CamERA 2005: the Faculty Research Conference
The annual Faculty Research conference, which took place on Thursday, 21st April 2005, was open to all Faculty researchers (including registered, full-time and part-time doctoral students). The conference aimed to encourage participants to explore the range of research taking place in the Faculty and to consolidate the new academic groups.
Various academic groups organised sessions reporting on research on the following topics:
Creative imperatives: Investigating the arts as meaning makers in education
Arts, culture and education
Organiser: Pam Burnard (pab61@cam.ac.uk)Early Years and Primary Education - Work in progress
Early years and primary education
Organiser: Linda Hargreaves (lh258@cam.ac.uk)Some current research in inclusive education
Inclusive and special education
Organiser: Nidhi Singal (sn241@cam.ac.uk)Choices in Language Education
Language and literature education
Organiser: Michael Evans (mje1000@cam.ac.uk)Mathematical Enrichment
Mathematics education
Organiser: Tim Rowland (tr202@cam.ac.uk)Education and Psychology: Current research
Neuroscience and psychology in education
Organiser: Usha Goswami (ucg10@cam.ac.uk)Facets of Science Education
Science education
Organiser: Keith Taber (kst24@cam.ac.uk)Creativity in Teacher Education
Secondary subject teaching
Organisers: Linda Fisher (lgf20@cam.ac.uk), Sue Brindley (sb295@cam.ac.uk), John Finney (ejf28@cam.ac.uk)Sociocultural Perspectives
Sociocultural studies
Organiser: David Whitley (daw36@cam.ac.uk)