ChiPE project: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
Children's personal epistemologies: capitalising on children's and families' knowledge in schools towards effective teaching and learning (ChiPE) is a research project funded by the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme under the Marie Curie Actions to promote excellent science. It mains objective is to explore children’s, families’ and teachers’ beliefs about knowledge and learning in the school context in order to promote effective learning and teaching. It aims to enhance a more inclusive epistemic climate that brings knowledge from children’s out-of-school experience closer to classroom knowledge.
Two children in Y6 explain how they work in mixed ability groups with the support of other adults who come into the class and facilitate dialogue and interaction.
Two primary teachers explain their experience in the ChiPE research project. They were trained to implement Dialogic Literary Gatherings. Their 7 and 8 years' pupils read and discuss classic texts, in particular, The Odyssey, by Homer, 20.000 leagues under the sea, Jules Verne, among others.