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Previous Events

Wednesday 16 January 2008

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs  (DISN) Group

RIPS

Case study-based development and research project to address deliberate self-harm in adolescence and youth

Sue Morris

12.30-13.30, Room 408, School of Education, Edgbaston

RIPS (Research in Progress seminars) – all academics and students welcome. Reminder: these are deliberately informal – please bring ideas, humour + lunch!

Wednesday 30 January 2008

Languages, Discourses & Society Academic Group

“Wonder and danger: knowledge transfer and indigenous girls’ sexual health education”

Deborah L Begoray, University of Victoria, BC, Canada

This presentation focuses on community-based, knowledge translation processes that occurred in research on adolescent girls' sexual health education in an Indigenous setting. Even though adolescent populations in general need developmentally and socially appropriate educational approaches, Aboriginal populations need more specialized education which takes into account their cultural realities. A promising approach is through community-based, knowledge translation processes based on principles of contextuality, collaboration, reciprocity, relationality, and reflexivity. Effective communication or 'health literacy' is paramount to the establishment of these principles. Examples and issues arising from the research will also be discussed.

15.30 – 17.00pm,  Room 224, School of Education,   Edgbaston

Wednesday 13 February 2008

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs  (DISN) Group

RIPS

How pupils with SEBD perceive their mainstream schools

Frances Toynbee

12.30-13.30, Room 224, School of Education, Edgbaston

RIPS (Research in Progress seminars) – all academics and students welcome. Reminder: these are deliberately informal – please bring ideas, humour + lunch!

Tuesday 19 February 2008

Centre for Research on Organisations and Pedagogy (CROP)  launch

The formal launch for the Centre for Research on Organisations and Pedagogy (CROP) will take place on Tuesday 19th February in room 524 of the School of Education (Edgbaston Campus) starting at 2.00 pm. 

Please email Bev Burke ( b.a.burke@bham.ac.uk ) if you wish to attend.

14.00, Room 524, School of Education, Edgbaston

Everyone welcome.

Wednesday 20 February 2008

Languages, Discourses & Society Academic Group

"Changing classroom practice: the problem of interactional genres"

Dr Adam Lefstein, University of London

15.30 – 17.00pm,  Room 423B, School of Education, Edgbaston

Wednesday 20 February 2008

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs  (DISN) Group

Dangerous Ideas

Disability, music and identity

Michael Watts, University of Cambridge

17.00- 18.15, Room 524 , School of Education, Edgbaston

Dangerous Ideas- semi-formal seminar series with invited external speaker; all academics and research students welcome

Wednesday 27 February 2008

5th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

Theme: The Scholarship of Teaching

Keynote Speaker: Professor Mick Healey.  Mick is Professor of Geography at the University of Gloucester and in recent years has also developed an interest in the learning and teaching of geography in higher education, which is now his main research area. (Click here to find out more about Mick.)

Sub-themes include: Learner Independence, Enquiry-based Learning, Students as Researchers and the Teaching/Research Interface.  If you would like to present at the conference, please see the abstract submission form. (As a guide, you can see last year's abstracts here.)

In addition, there will be an exhibition area in the Education building where a variety of exhibitors from across the University will provide information about services that support learning and teaching.

If you would like to present at the conference, please see http://www.hr.bham.ac.uk/development/landt/ltconference.shtml, or contact Patricia Nick (p.a.nick@bham.ac.uk).

Venue: School of Education Building

Wednesday 5 March 2008

Languages, Discourses & Society Academic Group

“On the metaphor of loss, identity and language maintenance”

David Block, University of London

15.30 – 17.00, Room 224, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information contact Lily Illic (l.illic@bham.ac.uk)

Wednesday 5 March 2008

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs  (DISN) Group

RIPS

 ‘’Consultation is all well and good, but what if people talk rubbish’’

Graeme Douglas

12.30-13.30, Room 224 , School of Education, Edgbaston

RIPS (Research in Progress seminars) – all academics and students welcome. Reminder: these are deliberately informal – please bring ideas, humour + lunch!

For further information contact Dee Fellows (d.r.fellows@bham.ac.uk)

Wednesday 12 March 2008

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs  (DISN) Group

Dangerous Ideas

Playful and digital identities in the zones of inclusion, disability and special needs

Pat Kane [Glasgow]

17.00- 18.15, Room 524,  School of Education, Edgbaston

Dangerous Ideas- semi-formal seminar series with invited external speaker; all academics and research students welcome

For further information contact Dee Fellows (d.r.fellows@bham.ac.uk)

Monday 17 March 2008

Histories in Education and Childhood (DOMUS)

Conversations between educators and architects in the design of post-war education

Speaker: Dr Cathy Burke, University of Leeds

17.00- 18.30, Room 423B,  School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information contact Ruth Watts (r.e.watts@bham.ac.uk)

Tuesday 8 April- Thursday 10 April 2008

Research Seminar

Multilingualism, discourse and ethnography

The last two decades have seen a growing interest, internationally, in multilingualism, multilingual literacy, bilingualism in education and in the role of discourse in the construction of asymmetries of power between linguistic groups in multilingual societies. This is largely due to the significant linguistic, cultural and demographic changes ushered in by globalisation and international migration and to the major changes that are now taking place in the political, cultural and linguistic landscape of Europe as a result of the accession of new nations to the European Union. The last two decades have also seen the emergence of a distinct new strand of critical, interpretive research on multilingualism which combines the analysis of discourse and of literacy practices with ethnography.

A good deal of empirical work has been conducted in educational sites with children and/or with adults – in bilingual education programmes, in complementary schools, in adult education centres, in colleges and universities and in mainstream primary and secondary schools in multilingual settings.  Whilst the goals of this critical, interpretive research have been broadly similar, that is to identify ways of linking the close study of the interactional order with an analysis of the wider social and symbolic order, researchers have employed diverse approaches in investigating the particularities of the discourse practices in the multilingual sites with which they are concerned.

The main objectives of this seminar will therefore be:

To bring together a group of 25-30 scholars working within this critical, interpretive strand of research with a view to generating new thinking about methodological issues.

To provide the basis of a publication focusing on these methodological issues (either as a special issue of a journal or as a book)

To serve as a formal launch of the newly constituted MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism at Birmingham.

The Research Seminar will focus on the following broad themes:

Links between theory and method (e.g. Bourdieu and Socio/Linguistic Ethnography; sociolinguistic scales; revisiting the notion of ‘communities of practice’ and spatialisation of multilingual practices)

The development of and links between critical, analytic lenses on multilingualism (e.g. Critical Discourse Analysis, Multimodal/Semiotic Analysis, Narrative Analysis, New Literacy Studies, Systemic Functional Analysis)

Issues in Socio/Linguistic Ethnography in multilingual settings (e.g. Doing multi-site ethnography; researcher-researched relations; language use during fieldwork in multilingual settings; combining ethnography with discourse analysis; researching multi-modal and textual practices in multilingual settings).

Speakers

Monica Heller (University of Toronto) and Alexandra Jaffe (University of California at Long Beach).

MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, School of Education

Local organisers: Marilyn Martin-Jones and Sheena Gardner, University of Birmingham, on behalf of the members of MOSAIC.

Wednesday 16 April 2008

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs  (DISN) Group

RIPS

How pupils with SEBD perceive their mainstream schools

Presenter: Frances Toynbee

12.30-1.30, Room 224 , School of Education, Edgbaston

RIPS (Research in Progress seminars) – all academics and students welcome.

Reminder: these are deliberately informal – please bring ideas, humour + lunch!

For further information contact Dee Fellows (d.r.fellows@bham.ac.uk)

Centre for Research on Organisations and Pedagogy

Practice-developing research

Dr. Seth Chaiklin (University of Bath)

The idea of ‘practice-developing research’ was formed in response to the well-known phenomenon that research can produce good ideas that subsequently have difficultly getting into practice. Rather than seeking new ways to apply theory, the idea is to change practice to allow theory to be there. This talk explains an approach grounded in cultural-historical psychology and theory of activity.

3.30, Room G3 , School of Education, Edgbaston

Please email Bev Burke (b.a.burke@bham.ac.uk) to confirm your attendance

Thursday 8th May 2008

The Birmingham Conference - 2008

“The Birmingham Conference” is the annual educational event for health care professionals.  Hosted by the West Midlands Workforce Deanery and the Centre for Research in Medical and Dental Education, University of Birmingham, the 2008 event will be held at the Lakeside Centre at Aston University in Birmingham.  It is kindly sponsored in full by the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority.

The one-day conference will bring together people working across the health care professions to debate current issues and share good practice.  This year’s themes are Education, Professionalism and Outcomes with keynote speakers, interactive workshops and short presentations of current research.  A “soap-box” session will give delegates the opportunity to air burning issues and there will be opportunities to network with fellow professionals at one of the biggest events run by a deanery in the UK.

We want to hear from you if you would like to be actively involved in the conference.  It is an opportunity to showcase excellent work taking place across the West Midlands and further afield and we welcome presentations which describe new ideas, innovative practice, evaluation and research. There are opportunities to run a workshop (1 hour, 1½ hours or 2 hours) or make a short presentation of your work (10 minutes with 5 minutes for questions).  Please complete the Expression of Interest form.  Deadline: 25 January 2008.

To secure your place at the conference, complete the Registration form. 

There is no fee this year for delegates. Lunch, teas and coffees will be provided.  Book early as places are limited.

We look forward to welcoming you there.

Monday 12 May 2008

Professional Learning  and Pedagogy Seminar

Co-operative Learning and Achievement:  What Makes Teamwork Work?

Professor Nancy Madden (University of York)

Nancy Madden is President and co-founder of the American Success for All Foundation which develops, researches, and disseminates educational programs for high poverty schools. She is also a professor in the Center for Research and Reform in Education at John Hopkins University. Since 2007 she has been a Professor in the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York.

15.00 - 16.30, Room 524, School of Education,  Edgbaston

Please email Bev Burke (b.a.burke@bham.ac.uk) to confirm your attendance.  Refreshments will follow the seminars at 16.30 

Wednesday 14 May 2008

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs  (DISN) Group

RIPS

Deaf children’s communication in the Cochlear Implant era - still a controversial topic

Linda Watson

12.30-13.30, Room 224 , School of Education, Edgbaston

RIPS (Research in Progress seminars) – all academics and students welcome. Reminder: these are deliberately informal – please bring ideas, humour + lunch!

Monday 19 May 2008

Histories in Education and Childhood (DOMUS)

Voice and image in the historical representation of schooling: an exploration of some cases of 'illustrative evidence'

Dr Deidre Raferty (University of Dublin)

17.30-18.30, Room 423b, School of Education, Edgbaston

All welcome

Friday 23 May 2008

Memorial service for the victims of the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China. 

The service will be held from 13.00 - 13.30 on the lawn outside the main library, unless it is raining, in which case it will move to under the arches by the Law School, Chancellor’s Court.

The multi-faith service will be conducted by the University Chaplaincy and we are hoping to have representation from the Buddhist, Muslim and Hindu religions, who will read a passage from their respective scriptures. There will also be a brief address in Mandarin from the Chinese Catholic priest and then a 3-minute silence will be observed in memory of the victims.

Everyone welcome.

Tuesday 27 May 2008

As part of the final year work of the Performing and Visual Arts Degree is please to present a free concert

The legendary Free Jazz saxophonist Paul Dunmall will be performing in duo and trio with Bruce Coates - saxophone and Mike Hurley - piano

7:30pm in SOVAC main Art Studio (B29 6LQ)

Wednesday 28 May 2008

As part of the final year work of the Performing and Visual Arts Degree is please to present two free concerts

Performing and Visual Arts final year students will perform two neglected classics of Minimalism

Jon Gibson - Thirties

Gibson is probably better known as saxophonist and flautist in Philip Glass's Ensemble but he has always had a parallel career as a composer in his own right.  Thirties rarely performed since its premier at the ICES Festival 1972 at London's Roundhouse, now recently reopened.

Terry Riley - Olsen III

Riley, one of the big four composers of Minimalism alongside Philip Glass, Steve Reich and La Monte Young is most famous for his In C, a work for any combination of instruments and performers making use of a modular rhythmic structure that performers move through at their own pace against a solid pulse.  Olsen III dating form 1966 works in a similar way but incorporates text and, in common with the Gibson piece, totally regular 'straight' quavers run throughout the piece. It's first performance by Swedish High school students in 1967 provoked polarized reactions from the ecstatic to the furious.

Not quite  a 1968 festival but both pieces are imbued with the spirit of that time. The concert will last approximately an hour.

7pm in SOVAC main Art Studio (B29 6LQ)

Wednesday 4 June 2008

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs  (DISN) Group

RIPS

The language and practice of professionals working with children with visual impairment in mobility and independence

Sue Pavey

12.30-13.30, Room 224 ,  School of Education, Edgbaston

RIPS (Research in Progress seminars) – all academics and students welcome. Reminder: these are deliberately informal – please bring ideas, humour + lunch! 

Thursday 3rd July and Friday 4th July 2008

University of Birmingham

The Second National Meeting and Study Days for Tutors of Educational Psychology Programmes in the United Kingdom

This is the second annual event to be held for programme directors and  tutors on the sixteen programmes that run throughout the United Kingdom. The study days will build upon the work undertaken last year in Southampton relating to supervision, pedagogic approaches (PBL and EBL), using WebCT and developing shared resources.

There will also be time to discuss pragmatic issues concerned with running the new programmes. Finally longer-term, strategic matters will be covered including proposals to consider future training linked to other programmes such as clinical psychology.

The study days will start at 10.00 on Thursday 3rd July and will run until 15.00 on Friday 4th July. The cost is £100 and includes all meals and coffees and overnight accommodation. Other more flexible arrangements are available.

To secure your place at the conference, complete the registration form.