The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change hosted colleagues from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso for a professional learning visit in September/early October, where they travelled to Scotland to find out more about leading initial teacher education. Colleagues participated in university sessions and visits to local primary and secondary schools. Their university sessions includedContinue reading “University welcomes Chilean visitors for study visit”
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Growing young learners’ confidence and skills in Clydebank
In this blog, our researcher Dr Jo Neary reflects on some of the activities from one of the NSEE projects – Children, Learning and Inclusive Places (or CLIP). CLIP is focused on understanding how children and young people experience their local communities, and how they can get involves in issues that affect them. Learn moreContinue reading “Growing young learners’ confidence and skills in Clydebank “
Healthy Schools – enhancing children’s ability to make positive choices
The NSEE team with NHS Lanarkshire colleagues Enhancing children’s ability to make positive health and wellbeing choices is what most schools in Scotland aspire to do. Can a framework that provides an approach to planning, tracking, monitoring and evaluating health and wellbeing provide the support such an aspiration needs? This was the question the evaluationContinue reading “Healthy Schools – enhancing children’s ability to make positive choices”
EDLM – Scottish Government seminar series
The NSEE team presented its findings from year one of the Every Dundee Learner Matters (EDLM) project as part of a series of Scottish Government organised seminars on Tuesday 26 July. The seminar for policy makers and those working in education looked at the lessons learned from growing a local authority wide initiative. EDLM isContinue reading “EDLM – Scottish Government seminar series”
Celebratory event marks first year of Every Dundee Learner Matters
Dundee City Council will celebrate the first year of the Every Dundee Learner Matters (EDLM) strategy today with an event at The Steeple, bringing together local authority staff and educational practitioners who have worked together to improve the quality of education for all children and young people in the city. Every Dundee Learner Matters isContinue reading “Celebratory event marks first year of Every Dundee Learner Matters”
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘COLLABORATIVE’ IN COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH?
Dr Jo Neary, a researcher with the Network for Social and Educational Equity explains here how collaborative action research can be applied in school settings to reach groups that may otherwise miss out. Collaborative Action Research (CAR) is an evidence-based enquiry model that can be applied to all educational settings and to all improvement areas.Continue reading “WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘COLLABORATIVE’ IN COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH?”
Chilean study visit
Earlier this month, the Network for Social and Educational Equity team welcomed Milena Paez Silva, a psysich’s teacher from Chile for a study visit to the University of Glasgow. Milena, who works as a lecturer at Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (PUCV), Chile, was a member of the team who worked with NSEE and Children’sContinue reading “Chilean study visit”
250th anniversary event commemorates Robert Owen
The New Lanark Trust is hosting a special conference at the World Heritage Site at New Lanark commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Owen, the site’s most famous advocate, from 1 to 3 March. The event, from Robert Owen to World Heritage and beyond: legacies of social reform and heritage-led regeneration, celebratesContinue reading “250th anniversary event commemorates Robert Owen”
What can we learn from COVID-19?
In this short piece, Dr Jo Neary of the Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) reflects on how schools’ responses to COVID-19 both emphasised existing good practice and challenged schools to reflect on their social responsibility role within the community. In April 2020, over 180 countries implemented school closures in response to the communityContinue reading “What can we learn from COVID-19?”
University of Glasgow professor leads global education initiative
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