Wed, 23 May 2012 15:25:12 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news/ en-gb News stories from the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge Copyright 1998-2012, 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 Sara Baker received a grant from the University's Isaac Newton Trust in May 2012 to support a research project. The project, entitled "Individual differences in preschoolers' learning curves" will use repeated observations of children's problem solving skills combined with a novel statistical method to take a closer look at the shape and rate of development in individual children over a period of 3 months. The project will also examine whether targeted interventions affect the shape of the children's learning curves. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:03:50 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#cb2e23fe2506e32bc8c910a0306a77d7 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Megan Crawford has been appointed a National Leader of Governance (NLG) for two years by the National College. This new role has been created to work alongside National and Local Leaders of Education who are usually headteachers.NLGs are highly effective chairs of governors, who use their skills and experience to support chairs of governors in other schools and academies. Megan has been a governor of five schools, for over 20 years, and was a finalist in the Teaching Awards in 2009. She is looking forward to working with other governors on team building and awareness raising. Tue, 22 May 2012 13:44:02 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#00abb8c68945658f4160cd11334e8ac5 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News On Thursday the 31st of May, Prof. Bernard Lahire, Professor of Sociology at the University of Lyon, will give a talk entitled:'Cultural Dissonances and Multiple Socialisation: Revisiting Bourdieu', to be followed by 'Dissonances, Boundaries and Social Closure: A response to Bernard Lahire' by Professor Agnes Van Zanten, Senior Research Professor at Sciences, Po/CNRS, Paris. Both talks will be delivered in English. For full details please email Ewa Illakowicz at ei219@cam.ac.uk The event is organised by Dr Edith Esch, Senior Research Fellow in Language Education, and takes place in the Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, from 2.15-5.30pm. Refreshments served. Funded by the French Embassy. Tue, 22 May 2012 13:03:28 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#2065b7d72677eb2538f3f3b32a4474fe http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News David Frost, Lecturer in Educational Leadership and School Improvement and founder member of 'Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network' talked about Teacher Quality on BBC Radio 4's news and current affairs programme on 21st May. This can be accessed at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qskw from 21/05/12 for 6 days. Tue, 22 May 2012 10:18:07 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#edb797a079e2a8be4e78bf0086e2e2e8 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Your are invited to 'CREATIVITY, CREATION, AND A BIG BANG: Science and Religion in the school curriculum' - a one-day conference offering an intensive and exciting programme for those with an interest in the teaching and learning of science and religion. The conference will include an update on ongoing research being undertaken with schools across England. The research team includes Dr Keith Taber, senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education, and Fran Riga, a doctoral candidate who is also working part-time for the Faculty's 'Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching' project. Date: Saturday 19th May 2012. Venue: St Edmund's College, Cambridge. For full details please visit the organisers at www.FaradaySchools.com Fri, 11 May 2012 10:40:25 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#1f4d36b7039a0a99c52a86ede7735729 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News 'Musical Creativites in Practice' by Pam Burnard offers a powerful corrective to myths and outmoded conceptions. It argues the need for conceptual expansion of musical creativities in line with real world practices. It explores how different types of musical creativities are recognised and communicated in the practices of professional musicians including composers, improvisers, singer songwriters, original bands, DJs, live coders and interactive sound designers working in the video games industry. Drawing on Bourdieu's thinking tools, this book provides the foundation for a sociological analysis of musical creativities which is designed to transform the ways that music in education is thought about in the future. 'For too long thinking about musical creativity has been dominated by the Beethoven myth. This book vividly shows how the everyday practices of musicians working in widely divergent genres embody equally divergent creativities and explores the educational consequences of this. Never agin will it be possible to talk glibly about 'musical creativity': Pam Burnard has let the genie out of the bottle.' Nicholas Cook, FBA, 1684 Professor of Music, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Music. 'Burnard's 'Musical Creativities in Practice' represents a major achievement in our contemporary understanding of creative music making... This beautifully written and reasoned book presents not only a theoretical framework but also keenly rendered portraits of the creative lives of 19 musicians from a variety of music settings that back up the theory.' Peter R. Webster, PhD., John Beattie Professor of Music Education, Northwestern University, USA. 'Pam Burnard is already internationally known for her work on creativity, and this book will not disappoint. Here she brings together, in elegant prose, an original appraisal of the social dimensions of musical creativity, or rather, as she argues, creativities... This book will be on the core reading list of every music education course and of everyone at all interested in the creative processes governing our diverse musical world, for many years to come.' Lucy Green, Professor of Music Education, London University Institute of Education. Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:30:40 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#0db8213056498c16745dd6dd7bb49e19 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News The Rector of Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazkahstan visited the Vice Chancellor. In the afternoon Shigeo Katsu and his colleague Aslan Sarinzhipov, Chair of the Founding Executive Council, and Mrs Anne Lonsdale visited the Faculty of Education to exchange ideas and to discuss their collaboration. The photo shows from left to right, Aslan Sarinzhipov, Anne Lonsdale, Peter Gronn, Shigeo Katsu, Colleen McLaughlin. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:50:40 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#1bf5bb5bef6ed167ca7480053c9d719b http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Book Launch: Principles for Effective Pedagogy: International responses to evidence from the UK Teaching and Learning Research Programme, Edited by Mary James and Andrew Pollard. The UK Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) worked for ten years to improve outcomes for learners in schools and other sectors through high quality research. One outcome of individual projects and across Programme thematic work was the development of ten "evidence-informed" principles for effective pedagogy. Synopses of these principles have been widely disseminated, particularly to practitioners. However, the evidence and reasoning underpinning them has not yet been fully explained. This book fills this gap by providing a scholarly account of the research evidence that informed the development of these principles, as well as offering some evidence of early take-up and impact. It also includes responses from highly-respected researchers throughout the world in order to locate the work in the broader international literature, to extend it by drawing on similar work elsewhere, to provide critique and to stimulate further development and debate. Principles or Effective Pedagogy contributes to international dialogue on effective teaching and learning, providing a focus for scholarly comment, sharing of expertise and knowledge accumulation. For more information visit: /research/academicgroups/leadinglearning/seminars/ Purchasing Options Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:24:46 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#0457b8ffa2d5787424c4d1e98bc47db5 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News