Speeches & presentations

2007

Institute of Education film by ITN
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2006

Teacher professionalism in a new era
General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland Annual Lecture
Belfast, March 2006
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2005

Moving beyond recent education reform - and towards a democratic professionalism
International Symposium on Education Reform and Teachers
Hitosubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, November 2005
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Policy and Practice for Inclusion: The role of initial teacher preparation and continuing professional development in England
International Conference on Teacher Development, Special Education Needs and Early Years Education
Lanzhou, Peoples' Republic of China, October 2005
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The State and the Market in English Education Policy
Paper presented at Beijing Normal University
Beijing, Peoples' Republic of China, October 2005
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Education(al) research and education policy making: is conflict inevitable?
Presidential address to the BERA annual conference
Glamorgan, September 2005
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2004

Working together to tackle disadvantage
Address to the College of Teachers
College of Teachers, London, March 2004
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2001

A comprehensive vision of education
Caroline Benn Memorial Lecture
Socialist Educational Association, held at the Institute of Education,
17 November 2001
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Training in Transition: Researching Teacher Education in Changing Times
The annual lecture to the London Branch of the Institute's Alumni Association
Institute of Education, 21 February 2001
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Has Comprehensive Education a Future under New Labour?
Speech to the conference on Promoting Comprehensive Education in the 21st Century
University of London Union, 3 February 2001
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A Schools' Agenda for Labour's Second Term
An invited contribution to a Policy Seminar on Education at the Fabian Society's New Year Conference 'Transforming Britain: Prospects for a Second Term'
London School of Economics, 27 January 2001
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A Personal and Institutional Tribute to Basil Bernstein 1924-2000
Delivered at a Celebration of the Life and Work of Basil Bernstein
Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 19 January 2001
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2000

Privatisation and marketisation in education policy
National Union of Teachers' conference 'Involving the Private Sector in Education - High Risk or Added Value?'
Held at the NUT on 21 November 2000
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Education reform and education politics in England: A sociological analysis
Japan Foundation Seminar 'Education at the Crossroads: Education Reform and Education Politics in Japan and England'
Institute of Education, 24 October 2000
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Teachers and Intercultural Studies: Education for Cultural Diversity
Introduction to UK UNESCO Symposium for World Teachers' Day
Institute of Education, 5 October 2000
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