BETT 2008
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Enquiring Minds
Dr John Morgan, Senior Researcher, Futurelab
Steve Moseley, Assistant Deputy Head, Ashton Park School, Bristol
Enquiring Minds is a new approach to teaching and learning which taps into students’ interests, questions and ideas and uses them to develop skills of research and knowledge creation. The approach has been developed and trialled by Futurelab and two partner schools, and a guide to Enquiring Minds was launched at BETT. This seminar introduced the approach, told the story of the project and presented some of the findings from our research in schools.
Open pdf version of John Morgan and Steve Moseley's PowerPoint presentation (742kb)
Fountaineering for educational change
Tash Lee, Learning Researcher, Futurelab
Laura Shore, Deputy Head, Luckwell Primary School, Bristol
Fountaineers is a whole-school project in which primary pupils are co-researchers, co-designers, owners and engineers of an interactive and programmable, intelligent water fountain. Ultimately the fountain is a vehicle and a focus for trialing and developing new approaches to teaching and learning, challenging some traditional school structures and putting personalised learning and learner voice into practice. The seminar provided practical advice, and shared tools and processes for others to be able to run similar projects in their own institutions.
Presentation: Space to think: preparing for long-term educational futures
Richard Sandford, Learning Researcher, Futurelab
This presentation provided an overview of findings from a programme of work currently being conducted by Futurelab into the future role of education in the context of technological, social and global change. It provided a summary of the latest forecasts and predictions from scientists, industry and non-governmental organisations, identifying key issues facing educators in planning for the future. The presentation also offered a set of tools for education leaders and innovators to use to create ‘space to think’ for planning BSF programmes or transforming curriculum, pedagogy and home-school relations.
Open pdf version of Richard Sandford's PowerPoint presentation (3.6mb)
Teachers as Innovators
Dan Sutch, Learning Researcher, Futurelab
Doug Belshaw, Teacher, Ridgewood School, Doncaster
This seminar looked at available resources and strategies that support teachers in developing new approaches to teaching and learning, empowering teachers to act as the innovators of new educational practices. The session also highlighted the resistances to change within schools and shared different strategies used by innovative teachers to reduce these barriers. The aim of the session was to enable participants to leave with knowledge of the tools and strategies to develop new practices in their own schools.
Open pdf version of Dan Sutch's PowerPoint presentation (1.7mb)
Open pdf version of Doug Belshaw's PowerPoint presentation (7.2mb)
Doug Belshaw's blog (with an explanation of his slides): www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/01/12/reflections-on-bett-2008
Approaches to learner voice in schools
Dr Tim Rudd, Senior Researcher, Futurelab
Simon Kaufman, Teacher Advisor - ICT, Mathematics, Inclusion Support and Development Service, Barnsley
This seminar focused on the principles, perspectives and practices around promoting ‘learner voice’ in schools, particularly in light of the personalisation agenda. It looked at prior research, alternative practice, tools for participation and empowering learners. It also showed some examples of projects and practice that have fostered greater learner voice and demonstrated why this is a key issue to consider in relation to future teaching and learning, pedagogy and the organisation of schools.
Open pdf version of Tim Rudd and Simon Kaufman's PowerPoint presentation (1.5mb)
