Past event
Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation
A BCF Event for schools, colleges and universities
This British Curriculum Forum (BCF) event brings together teachers, practitioners, researchers, leaders, managers, and academics to share their critical perspectives and assumptions about researching the curriculum. The conference explores what is meant by curriculum research and what practical, ethical and theoretical issues need to be considered when carrying out innovative research. Aimed at all key stakeholders interested in the curriculum in schools and colleges as well as those new to research, this event considers the perspectives offered by leading practitioners, subject associations and universities, focussing on knowledge emerging from research and practice through a range of keynotes, workshops and panel sessions.
| 09.00 | Registration – Tea/Coffee biscuits | |||
| 09.30 | Welcome/opening comments/housekeeping Gerry Czerniawski, University of East London |
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| 09.40 | Researching the Curriculum: the value of published research Tim Cain, Edge Hill University |
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| 09.55 | Research for an ethical action-oriented curriculum Jean McNiff, York St John University |
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| 10.10 | ‘Close-to-practice’ Theorisation and Conceptualisation – The Making of the RE-searchers Approach Giles Freathy, The Learning Institute |
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| 10.30 | Panel Q&A Chairs: Christopher Hanley, Manchester Metropolitan University and Ruth Dann, UCL Institute of Education |
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| 11.00 | Tea and Coffee break | |||
| 11.30 | Choice of parallel sessions I: | |||
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Practitioner workshop – Adopting the action research paradigm for the first time: directions to explore and ways of working |
“Is it better than what we are already doing?” Building an evidence informed, evidence base in school, for school Megan Dixon, Aspire Educational Trust |
Enhancing curriculum research in FE teacher education programmes: Linking the “theoretic” to the “practical” Gordon Ade-Ojo, University of Greenwich and Heather Booth-Martin, Craven College |
Thinking like a researcher: Learning to ‘notice’ your practice differently Christopher Hanley, Manchester Metropolitan University |
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| 12.30 | Lunch | |||
| 13.30 | Well spoken? What happens when you take speaking seriously in schools Rebecca Earnshaw, Director of Voice 21 |
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| 13.45 | Participatory Research: Powerful partnerships that create research impact Sue Cronin, Liverpool Hope University |
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| 14.00 | Building Research in Primary Schools (BRIPS) Ruth Dann, UCL Institute of Education |
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| 14.15 | Panel Q&A Chairs: Christopher Hanley, Manchester Metropolitan University and Ruth Dann, UCL Institute of Education |
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| 14.30 | Tea and Coffee break | |||
| 14.45 | Choice of parallel sessions II | |||
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The Case of inclusion and progress
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The Higher Project Qualification (HPQ): Do Research Projects Add Value for Secondary School Students? Jenny Clements, UCL Institution of Education |
Practitioner workshop – Planning a worthwhile, ethical practitioner research for educational leadership? Alison Fox, Open University |
Child-friendly research in the early years Karen McInnes, Norland College |
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| 15.30 | Completion of evaluation forms | |||
| 15.35 | Final comments including announcements of future BCF funding opportunities Gerry Czerniawski, University of East London |
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| 15.45 | Networking | |||