Spotlight Session: General Teaching Council Northern Ireland (GTCNI) 2015 Annual Lecture

The GTCNI Lecture 2015
BEYOND IMPROVEMENT… an agenda for policy makers and the teaching profession
Donaldson, Graham – University of Glasgow

Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy
Session Type: Individual Papers

Formative assessment practices
Chair: Dann, Ruth – Manchester Metropolitan University

0052 – Habermas’s theory of communicative action applied to the development of classroom feedback practices for pupils who make less than expected progress
Dann, Ruth – Manchester Metropolitan University

0418 – Exploring the Relationship between Grading and Assessment for Learning in Norwegian Physical Education
Leirhaug, Petter – Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Sogn og Fjordane University College

0559 – Teachers’ perceptions of Inquiry: Impact on formative assessment in the classroom
Correia, Catarina – King’s College London

Early Childhood
Session Type: Individual Papers

Language, communication and multi-modality
Chair: Lake, Gillian – University of Oxford

0541 – Challenges, opportunities, risks and hopes. Making the voice of non-English speaking children stronger in Early Years provision
Farini, Federico – Middlesex University; Allen, Shirley – Middlesex University; Scollan, Angela – Middlesex University; Townsley, Brooke – Middlesex University

*0277 – Let’s Talk! An intervention supporting children’s vocabulary and narrative development through sustained planned pretend play and group shared storybook reading in the early years
Lake, Gillian – University of Oxford

*0310 – Approaches to the teaching and learning of English as an additional language in early years settings
Withey, Linda – University of Bolton

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

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

Educational Technology
Session Type: Innovation Session

Convenor: Preston, Anne – Newcastle University
Discussant: Leat, David – Newcastle University

0589 – Getting down with the kids: A Self-Organised Conference Session
Preston, Anne – Newcastle University; Leat, David – Newcastle University; McElwee, Stef – George Stephenson High School

Higher Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Workplace Learning
Chair: Simon, Catherine – Bath Spa University

0068 – ‘ But I don’t want to be a teacher’: Workbased Learning in Education Studies
Simon, Catherine – Bath Spa University

0208 – Employability in Education Studies: Developing a critical and educational approach?
McDonnell, Jane – Liverpool John Moores University

Higher Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

A Degree and What Else?
Chair: MacCallum, Judith  -Murdoch University

0037 – Free access to the concert hall of an acclaimed orchestra: A Vice-Chancellor’s vision and the student experience
Peiser, Gillian – Liverpool John Moores University; Stanley, Grant – Liverpool John Moores University

*0322 – Identifying citizenship themes in literary texts
Syed, Ghazal – University of York, University of Sindh

0471 – Volunteering to learn in Australian universities
MacCallum, Judith – Murdoch University; Scott, Rowena – Curtin University; Paull, Megan – Murdoch University; Haski-Leventhal, Debbie – Macquarie University; Holmes, Kirsten – Curtin University; Young, Sue – University of Western Australia; Omari, Maryam – Edith Cowan University; Walker, Gabrielle – Murdoch University

Inclusive Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Exploring the process of inclusion
Chair: Blakemore, Anna- Manchester Metropolitan University

*0413 – Inclusion as a transaction between child and school: uncovering the invisible facilitators of social interaction during a school-link programme
Blakemore, Anna- Manchester Metropolitan University; Fox, Samantha – Manchester Metropolitan University

0347 – Recognizing all students as learners
Knight, Bruce Allen – Central Queensland University;
Knight, Cecily – James Cook University

Inclusive Education
Session Type: Symposia

Convenor: Hick, Peter – Manchester Metropolitan University
Discussant: Norwich, Brahm – University of Exeter

0111 – ‘ITE, special educational needs and schools-led training: where is inclusive education going?’
Hick, Peter – Manchester Metropolitan University; Mintz, Joseph – UCL Institute of Education; Lawson, Hazel – University of Exeter; Norwich, Brahm – University of Exeter

Leadership & Management in Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Head teacher competencies and influence in differing contexts
Chair: Bates, Agnieszka – University of Roehampton

0222 – Beyond educational excellence: leadership ‘styles’, the child and the priority of recognition
Bates, Agnieszka – University of Roehampton

*0267 – School Leadership and Inclusive Education Caribbean Secondary Schools Focus: With the use of an Interpretative Phenomenological approach, this study aims to understand the experiences of Caribbean school leaders and how these experiences impacts their role in facilitating inclusive education in secondary schools
Moriah, Mishel – Aberdeen University

0614 – Entrepreneurial Competences for School Leadership Teams
Robson, Sue – Newcastle University; Koglbauer, Rene – Newcastle University; Reid, Anna – Newcastle University

Literacy and Language
Session Type: Individual Papers

Digital Literacies
Chair: Florack, Franziska – University of Bradford

*0378 – The Importance of Word and World Knowledge for Successful Strategic Processing of Multiple Online Texts
Riddell, Judith – The Queen’s University of Belfast

*0584 – Can the use of film in primary school literacy lessons raise attainment in writing?
Florack, Franziska – University of Bradford

Mentoring and Coaching
Session Type: Individual Papers

Mentoring and coaching for professional development
Chair: Lyseight-jones, Pauline – Open University

*0480 – Developing teacher educators in Uganda using a mentoring approach
Lyseight-jones, Pauline – Open University

0532 – Lesson Study: The Freedom to Learn?
O’Doherty, Ella Michelle – Edge Hill University; Allan, David – Edge Hill University; Boorman, David – Edge Hill University; Smalley, Paul – Edge Hill University

0110 – Sustaining change through inter-professional coaching; developing communication-rich pedagogies
Lofthouse, Rachel – Newcastle University; Wigley, Bibiana – Newcastle University; Flanagan, Jo – Clarity

Philosophy of Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Teaching and teacher education
Chair: Davies, Richard – Aberystwyth University

0130 – The BERA/ RSA Enquiry into Research and Teacher Education: a missed philosophical opportunity
Aldridge, David – Oxford Brookes University

*0258 – Truth, Knowledge, and Secondary English Studies
Belas, Oliver – Chingford Foundation School

0558 – Wood, trees and sight: a common sense vision for professional learning
Davies, Richard – Aberystwyth University

Research Methodology in Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Critical issues in qualitative research: digital ethnography; multi-modal life histories; and young people as researchers
Chair: White, ML – University of East London

*0083 – Becoming Less ‘Adult’ Or Less ‘Child’ As Researchers
Toogood, Aaron – De Montfort University

0398 – Researching life history narratives, adopting multimodal approaches: discursive transitions and uncomfortable silences
Woolhouse, Clare – Edge Hill University

0155 – What next for ethnography 2.0?: a reflection on practice, principles and methodology
White, ML – University of East London

Science Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Interactive thinking
Chair: Oversby, John – University of Reading

0318 – Learning to be a Scientist through Inhabiting a Role
Baskerville, Delia – Victoria University; Duggan, Adrienne – Oxford Brookes University; Anderson, Dayle –Victoria University; McGregor, Debra – Oxford Brookes University

0261 – Analysing narratives of doctoral studies in science education
Simon, Shirley – UCL Institute of Education; Ottander, Christina – Umea University; Parchmann, Ilka – IPN University of Kiel

Sexualities
Session Type: Individual Papers

Challenging gender-related violence in and out-of-school settings
Chair: Cullen, Fiona – Brunel University London

0316 – The relationship between discriminatory attitudes toward gender and cultural/ethnic diversity and participation in bullying situations: a study with Portuguese and Spanish adolescents
Carrera-Fernández, María Victoria – University of Vigo; Almeida, Ana María – University of Minho; Lameiras-Fernández, María – University of Vigo; Yolanda Rodríguez-Castro, – University of Vigo

0323 – Theoretical Challenges in Anti-violence Practitioner Training: Defining gender-related violence
Alldred, Pam – Brunel University London; Azpiazu, Jokin – Brunel University London; Levitan, Neil – Brunel University London

0555 – Mind the Gap: Tackling Gender-related violence in theory and practice in developing training for youth practitioners
Cullen, Fiona – Brunel University London

0519 – What Helps And Hinders Youth Practitioners To Combat Gender Violence With And Amongst Young People In The UK?
Levitan, Neil – Brunel University London; Alldred, Pam – Brunel University London

Social Justice
Session Type: Individual Papers

Representing Social Justice In Schooling
Chair: Cross, Russell – Melbourne Graduate School of Education

0391 – From pedagogic action to pedagogic activity: Reading social justice dispositions from the practice of teachers’ work
Cross, Russell – Melbourne Graduate School of Education; Gale, Trevor – University of Glasgow; Mills, Carmen – The University of Queensland

0343 – Metaphors as framing devices for social justice work in schools
Cross, Russell – Melbourne Graduate School of Education; Gale, Trevor – University of Glasgow; Molla, Tebeje – Deakin University; Parker, Stephen – Deakin University

0036 – ‘Enemies of Learning’: UK newspaper depictions of education
Lloyd, Michele – University of Hertfordshire

0091 – Social justice for teachers in the news production process: Teacher and journalist perspectives of ‘misrepresentation’
Baroutsis, Aspa – The University of Queensland; Mills, Martin – The University of Queensland

Social Theory and Education
Session Type: Individual Papers

Pedagogies, communities and regulatory discourses in education
Chair: Raaper, Rille – University of Glasgow

0357 – Visible Pedagogies, Visible Learning: A Case Study of a Collaborative Inquiry Partnership
Singh, Parlo – Griffith University

0172 – Weathering moral micro-climates in extended compulsory education
Doherty, Catherine – Queensland University of Technology

0274 – Foucauldian analysis of student assessment as a technology of government in neoliberal universities
Raaper, Rille – University of Glasgow

Teacher Education and Development
Session Type: Symposia

Discussant: Whitty, Geoff – Bath Spa University

0289 – The selection and formation of new teachers
Barnes, Yvonne – Cardiff University; Baumfield, Viv – University of Glasgow; Connolly, Mark – Cardiff University; Davies, Peter – University of Birmingham; Hadfield, Mark – Cardiff University; Hordern, Jim – Bath Spa University; Hulme, Moira – University of Glasgow; Kirkman, John – University of Birmingham; Snook, James – Cardiff University

Teacher Education and Development
Session Type: Individual Papers

Beginning teachers
Chair: McKendry, Eugene – Queen’s University Belfast

0538 – The Evolution of Postgraduate Students’ Identity as Research-Engaged Practitioners While Completing a Professional Doctorate in Education
Lloyd, Claire – Liverpool Hope University; Moore, Jane – Liverpool Hope University

0536 – The Modern Languages competences and choices of PGCE students
McKendry, Eugene – Queen’s University Belfast