ResearchED FE and Vocational - Enhancing FE Learner Skills
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PDF of Philippa's presentation to the first dedicated ResearchED for FE and vocational education held at BSIX College Hackney on 3 December 2016
Beyond_levels.pdf The Evidence People
Assessment for learning (AfL)
Beyond Levels - Goverance and the role of National Leaders of Governance
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A presentation to the LearningFirst event at Sheffield, Hallam University on 5th November 2016. Governors (and trustees) are now firmly ensconsed in the leadership accountability system which is now a joint enterprise with heads and other senior leaders. This short presentation outlined the contradictory pressures on governors, particularly about their level of engagement with pupil performance, and what they needed to exercise their role effectively. The presentation went on to outline how National Leaders of Governance can support governing bodies in this.
Assessing grey matters: joint practice development of everyday work in the classroom
Aim: The purpose of this research was to identify, implement and evaluate, collaboratively with five other members of our A level Business team, assessment for learning (AfL) practices that could best support and develop our students A level education.
Using peer assessment to deliver content in Science
Aim: To improve pupil engagement with learning and reduce the extent of low-level disruption in lessons, to develop pupils understanding of national curriculum levels through the use of peer assessment and to enhance their ability to set targets and to use peer-assessed assessment for learning activities as a means of delivering content.
Learning to Listen
Aim: To modify the structured teaching programme,"Learning to Listen" (devised for a special school) for use in mainstream nursery classes, to monitor the effects of the programme in improving the listening skills of young children and to examine the support, training and professional development implications for teachers using the programme.
Improving writing through a creative approach
Aim: The main aim was to build and implement an approach to raising achievement using a creative strategy based on the current evidence about improving childrens motivation for writing. Specifically the objectives were:
To raise the attainment in writing of an underachieving Year Two class through a creative approach.
To improve pupils attitudes towards, and engagement with, the writing process.
To make clear links to the Primary Framework Objectives for text, sentence and word level within an integrated approach.
Creating a professional learning community through thinking skills
Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the development and impact of teaching strategies and techniques that have been used within the Geography Department at All Saints High School since September 2003.
How inclusive are our classrooms?
Aim: Following a recent review of inclusion in the Special Needs Unit at our school, we felt it was appropriate to evaluate aspects of our existing strategies for inclusion. We wanted to discover more about pupils perceptions of their own learning, and their attitudes towards the classroom learning environment and identify features of current practice that supported the effective inclusion of pupils with special educational needs.
How can we encourage pupil dialogue in collaborative group work?
Aim: To investigate how different pupil groupings affect pupil dialogue and to develop and evaluate strategies and resources to support collaborative group work and pupil dialogue.
What goes on inside my head when I'm writing? and how does this affect the teaching of writing in lower KS2?
Aim: To find out what 8-9 year old children understand about writing and the writing process in order to:
Improve standards in the teaching and learning of writing;
Inform assessment procedures in writing; and
Engage all children as enthusiastic writers.