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Department of Education Public Seminars

Public seminars from the Department of Education. Oxford has been making a major contribution to the field of education for over 100 years and today this Department has a world class reputation for re... Read more

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Closing the Gap: Issues, challenges and impact of the implementation of a national experiment in educational research

Closing the Gap: Issues, challenges and impact of the implementation of a national experiment in educational research

Dr Ann Childs, Dr Nigel Fancourt, Dr Roger Firth, Professor Ian Menter and Dr Ian Thompson, Department of Education, Oxf... Read more

4 Mar 2016

56mins

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‘Online all the time’ Teachers’ work in the digital age

‘Online all the time’ Teachers’ work in the digital age

Professor Neil Selwyn, Professor in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, gives a talk for the Department of Educ... Read more

5 Nov 2015

54mins

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Parenting support Evidence, policy and practice

Parenting support Evidence, policy and practice

Professor Geoff Lindsay, University of Warwick, gives a talk for the department of education public seminar series. Abs... Read more

28 Oct 2015

52mins

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Assessment and learning: Fields Apart?

Assessment and learning: Fields Apart?

Professor Jo-Anne Baird, Department of Education, gives a talk for the Department of Education Seminar series on 19th Oc... Read more

22 Oct 2015

56mins

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The scare tactic: Does it work? Motivating students for test and examinations

The scare tactic: Does it work? Motivating students for test and examinations

Professor David Putwain (Edge Hill University) gives a talk for the Department of Education public seminar series. A rel... Read more

20 Nov 2015

45mins

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Promoting quality in education: A dynamic approach to school improvement

Promoting quality in education: A dynamic approach to school improvement

Professor Leonidas Kyriakides, Department of Education, University of Cyprus, gives a talk for the Department of Educati... Read more

9 Mar 2016

28mins

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What Kind of Learning do we want? 21st Century Learning, the Standards Agenda and Expert Learners

What Kind of Learning do we want? 21st Century Learning, the Standards Agenda and Expert Learners

How can we help students move from being novices to proficient apprentices to experts in the domain? Emeritis Professor ... Read more

8 Jun 2015

1hr 9mins

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Predictability in High-Stakes Assessment: Students’ Approach to Learning

Predictability in High-Stakes Assessment: Students’ Approach to Learning

This study investigated the predictability of the Leaving Certificate examination in Ireland, where public accusations o... Read more

22 May 2015

44mins

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Does being in care provide protection or increase risk? Understanding the outcomes of children in care

Does being in care provide protection or increase risk? Understanding the outcomes of children in care

A public seminar from the Department of Education, given by Professor Janet Boddy, University of Sussex and Professor Do... Read more

13 Apr 2015

1hr 4mins

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Education, language and the social brain

Education, language and the social brain

A public seminar from the Department of Education, given by Dr Neil Mercer, University of Cambridge. In recent years, re... Read more

2 Mar 2015

1hr 2mins

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Developing a Dialogic Approach to Early Secondary School Science and Mathematics Teaching: insights and findings from the epiSTEMe project.

Developing a Dialogic Approach to Early Secondary School Science and Mathematics Teaching: insights and findings from the epiSTEMe project.

Prof. Kenneth Ruthven gives a talk for the Department of Education public seminar series The Effecting Principled Improv... Read more

17 Jun 2014

48mins

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Heritage Speaker Bilingualism: Input Issues in Grammatical Outcomes

Heritage Speaker Bilingualism: Input Issues in Grammatical Outcomes

Professor Jason Rothman presents a survey of experimental research examining the grammatical knowledge and performances ... Read more

28 Feb 2014

52mins

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English as an Additional Language: Talking to Learn?

English as an Additional Language: Talking to Learn?

Prof. Leung (King's College London) has worked for many years in the field of second/additional language education. His ... Read more

3 Dec 2013

58mins

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Student Evaluations of University Teaching: Recommendations for Policy and Practice

Student Evaluations of University Teaching: Recommendations for Policy and Practice

Professor Herb Marsh is a world-leading researcher in Educational Psychology. He is the author of internationally recogn... Read more

12 Nov 2013

48mins

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Doing practical work: rationality and heuristics in teaching

Doing practical work: rationality and heuristics in teaching

A public seminar given by Professor Walter Doyle, University of Arizona, at the Oxford University Department of Educatio... Read more

29 Oct 2013

34mins

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