Picture credit: epictop10.com To slow the spread of COVID-19, the Scottish Government declared all local authority early learning, childcare and schools closed from 20th March 2020, except for critical provision for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers. These ‘hubs’ are strategically placed within each local authority to serve local primary and secondary schools.Continue reading “Lessons from the hubs – accelerated change and collaboration”
Tag Archives: Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change
NSEE convenes new international network focussing on crisis response in education
COVID-19 – early insights into the response part 2
The second of our regular series of briefings re early research into the impact of COVID-19 on families in high-poverty settings
Collaborative Action Research in the time of COVID-19
Dr Jo Neary explains how collaborative action research for educational change can be adapted to coping with the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges it presents.
Shaping the future of Scottish Education: what might be done?
One only has to look south to England to see how political ideology can crush the hopes and aspirations of teachers and the communities they serve, particularly those working and living in the most disadvantaged areas, writes Professor Chris Chapman, chair of Educational Policy and Practice at the University of Glasgow and principal investigator forContinue reading “Shaping the future of Scottish Education: what might be done?”
Changing Education Systems
A collaborative book by two Policy Scotland staff about the role of research in education has now been published. Changing Education Systems: A Research-based Approach was written by: Professor Mel Ainscow, universities of Manchester and Glasgow, who has recently joined Policy Scotland as an associate professor Professor Christopher Chapman, Director of Policy Scotland at the University ofContinue reading “Changing Education Systems”
NSEE Launches in Dundee
Raising achievement and wellbeing in Dundee – evidence-informed improvement
In Dundee, the Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) is working with Dundee City Council’s Education department to work with schools and local authority colleagues to increase collaborative working approaches and use data to raise educational achievement.
Collaborative Action Research in Argyll and Bute
by Stuart Hall Senior Researcher ROC On a sunny afternoon in June I attended a presentation of Collaborative Action Research (CAR)[1] projects from four Argyll and Bute schools in Colgrain Primary School in Helensburgh. An invited audience of councillors, local authority staff from Argyll and Bute, Highland and Moray councils as well as teaching staffContinue reading “Collaborative Action Research in Argyll and Bute”
International Men’s Day and its relevance for education
By Dr Gijsbert Stoet The 19th of November is the International Men’s Day. This day is used worldwide to highlight issues that especially affect men, such as men’s shorter life expectancy, the high male suicide rate, and the growing educational gap between boys and girls. In my role as a core member of theContinue reading “International Men’s Day and its relevance for education”
Who Distributes Distributed Leadership?
By Elspeth McCartney, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, and Joan Forbes, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK This brief comment is prompted by discussion at a seminar on Distributed Leadership: Theory, Principle, and Practice by Professor Jim Spillane, Northwestern University Chicago, hosted by the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, University of Glasgow, and the ScottishContinue reading “Who Distributes Distributed Leadership?”