Recent media from the Faculty of Education: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
The video is a film of the lecture given by Professor Madeleine Arnot for the M.Phil, M.Ed, Ph.D and Ed.D courses on educational research. It offers students a chance to think about some recent debates about the role of theory in research, and the ways in which a theoretically informed study can be designed. The examples given derive from actual research projects.
A hybrid panel discussion around three talking points related to ‘Challenges and Fundamentals of Dialogic Teaching and Learning’, held as part of the 2023 CEDiR review day
This is a version of item https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1498504 with Spanish subtitles added.
Un profesor de historia de secundaria con mucha experiencia, Lloyd, impartió tres lecciones (descritas con más detalle por Mercer, Hennessy y Warwick, 2010) a una clase de chicos de 12-13 años, que implicaban una exploración colaborativa en profundidad de la pregunta abierta: "¿Podemos imaginar la experiencia de la guerra de trincheras?".
Adults instinctively feel that playing outside is good for children, but what is actually known about the benefits of play in green spaces?
This video is a recording of the virtual Book Launch for 'Research Methods for Educational Dialogue' co-authored by Faculty of Education and CEDiR group members Ruth Kershner, Sara Hennessy, Rupert Wegerif and Ayesha Ahmed. This session was recorded in November 2020.
What does play look like at home and in schools and early years settings during the current Covid-19 pandemic?
What is the potential of play in tackling inequalities, and in providing relief and resilience to parents and children?
Charities Right to Play and Starlight discuss their approach on bringing play to challenging settings nationally and internationally
A PEDAL Resource that aims to use play to help children engage with the COVID swabbing procedure and reduce some of their worry.
This clip depicts classroom dialogue in a secondary school history lesson where students in turn annotate the “Armada” portrait of the Queen Elizabeth I.
This lecture by Prof. Neil Mercer was presented online to Open University Masters students in May 2020.
This video explores the pre-course tasks required of Primary PGCE students before they start the course in September 2020.
This video accompanies the booklet for the Early Written Task (EWT). It shows the Section 1 (Assignments) examiner talking through some key elements of the essay.
This clip shows a student sharing a collaborative piece of writing to the whole class. The teacher asks the students to discuss in small groups how the piece of writing is effective. After some minutes of peer discussion, the teacher encourages the students to give feedback to the team. The teacher elaborates on the students' contributions.
This clip shows a teacher inviting the students to offer contributions that are relevant to the task. The teacher encourages the students to justify their responses. After some contributions, the students began to offer explanations without an explicit prompt from the teacher. This might indicate that the students understood the requirement of explaining their ideas.
This video shows highlights of the REAL Centre Launch containing key elements of the opening speech, excerpts from keynote speakers and a summary of key points from the afternoon.