2007-08 News Archive
John MacBeath: Shaping Modern Education
26/08/2008: A second member of the LLSI group has been showcased in the Times Educational Supplement's series on 'Thinkers who have shaped modern education'. In the first of the six-part series Jean Rudduck's work on 'pupil voice' was spotlighted. Now, in Part 4, John MacBeath is interviewed about his highly influential work on 'school self-evaluation' (15 August 2008, p.23). The article focuses, in particular, on some of the ways in which John's involvement in this area has influenced a wide range of institutions, not just in the United Kingdom but across educational systems around the world.
Professor Rudduck: Shaping Modern Education
29/07/2008: The late Professor Jean Rudduck was profiled in last week's Times Educational Supplement (25 July 2008, page 17) as the first researcher to be profiled in a series of articles on the work of leading 'thinkers who have shaped modern education'. In the article she is described as 'the central figure behind the development of pupil voice.
Top Class Training
28/07/2008: The Good Teacher Training Guide 2008 places the Faculty's Primary and Secondary PGCE courses as the top rated teacher training courses in the country. Why not apply to one of the courses that still has vacancies?
Education for Conflict Resolution in Cyprus
The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research has received a Cyprus Civil Society Award for exceptional contribution to island-wide co operation. The AHDR was set up by Chara Makriyianni and Stavroula Philipou, former PhD students of the Faculty of Education, whose researches focused on the role of education in forming young children's national identities and their attitudes to inter-ethnic conflict in the divided island.
Taking Latin Back to the Classroom
22/07/2008: The Cambridge Schools Classic Project aims to make Latin available to all, and have recently had success in helping St Aidan's School in Garstang offer Latin through their Online Course. More.
Electronic Education
15/07/2008: Want to find out more about the Electronic Resources available at the Faculty's Library? Why not check out the July Newsletter?
Crossing the Channel for Charity
11/07/2008: Sonia White, one of the faculty's PHD students was part of the Cambridge Cross-Channel Swim Team which raised over £2100 for The James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer, and the Emily Sadler Memorial Fund. The team set off from Shakespeare Beach, and swam through mixed conditions, with 14 degree water temperatures and random rain squalls hitting the group on their way to a brilliant time of 10 hours and 19 minutes.
Research and Practice in Educational Psychology
10/07/2008: Eastern Region Educational Psychologists attended a full day conference yesterday, receiving keynote speeches yesterday from Dr. Mark Fox from Essex University (Evidence-based practice) and Dr. David Whitebread from the Faculty (Developing young children as self-regulated learners), The conference marked the launch of a new Certificate of Further Professional Study course and research network for experienced educational psychologists entitled 'Research and Practice in Educational Psychology: how one informs the other' which will run January - September 2009. More.
Racing for Life
08/07/2008: Five members of the Faculty (Joce Grant, Amy Devine, Ruth Levine, Wafa Kotob and Sally Roach) ran the Race for Life on Sunday. Together they raised over £650 for Cancer Research UK. Sponsor them!
Championing Chemistry
07/07/2008: Students from schools all over the UK have been selected to participate in two back to back 3-day residential Salters' Chemistry Camps for 15-year olds at The University of Cambridge. The Camps will enable the students to participate in the fun of chemistry and motivate them to develop both awareness of and a long-term interest in the subject through an action-packed week's programme. Leading the delivery of the teaching will be Elaine Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Science Education. More.
Leading Teaching
30/06/2008: The HertsCam network launch their new site aimed at inspiring innovative teaching today. More.
Undergraduate Open Days
25/06/2008: The 2008 Undergraduate Open Days take place on the 3rd and 4th of July. Potential applicants can now see our updated BA course information pages. Find out more.
Heard about teaching?
19/06/2008: Have you been listening to the radio? If so you might have heard one of the TDA ads targeted at recent graduates. And if you have, and are interested in doing a PGCE at Cambridge starting in September 2008 it's not too late to apply for some of our courses. Find out more.
Special Guest Leture
18/06/2008: The Education, Equality and Development (EED) Group is hosting a special lecture/discussion with Dr. Padma Sarangapani from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India on Monday June 23, at 4pm. Dr Sarangapani is a leading researcher and figure in education in India. She has written widely on primary curriculum and policy development, privatisation and aid in Indian education, ethnographic research in Indian schools, indigenous knowledges, and children's construction of knowledge.
Please contact Arathi Sriprakash (as621@cam.ac.uk) should you require any further information.
Last Chance to Learn through Assessment
16/06/2008: Your last chance to sign up for the CFPS course, 'Leading Assessment for Learning' will be Friday 11th July. 'Leading Assessment for Learning' is a new 60-hour course which aims to develop the understanding of and expertise in using assessment for learning. The course is part of our Practitioner Professional Development programme, and can be used to build towards an Advanced Diploma in Education Studies or a MEd. More.
Prize Winning Teaching
12/06/2008: Penny Coltman, Lecturer on the Early Years and Primary PGCE was yesterday awarded one of eleven Pilkington's Prizes for her outstanding teaching. More.
Virtually Education
11/06/2008: Second life is one of the fastest growing on-line worlds, with nearly 10 million users. Today at 4.00pm Dr Michael Hobbs from Anglia Ruskin University will be giving a talk hosted by the STeM group as to how Second Life might be used for Education. More.
Learning to Protest
09/06/2008: The EED research group will be hosting a talk by Dr Jacqueline Kennelly of the University of British Columbia, Canada today. She will be giving a lecture entitled on protest and youth activist struggles for symbolic authority, between 3.30 - 5.30. More.
The Science of Dyslexia
06/06/08: This Sunday Usha Goswami will explore what we know about the causes of dyslexia in a highly anticipated lecture at the Cheltenham Science Festival. She will ask what is going on in the brains of those who have dyslexia? And what does this knowledge tell us about current support and future diagnosis? More.
Professional Development in Autumn '08
04/06/08: The new programme of Practitioner Professional Development courses offered by the Faculty of Education for the Autumn term 2008 have now gone live on our website. The courses are for teachers and other educators and more information can be found here.
Triple Book Launch
27/05/08: Three books will be launched at the Faculty on Wednesday the 28th of May, representing a major contribution to the fields of leading learning and school improvement. In Unlocking Assessment Sue Swaffield brings together a wide range of expertise to explore the values and principles that underpin the practice of assessment. Leadership for Learning: international perspectives, edited by John MacBeath and Y.C. Cheng has contributions by luminaries from around the world reporting on developments in 12 countries. The Future of Educational Change: International Perspectives, Ciaran Sugrue presents papers by leading figures including Andy Hargreaves and Anne Lieberman from the USA. for more information and to book a place at the launch please contact Lyndsay Upex on lju20@cam.ac.uk
Guest Lectures
20/05/2008: Two international professors will be giving seminars this week as part of the Faculty's Open Seminar series.
Professor Friedrich Wilkening, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland will be speaking at the Faculty on Children's Intuitive Physics in Thought and Action on Tuesday the 20th.
Meanwhile Professor Volker Kraft, Neubrandenburg, Kiel and St Edmund's College will be speaking at the Faculty on From biographical research to the concept of the Pedagogical Self: looking at educational theories from a self-psychological perspective, on Thursday the 22nd.
More.
Primary Review reports make the headlines.
19/05/08: The last three Primary Review research reports were published on Friday, and lead to numerous different headlines in national newspapers and other media.
The Primary review is based at the Faculty of Education and is the most comprehensive such enquiry since the Plowden Report of 1967. You can read the reports behind the headlines here.
Last chance to move 'Beyond Behaviour'
16/05/2008: Your last chance to sign up for the CFPS course, 'Beyond Behaviour - Toward Relationship' will be Friday 23rd May. 'Beyond Behaviour - Toward Relationship is a new 60-hour course which is intended to counter a popular and professional culture that increasingly pathologises children and young people. The course is part of our Practitioner Professional Development programme, and can be used to build towards an Advanced Diploma in Education Studies or a MEd. More.
New Masters route 'Primary Education'
16/05/2008: A new 'Primary Education' route has recently been launched on the Masters programme. It will be admitting students from October 2008 and is open to part and full time students as well as those students who have done a PGCE at Cambridge and wish to continue to the second year of an MEd. The main intention of the course is to fuse research and theoretical understandings with the current priorities in primary practice identified by, amongst others, the students engaged on the course. More
If you wish to apply, please contact Linda Bott: lb252@cam.ac.uk
Helping students go Green.
12/05/2008: Dr Kate Billings, a Secondary science PGCE student recently represented the Faculty of Education at the culmination of a pilot secondary education programme aimed at stimulating informed change to consumption practices through Ecological Footprinting. More.
Creativity in Design & Technology Teaching
06/05/2008: The Subject Leadership in Creativity in Design & Technology research project recently held a conference disseminating their innovative research in creativity in design and technology, attended by teachers and policy makers. More.
New Professors of Education
25/04/2008: The Faculty of Education is delighted to announce the election of two new Professors of Education, Professor Maria Nikolajeva and Professor Peter Gronn.
Professor Nikolajeva, currently Professor at the Department of Literature and History of Ideas, Stockholm University, will be linked to the PLACE academic group. Professor Gronn, currently Professor in Public Service, Educational Leadership and Management at the University of Glasgow, and formerly Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, will join the LLSI team.
Cambridge School Classics Project in the news
5/02/2008: The Guardian article addresses the issue of the undersupply of Classics teachers in
the UK. Here is our PGCE Secondary Classics training information and the Cambridge School Classics Project.
Primary Literacy: Mary Hilton in the news
Mary Hilton is interviewed on Channel 4's "Lost for Words - left behind?" programme.You can watch the programme online using Channel 4's media player, by clicking on the "Watch the report" button on the webpage linked above.
October 2007
It is with great sadness that the Faculty announces the sudden death, early on 16 October 2007, of Professor Donald McIntyre. An obituary is posted here.
A Book of Condolences is available at the Faculty Reception, for friends and colleagues to sign, either before or after the Celebration of Donald's life, on Friday, 26 October.
The pages will be bound later, to allow people from some distance the opportunity to contribute. Please e-mail Judy Stevens jas60@cam.ac.uk by 9 November, 2007.
Faculty closed from 2pm on Friday 26 October
A celebration of the life of Prof McIntyre will be held in the Faculty of Education from 4pm on Friday 26th October. The Faculty will be closed from 2pm that afternoon.
A note to staff on car parking
We anticipate that there could be hundreds of guests coming from all over the UK (and from overseas too!), some of whom will obviously be coming be car. We have arranged with Homerton College that we can have the use of the MAB and Harrison Drive car parks, and that the barriers will be left up from 2.00pm. It would make things easier for our guests if staff could park in either of these car parks to leave the NFB car park available for visitors.