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November 26, 2013
Publications on competence based curriculum

Jenny Byrne ( MaSE)  and Chris Downey (LSIE) have been successful in publishing a suite of  four papers in The Curriculum Journal 2013, volume 24.  The papers are based on the findings of their research project  that explored the implementation of a competence-based curriculum in four secondary schools. The papers  considered  the barriers and affordances […]

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November 21, 2013
Staff publication on teachers’ pedagogical knowledge

Prof. Lianghuo Fan has recently published the 2nd edition of his book entitled “A study on the development of teachers’ pedagogical knowledge” (East China Normal University, Shanghai China). The book is developed from his doctoral thesis completed at the University of Chicago in 1998, with some new work and contents added. Since the publication of […]

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November 5, 2013
SEdS in project MC squared

SEdS is lined up to be an associate partner in the EU FP7 project M C squared which aims to develop an intelligent computational environment for so-called ‘c-Books’, creative electronic books for school mathematics. A longer, slightly technical, abstract is added below. The project is to run for three years, with Christian Bokhove and Keith […]

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October 25, 2013
Primary Science Enquiry at the Mary Rose Trust (Project)

How can primary teachers embed inquiry skills in science and across the curriculum during this time of curriculum change? Primary teachers from Southampton are  involved in the Primary Science Teaching Trust project Developing Inquiry Skills across the Curriculum: a Project with the Mary Rose Trust through the Mathematics and Science Learning Centre, Southampton Education School. Teachers […]

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October 17, 2013
Visit and seminar by Dr Mok

After succesfully having been awarded the prestigious University of Southampton’s Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellowship Dr Ida Mok of University of Hong Kong is visiting Highfield Campus for two weeks. Dr Mok will be giving the following seminar: ICT in Mathematics Education: Rich Tasks In mathematics education, as with many subjects, digital technologies (including calculators, […]

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October 7, 2013
Survey of health education in UK HEI

Jenny Byrne and Marcus Grace have been involved in an NIHR funded research project that undertook a survey of health education in UK HEI providers and a systematic review of health education in ITE. The report is now published and is the second NIHR Public Health Research programme-funded project to be published in the new […]

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September 30, 2013
Mentoring mathematics teachers

Mentoring mathematics teachers – Supporting and Inspiring Pre-Service and Newly Qualified Teachers. Just published by Routledge is this new book edited by Rosalyn Hyde and Julie-Ann Edwards from the Mathematics and Science Research Centre in the Southampton Education School. Designed to support both teachers and university-based tutors in mentoring primary and secondary pre-service and beginning […]

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