The @BERANews conference platform is now live, if you've registered for the conference, you should now have received a link to the virtual platform. #BERA2021
Yesterday @GraceLockrobin spoke about our work at @PhilOfEdGB Asking: How should the work of learning-disabled artists be evaluated? And what happens when that Q is asked & answered by LD artists from @MtGstudios, working in their art spaces, using their artistic methodologies?
This undid me. Educators please read. Please read with your whole heart to understand how schools can be sites of cultural disconnection and oppression. https://t.co/OwgFoKLpZ9
A child came up to me today and was very shy and timid. They said they were really sorry but they were not enjoying the book they had chosen and could they swap it. It led to a discussion about the rights of a reader.
📢Please share the survey👇 with all young people living in Scotland aged 16 plus to help us better understand what it's like growing up in Scotland.
🔍Exploring - gender identities and stereotypes, relationships, support networks, wellbeing and risk taking.
And we're off! Professor Tina Hascher from Bern University is opening our conference with a keynote on "Alienation from School – Challenges for Students, Teachers and Schools". Delegates can tweet conference updates using #BPS_PESConf@BPS_PES
“To enable us to place ‘equity front & centre’ we need first & foremost to engage with social justice histories & concepts” Reading @rowenaarshad alongside others in my own quest to critically engage with concepts of SJ. Vital step on my thesis journey @StrathEDU@anna_d_beck
Join the @StrathEDU online Showcase (4pm 8 Sept) to hear about our short CLPL courses & MEd. If you’re keen to learn & want to support pupils’ learning, see how we can work together, whether through study or other projects. @StrathHaSS To register: https://t.co/FPnNMnx4Jr
A great week for education conferences, with many of our staff presenting! Check out the European Conference on Educational Research #ECER2021, and later in the week, @BPS_PES Psychology of Education conference, and the Contemporary Childhood Conference on 9 & 10 Sept.
🆕 Principals and Student Union Presidents issue a letter assuring students that mental health and wellbeing are a top priority in the new academic year.
💬 "We're here to support you and wish you all the best for a mentally healthy and rewarding year"
👉https://t.co/JtjJCMgs1r
In case you missed it - The Stobart Report into assessment in the senior phase of Scottish education was published recently. Lots for those undertaking secondary PGDE to think about! https://t.co/G6BmGKQCUl
Second paper of the day at #ECER2021 on a small research project with @joan_mowat, @traceyhend76 and @JW_Firth ‘Supporting our most vulnerable students and families during and in the aftermath of lockdown’ @StrathEDU
Join the next @PhilOfEdGB Virtual Branch: Wednesday 13th May 1-2.30 (UK) 'Religion, Reductionism and Pedagogical Reduction' : Dr David Lewin. Details and Zoom link: https://t.co/wttgTOf4O5