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Close to Practice Conference

Exploring Pathways: Bridging Theory and Practice in Education Research

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The Close to Practice Conference is an event for practitioners and academics in education research. We aim to bring together practitioners and academics to share insights and foster collaborations in education research.

  • From: Wednesday 26 June 2024, 9.30 am
  • To: Wednesday 26 June 2024, 4 pm
  • Registration: 9.30 am
  • Location: Pavilion Building, Clifton Campus, College Drive, NG11 8NS
  • Booking deadline: Thursday 17 October 2024, 12.00 pm
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Event details

Nottingham Trent University's (NTU) Close to Practice Partnership Conference on 26 June, is a day for engaging discussions and networking opportunities aimed at practitioners and academics involved in practitioner research and collaborative lesson study. Featuring keynote speaker Prof Gert Biesta, the conference will delve into the role of research in teaching and educational practice.

Join us at our Clifton Campus on Wednesday 26 June from 9.30 am - 4 pm.

Programme:

  • Registration, coffee and pastries
  • Welcome, overview and practitioner research plenary
  • Parallel sessions
  • Lunch, networking and stands
  • Keynote Address by Gert Biesta
    "How much research does teaching need?
    A case for thoughtfulness."
  • Phase-specific panel events
  • Closing Session with coffee, cake, and goody bags.

Parallel Sessions (10:45 am - 12:15 pm):

Pavilion 121: Secondary Theme

  • Productive failure in secondary mathematics
    Matt Woodford and Dan Trott
  • "What responses do Y9 girls give for their oral participation in maths lessons?"
    Natasha Serret and Amber Garrod
  • Support literacy and reading at a whole school level; translated within the KS3 secondary art curriculum
    Lizzie Greeley and Emma Richardson-Cauldwell
  • Writing social fiction as an innovative way of conceptualising CtP research.
    Nicole Brown and Hakan Ergül.

Pavilion 122: Primary and FE Theme

  • Resitting English in Further Education Stress anxiety and completion
    Sarah Downing
  • PALS+ A Direct Instructional Approach to the Teaching of Reading/Tier 2
    Vocabulary
    Aaron Jordan and Emma Vardy
  • The NTU CtP partnership in primary settings
    Emma Leake, Beth Wythall and Bridie Martin.

Pavilion 123: HE Theme

  • Ethical issues for close to practice researchers
    Jennie Golding
  • A thematic collection of practitioner researchers’ perspectives on participatory action research
    Elizabeth Hidson
  • Developing scholarship and research skills; interrogating literature
    Sarah Davies
  • Toto we’re not in Kansas Anymore…a teacher educator’s consideration of what lies behind the Emerald Curtain of Higher Education.
    Chris Warnock.

Parallel panel Q&A:

  • Practitioner Research in FE Settings
    Chair: Lorna Wardle
    Special Guest - Jo Fletcher-Saxon
  • Practitioner Research in School Settings
    Chair: Dr Chris Rolph
    Special Guest - Elizabeth Hidson.

Ticket Information:

  • Free for NTU partners , contributors and general admission.

Keynote speaker

As part of challenging our thinking, and encouraging a research culture we are delighted to announce that our Keynote Speaker will be Prof Gert Biesta - ‘How much research does teaching need? A case for thoughtfulness.’

Gert Biesta

Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, where he co-leads the research hub on teacher education, curriculum and pedagogy, and Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland. He is a member of the Education Council of the Netherlands, the advisory body for the Dutch government and parliament. Recent books include, Educational Research: An Unorthodox Introduction (Bloomsbury, 2020) and World-Centred Education: A View for the Present (Routledge, 2021).

There are many education scholars and policy makers who argue that with more research teaching will become better. Even more so, they advocate that teachers themselves should engage in research, particularly so that research can stay close to the practice where it is supposed to make a difference. In my presentation I will raise some questions about these ways of thinking, particularly in order to explore where and how research can help and where it can get in the way of meaningful educational practice.

Booking information

Registration is required for attendance.

Location details

Address:

Pavilion Building
Clifton Campus
College Drive
 NG11 8NS

Travel Info:

Getting to Clifton Campus

Tel: +44 (0)115 941 8418

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