November
- Primary and Secondary Effects in Post-16 Educational Transitions
14 October 2012 The Gordon Square seminar series is multi-disciplinary, and showcases the work of demographers, statisticians, sociologists, psychologists and economists working in the field of education research. - The origins, Rise and Crisis of Scientific Rationalism in English Education
01 November 2012 Institute of Historical Research - History of Education seminar All welcome - no advance booking - Department of Psychology and Human Development Seminar Series
01 November 2012 Establishing the cognitive phenotype of autism spectrum disorders. - LLAKES Public Seminar
05 November 2012 Active Citizenship in the European Union: Policies, Barriers and Trends - 2012-13 Seminar Series - Making policy in British higher education
06 November 2012 Making policy in British higher education: what defines the distinctiveness of the system? This is the second seminar in the 2012/13 series. The CHES seminars provide a forum for debate and analysis of issues affecting policy, practice and research in higher education, supporting the exchange of views and experiences across higher education. Seminars are normally held at 5:30 pm on the first Tuesday of the month at the Institute of Education. - Ethnicity and Identity in the UK
06 November 2012 Presenting new analysis of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study on ethnic identities - Collaboration and Partnership: What's Happening in Partnerships and Institutional Identity?
07 November 2012 - Bivalve dialectics: Ricoeur's negation papers in the Paris archives and the problem of happiness
07 November 2012 Philosophy of Education Research Seminar. Alison Scott-Baumann is from Lancaster University. - Improving learning through effective lesson observation and professional dialogue
07 November 2012 Does lesson observation have the learning and development of teachers and pupils at its heart? This practical, interactive workshop explores how a coaching approach can enhance the culture around lesson observation so that it makes a sustained difference to adult practice and pupil outcomes. - Feminisms, Gender and Sexuality Seminar Series
07 November 2012 "Affect and art education: transgressing heteronormativity in hostile territory" - Beyond rationality: why approaches to evidence-informed policy making fail and how they can flourish
07 November 2012 This presentation will put forward a range of propositions for why there have not been greater instances of evidence-informed policy making in education. Part of this will examine the opposing positions held by researchers and policy makers in relation to understanding the social world. It will also look at the differentials in discursive power between policy makers and researchers in terms of who is able to articulate the issues around policy and research. - Challenging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide: Exploring Causal Analysis
07 November 2012 The Gordon Square seminar series is multi-disciplinary, and showcases the work of demographers, statisticians, sociologists, psychologists and economists working in the field of education research. - Joint Symposium with Peking University: Improving National Quality Education
13 November 2012 You are invited to a high-level symposium hosted by the IOE and Peking University and involving senior academics from both universities as well as other institutions in China. This event offers a rare chance to debate education reform in both China and the UK, at a critical juncture for both countries. - Exploring narratives of youth violence and antisocial behaviour
13 November 2012 Part of the Centre for Narrative Research & NOVELLA Graduate Seminar in Narrative Research series. All welcome, especially graduate students. - Prepared to lead: how schools, federations and chains can grow leaders – Hot Topic
13 November 2012 In this interactive session, we will share findings of our research carried out for the National College, and the approach to developing leaders at The Compton which has led to outstanding success. You will have opportunities to discuss the implications of the research for your approach to preparing future leaders and to try out leadership development tools and techniques. - Counting Literacy in the Past
13 November 2012 Gillian Sutherland (Cambridge University) 'Policy-makers and their tools: the sorcerer and his apprentice' Rosalind Crone (Open University) 'The Penal Sideshow' David Vincent (Open University) 'The Invention of Counting' - Interpreting data effectively to raise achievement
14 November 2012 This workshop explores the range of performance data available to school leaders. In particular we will unravel some of the mysteries of RAISE online and how this can be used to support you to make a real difference to pupil outcomes. - Primary and Secondary Effects in Post-16 Educational Transitions
14 November 2012 The Gordon Square seminar series is multi-disciplinary, and showcases the work of demographers, statisticians, sociologists, psychologists and economists working in the field of education research. - What is ADHD? A Philosophical Conversation with Children
14 November 2012 Philosophy of Education Research Seminar. Nancy Vansieleghem is from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and LUCA Gent. - Department of Psychology and Human Development Seminar Series
15 November 2012 Tomorrow's seminar has unfortunately had to be cancelled. The seminar will be rescheduled for a date next term. Our apologies both for the short notice and any inconvenience caused. - London Festival of Education
17 November 2012 On Saturday 17th November 2012 the Institute of Education will be hosting the inaugural London Festival of Education. - Tales from the Archive: How do food researchers from different disciplines us
19 November 2012 The recent turn towards the re-use of data in the social sciences means a growing number of food researchers are conducting 'fieldwork in the archives' (Brettell, 1998). Making sense of historical data raises a number of methodological questions for social scientists. - Tales from the Archive: How do food researchers from different disciplines use archives?
19 November 2012 The recent turn towards the re-use of data in the social sciences means a growing number of food researchers are conducting 'fieldwork in the archives' (Brettell, 1998). Making sense of historical data raises a number of methodological questions for social scientists. - Faculty of Children and Learning: Faculty Lecture Series
19 November 2012 The persistent failure of science education to be true either to science or to education - Faculty of Children and Learning: Faculty Lecture Series
19 November 2012 The persistent failure of science education to be true either to science or to education - Leadership and management in the current Ofsted framework
20 November 2012 What are the essential aspects you need to know about the current Ofsted framework? What do you need to do to succeed in this framework? This session focuses on three key messages that leaders need to communicate to other colleagues and supports you to prioritise actions to achieve success in your Ofsted inspection. - Doctoral Research Seminars
20 November 2012 Sally Hancock Scientific identity in the knowledge economy Steve Woodfield Multi-lateral international strategic alliances in UK higher education: how strategic are they? - CLS Conference - The value and use of cohort studies for social investigation and policy making
20 November 2012 This conference aims to showcase research on cohort data examining various aspects of the lifecourse - including health and wellbeing, education, families and parenting, employment and earnings, poverty and survey methodology. - Doctorate in Professional Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology Open Evening
21 November 2012 Thinking of becoming an Educational Psychologist? - Interactions between the individual and the group: reflections from modelling in educational research
21 November 2012 Philosophy of Education Research Seminar. Federica Russo is from Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Centre for Reasoning, University of Kent. - The Graduate Premium in the UK - Some New Evidence
21 November 2012 The Gordon Square seminar series is multi-disciplinary, and showcases the work of demographers, statisticians, sociologists, psychologists and economists working in the field of education research. - History SIG: Keeping Learning Going
21 November 2012 Keeping Learning Going - Book Launch
21 November 2012 Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion - Co-operative Schools: Trade Union Perspectives
21 November 2012 Co-operative schools Patrick Roach, Deputy General Secretary, NASUWT Jon Richards, National Secretary for Education and Children's Services, UNISON Peter Smith, Newham Teachers Association (NUT) Wednesday 21st November, 2012, Room 728 Institute of Education - Feminisms, Gender and Sexuality Seminar Series
22 November 2012 Orientations that are privileging. Developing a conceptual repertoire for understanding young women, families and private education. - Department of Psychology and Human Development Seminar Series
22 November 2012 Genes, Cultures, and Mathematics: genetically-sensitive cross-cultural investigations into individual differences in mathematical motivation, ability, and achievement. - The Life and Death of Secondary Education for All
26 November 2012 Book Launch: The Life and Death of Secondary Education for All By Richard Pring (Routledge, 2012) - Youth at High Risk of Developing Psychosis: Using the Network Episode Model to Highlight the Complexity of Seeking Service.
27 November 2012 This presentation describes the first empirical application of the Revised Network Episode Model (REV NEM; revised for children and adolescents) to youth at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Dr Boydell is Senior Scientist and Scientific Director of Qualitative Inquiry in Child Health Evaluative Sciences at Hospital for Sick Children and Associate Professor in Departments of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. - Citizenship in History: Constructing a Global Historiography
27 November 2012 Kathryn Wegner, University of Cambridge Constructing a global history of citizenship - Revisiting Young Lives interview data with a narrative lens: what insights does a narrative analytic approach offer to children's talk about everyday life and growing up in Andhra Pradesh, India?
27 November 2012 Part of the Centre for Narrative Research & NOVELLA Graduate Seminar in Narrative Research series. All welcome, especially graduate students. - Introductory workshop: Millennium Cohort Study
28 November 2012 This workshop introduces the Millennium Cohort Study to first-time data users. It includes a practical session where participants can experiment with analysing the data under the guidance of experienced users. - Towards a critical genealogy of thinking about race in geography textbooks: Unpacking the pharmakon of race talk
28 November 2012 Philosophy of Education Research Seminar. Zelia Gregoriou is from University of Cyprus - Introductory Workshop: 1958 and 1970 Birth Cohort Studies
28 November 2012 This workshop introduces the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study to first-time data users. It includes a practical session where participants can experiment with analysing the data under the guidance of experienced users. - Using quantitative data to steer education policy
29 November 2012 John Jerrim: 'The limitations of quantitative social science in informing public policy' Rosalind Levačić (IOE) 'Using quantitative data on World Bank per student funding reform projects'