Seminar Series 2009/10

Each term the Graduate School of Education arranges a series of Research Seminars for staff, students, visitors from other educational institutions and partnership schools, where internationally renowned academics present their current or recently completed research and scholarly work. The seminars are aimed primarily at those involved or interested in educational research. Attendance is free and teachers and other professionals are welcome to attend.

Location

The Seminars are held at the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter EX1 2LU.

Podcasts and recorded powerpoints of this years seminars are available for Staff & Students on the Student Documents area

Date, Time & Venue	Speakers	Seminar Title
AUTUMN
Research and Professional Practice Seminar Thurs, 24th Sept 2009 5 pm NC12	Dr Susan Edwards Centre for Childhood Studies Monash University	Framing play for learning: professional reflections on the role of open-ended play in early childhood education
Research Seminar Series
27th October 2009 1 pm BC114	Professor Guy Merchant (Sheffield Hallam University)	Virtual worlds in classrooms/ classrooms in virtual worlds
10th November 2009 5 pm G18	Dr Keith Sawyer (Washington University in St Louis)	Creative Teaching and Learning: A Case Study
24th November 2009 1 pm BC114	Professor Gemma Moss (University of London)	The politics of literacy policy in the context of large-scale education reform: literacy policy in England as a telling case
8th December 2009 5 pm G18	Joint seminar with Dr Fran Martin (University of Exeter), Dr Anna Disney (Nottingham Trent University) and Stephen Pickering (University of Worcester) Abstract	Researching perspectives on Global School Partnerships
SPRING
12th January 2010 1 pm BC114	Dr Sara Hennessy (University of Cambridge)	Using the interactive whiteboard as a resource within a "dialogic classroom space"
26th January 2010 5 pm G18	Professor Neil Mercer (University of Cambridge)	TBC
9th February 2010 1 pm BC114	Professor Teresa Cremin (Open University)	Positionality, participation and community: teachers as readers
23rd February 2010 5 pm G18	Professor Pat Sikes (University of Sheffield)	Sex and Lies in the Classroom: Methodological and Ethical Dilemmas in Researching Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Schools
9th March 2010 1 pm BC114	Professor Debbie Myhill, Dr Susan Jones, Annabel Watson, Helen Lines, Lucy Oliver and Richard Heeks (University of Exeter)	TBC
SUMMER
27th April 2010 5 pm G18	Professor Mike Jackson (Hull University)	TBC
4th May 2010 1 pm BC114	Dr Pamela Burnard (University of Cambridge)	TBC
18th May 2010 5pm G18	Professor Usha Goswani (University of Cambridge)	TBC
1st June 2010 1 pm BC114	Professor Mairtin Macan Ghaill (University of Birmingham)	TBC
15th June 2010 5pm BC114	Professor Michael Reiss (University of London)	How should Creationism and Intelligent Design be dealt with in the Classroom?
29th June 2010 1pm BC114	Hazel Lawson (University of Exeter), Ruth Boyask and Sue Waite (University of Plymouth)	What can the general learn from the specific? The significance of qualitative research for policy: explorations in the field of diversity