Spotlight Session: SERA

Taking the high road: contemporary developments in Scottish education in post-devolution Scotland
Colucci-Gray, Laura – University of Aberdeen; McKinney, Stephen – University of Glasgow; Priestley, Mark – University of Stirling

Comparative and International Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Understanding and Learning about Ourselves and ‘Cultural Others’
Chair: Jerome, Lee – Queen’s University Belfast

0123 – Intercultural Competence Development through a Kenyan Teaching Practicum
Black, Glenda – Nipissing University; Bernardes, Rogerio – Nipissing University,

0324 – Child Rights Education: Achievements and challenges across 26 countries
Jerome, Lee – Queen’s University Belfast; Emerson, Lesley – Queen’s University Belfast; Lundy, Laura – Queen’s University Belfast; Orr, Karen Queen’s University Belfast

0354 – Beyond social justice agendas: Indigenous knowledges in pre-service teacher education and practice
Whatman, Susan – Griffith University; McLaughlin, Juliana – Queensland University of Technology

Creativity in Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Creativity and curriculum subject matters
Chair: Munro, Jessica – Cambridge Assessment

0457 – Being and Learning ‘like me’ – developing learners through an arts and engineering partnership
Trowsdale, Jo – University of Warwick

0188 – The assessment of creativity and innovation in Design and Technology
Munro, Jessica – Cambridge Assessment; Dhawan, Vikas – Cambridge Assessment

Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy
Session Type: Symposia

Convenor: Stylianides, Gabriel – University of Oxford
Discussant: Simons, Shirley – UCL Institute of Education; Drew, Valerie – University of Stirling

0185 – Classroom-Based Interventions in Different Subject Areas
Bentley, Jason – Sir Stanley Matthews Academy; Burn, Katharine – University of Oxford; Carrier, Jaya – Bishop Challoner School; Childs, Ann – University of Oxford; Fielding, Anna – St Edward’s School; Firth, Roger – University of Oxford; Hillier, Judith – University of Oxford; McNicholl, Jane – University of Oxford; Stylianides, Gabriel – University of Oxford; Taylor, Richard – Gillingham School; University of Oxford; Thompson, Ian – University of Oxford

Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy
Session Type: Individual Papers

Researching summative assessment
Chair: Greatorex, Jackie – Cambridge Assessment

0199 – Investigating a new method for standardising essay marking using levels-based mark schemes
Greatorex, Jackie – Cambridge Assessment; Sutch, Tom – Cambridge Assessment; Werno, Magda – Cambridge Assessment; Munro, Jess – Cambridge Assessment; Dunn, Karen – Cambridge Assessment

0505 – Validity and comparability of assessment: how do these concepts relate?
Crisp, Victoria – Cambridge Assessment

0534 – Student voices and high stakes examinations: reflections on young people’s views about qualifications and qualifications reform
Elwood, Jannette – Queen’s University Belfast

0203 – Piloting a method for comparing examination question paper demands
Greatorex, Jackie – Cambridge Assessment; Chambers, Lucy – Cambridge Assessment; Constantinou, Filio – Cambridge Assessment; Ireland, Jo – Cambridge Assessment

Early Childhood
Session Type: Individual Papers

Perspectives on learning and teaching in different contexts
Chair: Anderson, Babs – Liverpool Hope University

0279 – Look what we made! How young children develop collaboration
Anderson, Babs – Liverpool Hope University

0412 – The Impact of Change Processes in Teaching and Learning in Brunei Government Preschools: A Case Study
Zakir, Nordiana – University of Sheffield, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

*0098 – Early Years Teachers working in Higher Education and their perceptions of child poverty in the UK
Lyndon, Sandra – University of Chichester

Educational Effectiveness and Improvement
Session Type: Individual Papers

Evidence-based improvement
Chair: Biggart, Andy – Queen’s University Belfast

0352 – Raising the achievement of indigenous students through an iterative research and development project in one case study school
Berryman, Mere – University of Waikato; Wearmouth, Janice – University of Bedfordshire

0451 – Randomised Control Trials in Education: A new ‘gold standard’ for educational research or an unethical and outdated methodology in the 21st Century?
Biggart, Andy – Queen’s University Belfast

0362 – Developing Primary Teacher Classroom Practice through Partnership
Irwin, Michael – Massey University

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

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 

Educational Technology
Session Type: Innovation Session

0105 – A framework for tackling ethical dilemmas in Social Science research: an interactive workshop
Fox, Alison – University of Leicester; Jones, Hillary – University of Leicester; Stutchbury, Kris – Open University

Higher Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

QA and Customers
Chair: Frankham, Jo – Liverpool John Moores University

0073 – Impact of the Quality Assurance System on Higher Education in Taiwan
Hsu, Yu-Ping – UCL Institute of Education

0544 – The student as ‘consumer’: How student satisfaction data is changing the face of professionalism in English Higher Education
Frankham, Jo – Liverpool John Moores University

Higher Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Students Adjusting to Higher Education
Chair: Hayes, Aneta – University of Keele

*0088 – What factors influence the success of mature learners?
Farrelly, Penny – Bucks New Uni

*0082 – The Expectation-Experience Gap Of Higher Education Tourists
Toogood, Aaron – De Montfort University

0064 – ‘Turning Points’: Exploring how International Students adjust to assessment in higher education
Tan, Eloise – National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; Hayes, Aneta – University of Keele

Inclusive Education
Session Type: Innovation Session

Chair: Dunne, Linda – Edge Hill University
Discussant: Kay, Virginia – Edge Hill University

0396 – Utilising photo-elicitation in the study of inclusion in schools
Kay, Virginia – Edge Hill University; Woolhouse, Clare – Edge Hill University; Dunne, Linda – Edge Hill University; Hallett, Fiona – Edge Hill University

Inclusive Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Inclusion, the community and cultural capital
Chair: Leitch, Ruth – Queen’s University Belfast

*0424 – How does being ‘left-behind’ impact on the educational experiences, attainment and aspirations of junior high school students in a rural village of China?
Hong, Yang – University of Reading

*0543 – Parental Involvement with Children’s Social and Emotional Learning in Schools
Gildea, Aideen – Queen’s University Belfast

0116 – Investigating Links in Achievement and Deprivation: a case study approach to community differences
Leitch, Ruth – Queen’s University Belfast; Hughes, Joanne – Queen’s University Belfast; Burns, Stephanie – Queen’s University Belfast

Leadership & Management in Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Alternative approaches and foci on educational leadership from three differing prospective
Chair: Trimmer, Karen – University of Southern Queensland

0125 – Cross Faculty Collaborative Course Development – Education and the Law
Trimmer, Karen – University of Southern Queensland; Crowley-Cyr, Lynda – University of Southern Queensland; Findlay, Yvonne – University of Southern Queensland; Butlin, Mark – University of Southern Queensland

0093 – Going viral? An investigation into alternative leadership framework to initiate, support and sustain best practice in technology use
Meldrum, Kathryn – James Cook University; Smith, Kerry – James Cook University; Knight, Cecily – James Cook University; Sheppard, Kate – James Cook University

0288 – ‘The self-improving school’: how professional learning leadership supports teacher inquiry’
Poultney, Val – University of Derby; Fox, Alison – University of Derby; Brown, Angela – University of Derby; Rawes, Neil – University of Derby; Silverthorne, Jill – University of Derby

Literacy and Language
Session Type: Individual Papers

Contexts, Tasks And Attainment
Chair: Arrow, Alison – Massey University

0174 – Can the use of differentiated instruction from school entry reduce New Zealand’s persistently large inequities in literacy achievement outcomes?
Arrow, Alison  – Massey University; Chapman, James – Massey University

*0562 – Can greater autonomy of choice enable children to be critically reflective when reading poetry?
Bradley, Anne – University of St Mark and St John

0024 – Rhyme, Rhythm and Repetition make the wheels of the language bus go round and round!!!!
Gilliland, Catherine – St Mary’s University College

Mathematics Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

International perspectives on mathematics education
Chair: Martin, Helen – University of Aberdeen

*0314 – Teachers’ Practice in Secondary Mathematics: Using Focus Groups to guide Action Research
Jacobs, Marc – St Mary’s University College; Edward-Leis, Christine – St Mary’s University College

0219 – Review of primary curriculum in Hong Kong
Koo Hok Chun, Dennis University of Durham

0617 – Children’s Mathematical Reasoning: Scottish schools and the state of play
Martin, Helen – University of Aberdeen; Gallacher, Andrew – University of Glasgow; Miao, Zhenzhen – University of Aberdeen

Mentoring and Coaching
Session Type: Individual Papers

How mentoring works
Chair: MacCallum, Judith – Murdoch University

*0626 – Good Mentors / Bad Mentors and Good Mentees / Bad Mentees: Perspectives From Mentors
Burg, Carol – National Louis University

0178 – Understanding and preventing the breakdown of youth mentoring relationships in schools and communities
MacCallum, Judith – Murdoch University;
Beltman, Susan – Curtin University; Anne Coffey, – The University of Notre Dame; Australia; Cooper, Trudi – Edith Cowan University

*0085 – Applying Social Interdependence Concepts to Cross Age Peer Tutoring in Mathematics: An Empirical Study
Zeneli, Mirjan – Durham University; Tymms, Peter – Durham University

Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy
Session Type: Individual Papers

Technology in Physical Education
Chair: Casey, Ashley – Loughborough University, Loughborough, University of Limerick

0468 – Developing a theory of technology for physical education and sport pedagogy
Casey, Ashley – Loughborough University, Loughborough, University of Limerick

*0385 – ‘iPadagogy’: A visual investigation into the use of the iPad as a pedagogical tool by secondary school, physical education teachers
Sargent, Julia – Loughborough University; Rich, Emma – University of Bath

0291 – Exergame – a pedagogical device in movement education?
Nyberg, Gunn – Univrsity of Dalarna; Meckbach, Jane – The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences

Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning
Session Type: Individual Papers

Pedagogy and curriculum in vocational education and training
Chair: Loo, Sai – UCL Institute of Education

0070 – From vocational to occupational pedagogy: a conceptual framework
Loo, Sai – UCL Institute of Education

0328 – Recontextualisation and the socio-epistemic analysis of vocational curricula
Hordern, Jim – Bath Spa University

0365 – Using standardised rubrics, portfolios and personal learning plans in the workplace
Clayton, John – Waikato Institute of Technology

0021 – Do Clinical Placements Improve Nursing Students’ Self-Concept? A Longitudinal Study in Vocational Nursing Schools in Taiwan
Lin, Meng-Yin – Durham University; Remedios, Richard – Durham University

Science Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Higher order and motivation
Chair: Cheung, Derek – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

0245 – Strategies for Enhancing Students’ Situational Interest in Science Lessons
Cheung, Derek – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Social Justice
Session Type: Symposia

Convenor: Hannon, Cliona – Trinity College Dublin
Discussant: Winters, Niall – University of Oxford

0207 – Tackling Educational Disadvantage through Academic Capital Formation: An Examination of how the ‘College for Every Student’ Project Influences Access to Higher Education in Socio-economically Disadvantaged Students
Hannon, Cliona – Trinity College Dublin; O’Sullivan, Katriona – Trinity College Dublin; Smith, Ronan – Trinity College Dublin; Kuster, Megan – Trinity College Dublin; John, Edward St – University of Michigan; Bigelow, Victoria – University of Michigan

Social Justice
Session Type: Symposia

0479 – Foundations for Educational Equity? : The interaction of education and other social policies under conditions of austerity
Lupton, Ruth – University of Manchester; Burman, Erica – University of Manchester; Thomson, Stephanie – University of Manchester; Bragg, Joanna – University of Manchester; Cutts, Laura – University of Manchester

Teacher Education and Development
Session Type: Individual Papers

Teachers’ professional learning
Chair: White, Simone – Monash University

0133 – A new research agenda for teacher education: the value of a partnership approach to classroom-based research
Douglas, Alaster – University of Roehampton

0540 – The Emergence of Trainee Teachers’ Professional Identity as Research-Engaged Practitioners as They Progress Through an Initial Teacher Training Programme
Moore, Jane – Liverpool Hope University; Lloyd, Claire – Liverpool Hope University

0629 – Developing a mentor teacher education curriculum
White, Simone – Monash University; Forgasz, Rachel – Monash University