In this webinar Sarah Chicken and Alison Porter will discuss the approaches they have used to develop innovative pedagogic practice in primary and early years settings. Their projects took place against a backdrop of policy change. In Wales, children’s participative rights are now part of the early years curriculum framework; in England, learning a Modern Foreign Language has become part of primary KS 2. In conversation with Sinead Harmey and Bernadette Holmes, they will reflect on the role of classroom-based research in supporting professional development and the conditions that facilitate or hinder this.
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7/1/2025
In this webinar Sarah Chicken and Alison Porter will discuss the approaches they have used to develop innovative pedagogic practice in primary and early years settings. Their projects took place against a backdrop of policy change. In Wales, children’s participative rights are now part of the early years curriculum framework; in England, learning a Modern Foreign Language has become part of primary KS 2. In conversation with Sinead Harmey and Bernadette Holmes, they will reflect on the role of classroom-based research in supporting professional development and the conditions that facilitate or hinder this.
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6/30/2025
In this webinar, Toby Greany and Steph Ainsworth will discuss their research into developing place-based approaches to school leadership development and tools that schools can use to improve teacher resilience and retention. An opportunity to reflect on the implications of their emerging findings for education policy and practice will follow, in conversation with Qing Gu, Professor of Leadership in Education at UCL; Stephen Betts, Chief Executive of Learn Sheffield and Mary Lowery Head of School Improvement (Post-primary and Special Education, Locality East), Education Authority Northern Ireland.
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5/20/2025
Join the ESRC ERP ECR network to hear from a panel of speakers on AI and the implications for teaching and learning in schools.
Speakers:
Dominik Lukes, Lead Business Technologist, AI and ML Competency Centre, University of Oxford: The general rise of AI and EdTech
Graham Purves, Head of The Grammar School at Leeds Principal elect of Leicester Grammar School Trust: EdTech use in schools - the challenges and potential and how it is changing (or not) the flows of teaching
Ted Palenski, Postgraduate researcher in Digital Citizenship: Data Ethics in the Classroom and Beyond
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5/1/2025
Join an expert panel from the IOE to discuss the implications of the Curriculum Review Interim Report for teaching and learning in primary, secondary, post-16 sectors and for pupils with SEND. The Review asked for input from a wide range on interested parties, including parents and pupils, as well as teachers and experts in curriculum and assessment. The panel will discuss progress made so far and what might need to happen next to lead to sustainable change.
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3/18/2025
Without easy access to other support services, families increasingly turn to schools for help. In this panel discussion, researchers, practitioners and policymakers will debate the role schools already play in supporting their communities, and where investment needs to go to ensure our most vulnerable children and families thrive.
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12/10/2024
In this panel discussion, speakers draw on their experience of working with others in the sector to bring about change and reflect on the role local interests and local concerns play in the choices made. Could more opportunities for open and transparent debate about national and local priorities lead to better decision-making in education and a greater chance of an informed consensus emerging?
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10/10/2024
The current debate over the role of digital technology in schools alternates between a concern for the harms it may cause and interest in its potential to transform education. The risks of adopting a market-led approach to digital innovation in education are becoming clearer. But many uncertainties remain – not least how to put learners’ interests first in any plans for technology use in education.
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7/17/2024