Seminars and Events
All events are held at 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY unless otherwise stated.
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OUCEA Student Assessment Network Reading Group (2) on Rasch modelling
18 May 2012 12:00 - 13:00
Seminar Room E
Convener: Professor Jo-Anne Baird, Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment
Further information yasmine.elmasri@st-annes.ox.ac.uk
Educational inequality and outcomes of 8-15 year olds in Ethiopia
Nardos Tesfay, Department of Education, University of Oxford
21 May 2012 12:15 - 14:00
Seminar Room J
A Quant Sig Seminar
Conveners: Professor Pam Sammons, Dr Lars-Erik Malmberg and Dr James Hall
Changing places, changing spaces? Towards understanding teacher education through space-time frameworks (Public Seminar)
Professor Jean Murray, Cass School of Education, The University of East London
21 May 2012 17:00 - 18:30
Seminar Room A
Convener: Professor John Furlong Teaching and Teacher Education Research Group
ABSTRACT
This presentation draws together theoretical ideas from studies of space/spatiality and the history of teacher education.
These ideas form a theoretical framework through which to analyse the findings from a small-scale ethnographic study of the geographical relocations made by two university Schools of Education in England.
Data collection instruments included documentary analysis, field notes from dedicated observations, pre- and post-relocation questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, again pre- and post-relocation.
The findings indicate the ways in which the spaces of teacher education are integral to the historical and contemporary practices, social relations and professional identities found in the field.
SKOPE National Conference: Youth Unemployment
22 May 2012 10:30 - 17:30
St Anne's College
This conference is by registration only. Please contact the SKOPE office for further information.
Practical wisdom and the good school leader
Dr Janet Orchard, University of Bristol
22 May 2012 17:00 - 18:30
Seminar Room D
Conveners: Dr Alis Oancea, Dr Lorraine Foreman-Peck and Dr Janet Orchard University of Bristol, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (Oxford)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY A WEEK FROM THE DATE INITIALLY ADVERTISED
Open Forum for all offered and prospective higher degrees students
Academic and administrative staff from the Higher Degrees Office
23 May 2012 15:00 - 16:00
Online via Webex
OSAT Reading Group
A reading from Robin Alexander
23 May 2012 17:00 - 18:30
Seminar Room A
Conveners: Professor Anne Edwards and Dr Viv Ellis
The reading for this session is:
Alexander, R. (2001) Chapter 17 from 'Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education'. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN: 978-0631220510
OUCEA Student Assessment Network Reading Group (3) on Rasch modelling
25 May 2012 12:00 - 13:00
Seminar Room E
Convener: Professor Jo-Anne Baird, Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment
Further information yasmine.elmasri@st-annes.ox.ac.uk
Exploring students’ social-behavioural development and dispositions at secondary school : results from the longitudinal EPPSE research in KS3
Professor Pam Sammons & Professor Kathy Sylva, Department of Education, University of Oxford
28 May 2012 12:15 - 14:00
Seminar Room J
A Quant Sig Seminar
Conveners: Professor Pam Sammons, Dr Lars-Erik Malmberg and Dr James Hall
The linear imperative: looking back on a decade of research on students’ inappropriate use of proportions (Public Seminar)
Professor Wim Van Dooren, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
28 May 2012 17:00 - 18:30
Seminar Room A
Convener: Professor Terezinha Nunes Children Learning Research Group
Abstract
Looking back at my trajectory in mathematics education research, I noticed that I nearly always investigated students of various ages blatantly making mistakes to problems for which they possess all required domain specific knowledge.
I will take the inappropriate use of linearity as an example, and present studies in the domains of word problems, geometry, probability, statistics, ... The findings will clarify that in order to fully understand the over-use of linearity, one needs to recur to a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. A cognitive-psychological focus unavoidably needs to be complemented by considering the setting in which the mistake took place, and by a thorough understanding of the mathematical concepts involved.
OSAT Student Conference
Combined student conference with colleagues from Bath and Copenhagen
30 May 2012 10:00 - 16:30
Seminar Room A
Conveners: Professor Anne Edwards and Dr Viv Ellis
Further details will be announced shortly
OUCEA Student Assessment Network Writing Group
08 June 2012 12:30 - 14:00
OUCEA Office
Convener: Professor Jo-Anne Baird, Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment
Further information yasmine.elmasri@st-annes.ox.ac.uk
Quant SIG Seminar
John Fletcher, Department of Education, University of Oxford
11 June 2012 12:15 - 14:00
Seminar Room J
A Quant Sig Seminar
Conveners: Professor Pam Sammons, Dr Lars-Erik Malmberg and Dr James Hall
Education, well being and the emergent economies of Brazil, Russia and South Africa (Public Seminar)
Professor Harry Daniels, Department of Education, University of Bath
11 June 2012 17:00 - 18:30
Seminar Room A
Convener: Professor Anne Edwards Oxford Centre for Sociocultural and Activity Theory (OSAT)
Abstract
In this seminar I will discuss the findings of a project that was designed to address a series of questions concerning the relationships between rapid economic growth, education and children’s well being and security in Brazil, Russia and South Africa. The relationships between these three variables are poorly understood. In order to address this issue a series of seminars were set up in San Paulo, Moscow and Cape Town, to which leading policy makers and academics were asked to discuss the project’s key questions which were:
1. What changes are envisaged in educational provision and its objects in both the rising powers and elsewhere in order to ensure economic sustainability of rapid growth?
2. What will be the likely educational consequences and responses to the social challenges of the urban-rural divide, social and economic inequality and access to education including Higher Education?
3. How will the lives of children be transformed and be made more or less secure as these changes are invoked?
4. What will be the challenges for Africa as a result of new development roles being taken by the Rising Powers with regard to education?
5. How are the relationships between economic growth, education and well being in general and more specifically security understood in each state?
This study provided a window on how they were linked at a time when the three countries are considered three of the key rising powers. At stake was a question about the sustainability of their economic ‘miracles’: was economic growth founded on the education system and if not was it necessary to support the future economic development of these countries? Our tentative findings suggest that the links between education, children’s well being and economic development is tenuous in all three countries. Although, this is recognised and policies are being established to address this problem in Brazil and Russia,.
What transforms an ergonomic affordance into a cultural affordance?
Professor John Monaghan, University of Leeds
19 June 2012 16:30 - 18:00
Seminar Room G
Convener: Dr Gabriel Stylianides Mathematics Education Research Group
Beyond the beginner: sustaining second language learning
8th BAAL Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group Conference
04 July 2012 -
Department of Education and Worcester College
Convener: Professor Ernesto Macaro Applied Linguistics Research Group
For further details and how to register click here