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14 September 2015 to 17 September 2015Belfast

Tuesday 15th September 2015
11.30 – 13.00

1.06

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Symposia
0253 – Closing the Gap – issues, challenges and impact of the implementation of a national experiment in educational research
Menter, Ian – University of Oxford; Childs, Ann – University of Oxford; Firth, Roger – University of Oxford; Thompson, Ian – University of Oxford; Fancourt, Nigel – University of Oxford

Tuesday 15th September 2015
11.30 – 13.00

1.07

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Individual Papers

Policy Discourses and impact on practice
Chair: Casey, Ashley – Loughborough University

0117 – What Would Stenhouse Do? Lessons from the work of Lawrence Stenhouse for contemporary education reform
Casey, Ashley – Loughborough University; Mockler. Nicole – University of Newcastle, Australia

*0474 – Illuminating the manuscript: a policy archaeology investigation of current music educaiton policy in England
Shirley, Ian – Edge Hill University

0571 – Citizenship education policy: A comparative analysis
Ververi, Olga – Liverpool Hope University

*0195 – Aspects of governmentality in an English school considering academy status
Rayner, Stephen – University of Manchester

Tuesday 15th September 2015
15.45 – 17.15

2.06

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Symposia

0384 – The politics of research engagement
Moss, Gemma – Bristol University; Facer, Keri – Bristol University; Collins, Kevan – Education Endowment Foundation; Adoniou, Misty – University of Canberra; Francis, Becky – King’s College, London

Tuesday 15th September 2015
15.45 – 17.15

2.07

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Individual Papers

Policy discourses and pupil voice
Chair: Abrahams, Jessica – Cardiff University

0387 – What future for the Welsh language in Wales?
Pearce, Sioned – Cardiff University; Power, Sally – Cardiff University; Smith, Kevin – Cardiff University; Evans, Daniel – Cardiff University

*0601 – Where is my voice? An inquiry into pupils’ voice in two primary classrooms in Iran using a ‘community of enquiry’ approach and the Thousand and One Nights Stories
Partovi, Monireh – University of Warwick

0610 – ‘Aim Lower’: Exploring the management of aspiration within a disadvantaged Academy in England
Abrahams, Jessica – Cardiff University

Wednesday 16th September 2015
09.00 – 10.30

3.06

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Symposia

0498 – Knowledge mobilisation and Translational Research: building an educational version of NICE through the MESH initiative
Younie, Sarah – De Montfort University, Education Futures Collaboration; Procter, Richard – De Montfort University, Education Futures Collaboration; Jones, Sarah – Hull University, Education Futures Collaboration; Ovenden-Hope, Tanya – Cornwall College, Education Futures Collaboration; Velle, Linda la – Plymouth University, Education Futures Collaboration; Davies, Larissa McLean – University of Melbourne, Education Futures Collaboration; Kriewaldt, Jeana – University of Melbourne, Education Futures Collaboration; Rice, Suzanne – University of Melbourne, Education Futures Collaboration; Flynn, Naomi – University of Winchester, Education Futures Collaboration; Leask, Marilyn – Education Futures Collaboration, University of Bedfordshire

Wednesday 16th September 2015
09.00 – 10.30

3.07

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Individual Papers

Towards strategies for self-improving systems
Chair: Riddell, Richard – Bath Spa University

*0299 – A motivation for European Education and Higher Education Policy: Social or economic?
John, Sarah St – University of Glasgow

0161 – The Network Around The School: the work of Additional Ofsted Inspectors (AIs) with schools in the ‘self-improving system’
Riddell, Richard – Bath Spa University

*0331 – An Examination of Teachers’ Professional Autonomy in a Primary Academy School
Chrostowska, Marlena – Liverpool John Moores University

0465 – Evaluating the impact of professional learning: policy, practice and tensions
Boylan, Mark – Sheffield Hallam University; Demack, Sean – Sheffield Hallam University

Wednesday 16th September 2015
13.30 – 15.00

4.07

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Symposia

Chair: Clinton, Janet – The University of Melbourne
Discussant: Calnin, Gerard – The University of Melbourne

0008 – Education’s Most Important Asset: Strengthening the Profession through National Teaching Standards
Clinton, Janet – The University of Melbourne; Savage, Glenn – The University of Melbourne; Dabrowski, Anna – The University of Melbourne; Betz, Elisabeth – The University of Melbourne

Wednesday 16th September 2015
13.30 – 15.00

4.08

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Individual Papers

Policy and practice discourses: including the voices of diverse groups
Chair: Glynn, Ted – University of Waikato

0379 – Responsive and dialogic spaces for self determination in PhD supervision in New Zealand
Glynn, Ted – University of Waikato; Berryman, Mere – University of Waikato

0266 – Parental Engagement for the Twenty First Century: A Social Impact Assessment
McKenna, Lynne – Sunderland University

0141 – Clerical Sex Abuse of Children: ‘in loco parentis’, human rights and the implications for child protection in all schools
Parker-Jenkins, Marie – University of Limerick

Wednesday 16th September 2015
13.30 – 15.00

4.09

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Symposia

0588 – Knowledge mobilisation and Translational Research: selected international perspectives
Leask, Marilyn – University of Bedfordshire, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Younie, Sarah – De Montfort University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Ovenden-Hope, Tanya – Cornwall College, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; O’Meara, James – National Louis University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Jones, Sarah – Plymouth University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Procter, Richard – De Montfort University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Flynn, Naomi – University of Winchester, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Jumani, Nabi Bux – International Islamic University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Bhatti, Abdul – International Islamic University; Hussain, Muhhammad – International Islamic University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Fazlagic, Jan – Posnan University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Malik, Samina – International Islamic University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Ajmal, Fouzia – International Islamic University, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Savage, Moira – University of Worcester, UCET; Audain, Jon – University of Winchester; Burden, – Kevin – University of Hull, Education Futures Collaboration Charity; Velle, Linda la – Plymouth University, IT in Teacher Education Professional Association; Bradshaw, Pete – UCET, Open University

Wednesday 16th September 2015
15.45 – 17.15

5.08

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Individual Papers

National Standards – standardisation and complexity
Chair: Bates, Agnieszka – University of Roehampton

0182 – ‘From Nothingness into Being’ – Teacher education and the art of policy persuasion in Contemporary Europe; reflections from the Ireland context
McMorrough, Anne – University College Dublin; Galvin, Conor – University College Dublin

0224 – Complexity and the myth of control in educational policy-making
Bates, Agnieszka – University of Roehampton

0243 – Are national standards really any better than national testing?
Thrupp, Martin – University of Waikato

0032 – Teacher Standards – what are they good for?
Adoniou, Misty – University of Canberra; Gallagher, Mary – Australian Catholic University

Wednesday 16th September 2015
15.45 – 17.15

5.09

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Symposia

0506 – Research Evidence, Schools and Teaching
Coldwell, Mike – Sheffield Hallam University; Maxwell, Bronwen – Sheffield Hallam University; Greany, Toby – UCL Institute of Education; Brown, Chris – UCL Institute of Education; Stoll, Louise – UCL Institute of Education; Higgins, Steve – Durham University; Boylan, Mark – Sheffield Hallam University

Thursday 17th September 2015

09.00 – 10.30

6.07

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Symposia

0514 – A Transitional Integrated Approach to Teacher Career Paths: Rites of Passage or Boundary less?
Webster, Maggie – Edge Hill University; Shirley, Ian – Edge Hill University; Albin-Clark, Jo – Edge Hill University; Woolhouse, Clare – Edge Hill University

Thursday 17th September 2015

09.00 – 10.30

6.08

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Innovation Session

0612 – Preparing for REF 2020 – extending the reach and impact of your research through writing a research summary for users as a MESHGuide
Leask, Marilyn – University of Bedfordshire, Education Futures Collaboration; Younie, Sarah – De Montfort University, Education Futures Collaboration; Davies, Larissa Mcean – University of Melbourne, Education Futures Collaboration

Thursday 17th September 2015
12.15 – 13.15

7.05

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Individual Papers

Professional development challenges -Scottish, Irish, Northern Irish and Australian perspectives – Part 1
Chair: Judge, Miriam – Dublin City University

*0054 – Methodological Processes and Preliminary Findings from an Australian Qualitative Multi-site Case Study: How does on-site professional development contribute to improved teacher practice?
Forrester, Catherine – Catholic Education Office

0607 – Teacher CPD, interactive whiteboards and a transfer of innovation initiative. An analysis of challenges encountered in an Irish project
Judge, Miriam – Dublin City University

Thursday 17th September 2015
14.30 – 16.00

8.03

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Individual Papers

Policy Discourses – national perspectives
Chair: Hursh, David – University of Rochester

0047 – The Quality of School Education in Bhutan – A perspective from Southeast Asia
Iyer, Gopalkrishnan – Newcastle University

0160 – The end of public schools? Privatizing schools and education policy in New York
Hursh, David – University of Rochester; Martina, Camille – University of Rochester

0600 – China’s Higher Education Policy: Policy Communities, Issue Networks and the Impact of Research on the Policy Process
Han, Shuangmiao – University of Oxford; Ye, Fugui, – Tsinghua University

*0411 – How do you know ‘what works’ works for you?
Moore, Alexis – Edge Hill University; Graves, Susan – Edge Hill University; Dickinson, John – Edge Hill University

Thursday 17th September 2015
14.30 – 16.00

8.04

Educational Research and Educational Policy-making
Session Type: Individual Papers

Professional development challenges -Scottish, Irish, Northern Irish and Australian perspectives – Part 2
Chair: Nelson, James – Queen’s University Belfast

0620 – The stories we tell ourselves: educational policy-making in Scotland and the role of the ‘myth’
Beck, Anna – University of Glasgow

0404 – Sharing Education in Northern Ireland: what lessons can be learned from understanding how teachers share in inter-school collaborations?
Nelson, James – Queen’s University Belfast

0170 – Do Emotional Intelligence and previous caring experience influence student nursing performance?
Snowden, Austyn – University of the West of Scotland; Stenhouse, Rosie – University of Edinburgh