Sat, 25 May 2013 09:18:44 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news/ en-gb News stories from the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge Copyright 1998-2013, University of Cambridge http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/images/news/rss/UCFELogo.jpg http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news/ 144 90 University of Cambridge Megan Crawford, former Chair of BELMAS, and Panayiotis Antoniou attended the BELMAS 40th Anniversary Reception at the House of Commons on May 7th, where they were speakers. BELMAS is an educational charity which aims to provide a distinctive, independent and critical voice in the pursuit of quality education through effective leadership and management. One of the invitees, Ross McGIll, Assistant Head at Grieg Academy London, wrote the occasion up on his TeacherTookit blog - it also tells the unusual way he met Megan! Tue, 14 May 2013 10:23:33 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#b86fde55924879f85b1e89032dda329a http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Mark Winterbottom and Elaine Wilson together with Alan McMurdo of the Thomas Deacon Academy have won a grant to engage in collaborative research with a school in Qatar. The study forms part of a school improvement process initiated by Al Khor International School, and engages teachers in the process of action research. The research study begins in October 2013. Tue, 07 May 2013 14:31:34 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#90c47bd2feac1ffe0468e8826454ff67 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Fiona Maine has been awarded a small Cambridge Humanities Research Grant to explore the use of animated films in the teaching of comprehension strategies to primary-aged children.The project involves five partner primary schools and will run over the summer term, with an afternoon conference for research participants (children and teachers) in July. The research has also attracted funding from Filmclub, a national educational charity. Wed, 01 May 2013 15:36:44 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#40294ac296bb8034b39a5aa19baad673 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News David Whitebread, Mary Anne Wolpert and Helen Bradford have been awarded a grant by the LEGO Foundation to research the potential role of constructional and pretence play in the development of metacognition and narrative skills in primary-aged children. This two-year project will involve working with Year 1, 3 and 5 teachers from three local primary schools. Writing well-structured fictional and non-fictional texts is a key skill within the primary English curriculum, and one which causes difficulty for many children. This research builds on earlier work by the research team, and will investigate the effectiveness of a newly-designed intervention in supporting children's learning in this area. The Research Associate on the project is Marisol Basilio (mb773@cam.ac.uk) who can be contacted for further information. Wed, 01 May 2013 15:04:33 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#62266266e0a3756b50d707f3c6251762 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News The illustrious secondary PGCE course is one of those facing an uncertain future after the government's changes to teacher training, the Guardian interviews Elaine Wilson who runs the renowned PGCE for secondary teachers. View the full article on the Guardian Website Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:02:55 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#2161a73ecef517f1f93633d6d2f5475f http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News The Cambridge in Africa Programme is inviting applications from principal investigators in the University of Cambridge to apply jointly with a partner in a Sub-Saharan African university or research institution, for grants from the Cambridge-Africa Alborada Research Fund. This fund was established to help researchers from Sub-Sahara African institutions and the University of Cambridge, across all disciplines, to initiate or strengthen collaborations, by providing funding for research costs. Amounts for eligible activities include: - research costs (including fieldwork and equipment: £1,000-20,000) - travel funds for exchange visits (up to £2,500) - research training activities (e.g. setting up a course/workshop in Africa: up to £5,000). The closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 1st May 2013. Further details are available through the Centre for Commonwealth Education website. More on the Cambridge in Africa Programme... Cambridge in Africa Centre for Commonwealth Education Cambridge in Africa Programme pdfs: Programme Information CAPREx Information Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:34:31 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#d4fdcecc04f92e163ba01226eee7be80 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Sara Hennessy and Bjoern Hassler are participating in an online forum on Teacher Professional Development in Crisis: How can we give teachers in fragile contexts the learning they want and need? The forum brings together international experts, practitioners, and teachers to address the poor quality of professional development available to many teachers across the world, and aims to build an online community around research, ideas and strategies so hlep teachers everywhere to get high-quality professional development. This three month special forum is hosted by the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:04:13 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#4c79fdf995ab19f5875868f5600209f3 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Madeleine Arnot, Michael Evans and Yongcan Liu are collaborating with Dr. Claudia Schneider from the Faculty of Family and Community Studies at Anglia Ruskin University on a project funded by the Bell Foundation. The year-long research brings together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers with expertise in second language education, migration, sociology and community studies to investigate and improve the educational outcomes of children with English as an additional language (EAL). The findings of the research are expected to contribute to the development of EAL practice in schools and to the social integration of children from immigrant communities. Further information can be found on the EALead website. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:03:09 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#494a5abe0d5d050f3cc797b828d60487 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News