2011 archive
The School of Education's key news items published in 2011.
Book launch and seminar
Our Centre for Learning in Child Protection (CLiCP) book launch reception is taking place on Monday 28 November at 5.30pm in Thomson's Land (all welcome). This event precedes a four-nations seminar, 'Child Protection Across the UK', hosted by CLiCP on the 29 November.
(November 2011)
Book launch: Towards Professional Wisdom
'Towards Professional Wisdom', edited by Liz Bondi, David Carr, Chris Clark and Cecelia Clegg, was launched on Tuesday 25 October 2011.
Professor Gordon Kirk OBE was the guest speaker at the launch.
(October 2011)
Froebel Course: 29 Oct 2011 - 16 May 2012
This course considers how a contemporary analysis of Froebels work can provide practitioners with insights into how they can support young children to develop as confident learners. The course will run in the evenings and weekends at Moray House School of Education and includes some visits to Edinburgh Nurseries.
(August 2011)
Professor Cara Aitchison appointed to Commission on Rural Education
Professor Cara Aitchison, Head of Moray House School of Education, has been appointed to the newly established Commission on Rural Education. The fifteen-member Commission has been formed jointly by the Scottish Government and COSLA. The Commission is tasked with examining how the development and delivery of rural education can maximise the attainment and life chances of young people in rural areas. The Commission will also review the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 and asses the role of education in contributing to rural communities and economies.
(July 2011)
John Davis' book launch
Congratulations to Dr John Davis on the launch of his new book 'Integrated Children's Services'.
The book launch took place on 13 April at at Blackwell Bookshop, Edinburgh.
(April 2011)
Launch of new MSc programme
The School is delighted to announce the launch of a new programme, MSc Educational Leadership, which has been approved for September 2011 intake.
This programme is a standard part-time (3 years) Masters and is delivered entirely online.
This programme will support students to reach an in-depth understanding of current and emerging practitioner issues such as: strategic leadership perspectives; analysis of educational contexts and leadership effects; 'Leadership for Learning' approaches; developing staff capacity around change and improvement; and educational leadership research methods.
(February 2011)
Maths/Science conference 2011
Where is that Bob Kibble?
The Maths/Science conference 2011 ...The first ever science and maths combined pedagogy conference in Sweden which attracted 1500 delegates from across Stockholm and surrounding areas.
The programme included parallel sessions on pedagogy, research and curriculum innovation as well as a large exhibition of resources. The friendly conference tone was exemplified by delegates being greeted in the main auditorium by a blues band formed of members of the planning committee singing songs about magnetism and children's ideas.
Presentations were in either English or Swedish. I offered 'Here Comes the Sun' - a participatory workshop which drew on the rich legacy of song, storytelling and storyline to illustrate my work with Edinburgh primary schools. The 35 participants, mostly teachers and teacher educators, engaged in role play, song and group tasks exploring children's learning about night, day, shadows and stone circles. It was, as it should be, challenging, uplifting and exhausting. I was indeed lucky to have been invited to make one of the international contributions.
George D Gray Award for 2010 goes to Moray House student
Congratulations to Marianne McCron who has won the prestigious George D Gray Award for the best undergraduate thesis in teacher education in Scotland. Marianne is one of our 2010 BEd Primary Education graduates.
(January 2011)
This article was published on Apr 26, 2012