelona (SPAIN), on the 5th , 6th and 7th of July, 2010.

The objective of EDULEARN10 is to share your experiences in the fields of New Technologies in Education, E-learning and methodologies applied to Education and Research.

It is an International Forum for lecturers, researchers, professors, engineers, educational scientists and technologists.

You can present your projects in two modalities:
• In person: oral and poster presentations.
• Virtually: if you can not attend in person

EDULEARN10 Abstracts CD and Proceedings CD, both with ISBN, will be produced with all accepted abstracts and papers submitted.

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