A report from the recent meeting of the First Minister’s International Council of Educational Advisors (ICEA) has highlighted the need to focus on cultural change and capacity building as well as structural reform. ICEA also recommended that further investment to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom and unleashing untapped leadership potentialContinue reading “International Council of Education Advisors call for cultural change”
Category Archives: International
School of Education Professors part of New GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (CSHLC) at the University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow has been awarded a grant worth £7.1 million to set up a GCRF Centre for sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (CSHLC). The award is part of a £225m international research funding announcement made today by Higher Education Minister Jo Johnson. Altogether 37 interdisciplinary projects will receive investment over theContinue reading “School of Education Professors part of New GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (CSHLC) at the University of Glasgow”
Robert Owen Centre EBulletin
Our latest E Bulletin can be accessed by clicking on the link below – this has details on our latest research, recent awards and appointments, recent publications and some of our knowledge exchange activities: Ebulletin Issue-5 May 2017 As you can gather it’s been another highly productive and rewarding period for the Robert Owen Centre. You will findContinue reading “Robert Owen Centre EBulletin”
The role of contextual challenges and constraints on the relationship between principal leadership and student achievement
Presenter: Dr Cheng Yong Tan (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong) Summary of Seminar: Many scholars have underscored the importance of examining leadership effects with regards to the context in which it is enacted. However, few studies have systematically examined what contextual variables moderate leadership effects and how the leadership-achievementContinue reading “The role of contextual challenges and constraints on the relationship between principal leadership and student achievement”
Who is teaching the teachers? – Teacher educators as the forgotten stakeholders of education and international development
Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change Seminar, 12.00-13.00 7th June 2017, School of Education, St. Andrew’s Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G3 6NH Matthew A. M. Thomas, Lecturer in Comparative Education and Sociology of Education at the University of Sydney. International development discourses frequently position teachers as the means to advancing systemic social change. Yet scant attention isContinue reading “Who is teaching the teachers? – Teacher educators as the forgotten stakeholders of education and international development”
Social class, school track choices and parents’ involvement in school – past and upcoming evidence from France
Katherin Barg April 2017: We know from research conducted for many Western countries that students’ social background has a strong impact on important educational transitions and their educational pathways. Students from higher social classes are more likely to access general school tracks as compared to vocational ones, or to go to university instead of followingContinue reading “Social class, school track choices and parents’ involvement in school – past and upcoming evidence from France”
ESRC-SDS funding to Robert Owen Centre
A grant from the ESRC-funded Scottish Doctoral Training Centre in partnership with Skills Development Scotland has been awarded for a PhD Studentship at Robert Owen Centre. Applications are invited for a period of either three years (+3) for those with an ESRC recognised training qualification or four years (1+3) for those without. The successful candidateContinue reading “ESRC-SDS funding to Robert Owen Centre”
Welcome Dr. Cheng Yong Tan as an International Associate of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change.
At the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, School of Education at the University of Glasgow, we are delighted Dr Cheng Yong Tan has accepted our invitation to join us as an International Associate. Cheng Yong Tan is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. His concerns with the unevenContinue reading “Welcome Dr. Cheng Yong Tan as an International Associate of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change.”
Two models of reforming education systems – sequential and simultaneous: Vietnam principals’ and teachers’ reactions to the simultaneous model
Clive Dimmock, Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, School of Education For decades, we have grown accustomed to the notion of major system reform, typically involving changes to the national curriculum, followed by changes to assessment, school leadership and governance, teacher professional development and other areas – all or some of which follow in sequentialContinue reading “Two models of reforming education systems – sequential and simultaneous: Vietnam principals’ and teachers’ reactions to the simultaneous model”
Capacity Building of Schools in Vietnam
Congratulations to Clive Dimmock, who with Michele Schweisfurth and Chris Chapman, has won a grant from The British Council (Higher Education Partnership Fund) to build capacity of Vietnam schools to implement fundamental and comprehensive reforms through designing and piloting interventions through professional development. This complements a previous grant from the Head Foundation. More details of the workContinue reading “Capacity Building of Schools in Vietnam”