CamERA 2007

Academic staff, contract researchers and registered PhD students of the Faculty came together on 17th April for CamERA 2007, the fourth Faculty one-day research conference. As in the past, various academic groups organized presentations of on-going and recently completed research. In addition, Professors Christine Howe, Neil Mercer, Donald McIntyre and Ken Ruthven took part in a lively and interesting Question Time, chaired by Dominic Wyse.

There were six seminars, each offering several papers.

Ways of seeing and knowing - Arts Culture and Education (ACE) Contact: Pam Burnard (pab61@cam.ac.uk)
Social inequalities: educational access and choices, gendered citizenry and reform - Education, equality and development (EED) Contact: Nigel Kettley (nck20@cam.ac.uk) and Shu-Ching Lee (scl35@cam.ac.uk)
Facets of learning in science - Science EducationContact: Keith Taber (kst24@cam.ac.uk)
Outcomes, Lessons and Legacies - Educational Leadership and School Improvement (ELSI) Contact: Sue Swaffield (ses42@cam.ac.uk)
Experimental psychology methods in educational research - Neuroscience and Psychology in Education Contact: Dénes Szücs (ds377@cam.ac.uk)
Language Learning and Teaching Research: Implementing policy initiatives and ideas - Second Language Education Group Contact: Linda Fisher (lgf20@cam.ac.uk)

In addition:
Sociocultural Studies hosted a 'Read in' with group members bringing published and unpublished research outputs, ideas and projects to put on the table for others to read and browse.
Contact: Mary Hilton (mhiltonhom@aol.com)

Further information: Abstracts2007.doc

Mandy Maddock, Dominic Wyse and Sally Roach
(CamERA organising group)

Programme:

TIME	ACTIVITY
9.00 am - 9.20 am	Registration and coffee
9.20 am - 9.30 am	Welcome
9.30 am -11.00 am	Session 1 Ways of seeing and knowing - Arts Culture and Education (ACE) Social inequalities: educational access and choices, gendered citizenry and reform - Education, equality and development (EED) Facets of learning in science - Science Education
11.00 am -11.30 am	Coffee
11.30 am - 1.00 pm	Session 2 Outcomes, lessons and legacies - Educational Leadership and School Improvement (ELSI) Experimental psychology methods in educational research - Neuroscience and Psychology in Education Language Learning and Teaching Research: Implementing policy initiatives and ideas - Second Language Education Group
1.00 pm - 1.45 pm	Lunch
1.45 pm - 2.45 pm	Question Time - Current Educational Issues A panel will debate topical questions submitted by members of the audience
2.45 pm - 3.00 pm	Tea
3.00 pm - 4.30 pm	Session 3 'Read in' - Sociocultural Studies