I have been involved with a really exciting research and development project with UKLA and the Children's Poetry Archive (http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do) this year. The aim of the project was to develop ways of enriching and enlivening children’s and teachers’ experience of poetry and poets. Three leading teachers working in classrooms across the primary age range have planned and taught units of work based around poetry and poets on the Archive. The results, soon to be posted on the Archive, demonstrate what a rich resource it is for stimulating children’s interest in poetry. We will be presenting a paper at the International Conference in July and I’m hoping to write an article for UKLA soon…
I am off to Finland next month following a successful UCET travel scholarship application! Thanks to UKLA colleagues, I made contact with three Finnish colleagues linked to the University Of Tampere Teacher Training School in Hameenlina who kindly agreed to host a visit . The focus of my study is to what extent key societal aims and values impact on teacher training models and what if anything we can learn as a result. I will be in Hameenlina for 10 days talking to a range of teacher trainers , teachers and hopefully visiting some schools as well . When I get back I will be publishing my findings and presenting at the November UCET conference! That's the plan anyway ! I will keep you posted once ofsted have visited ! Good luck with the website - it looks great .
I am a member of the UKLA ‘Digital Worlds/Learning Today’ special interest group. We are interested in the way digital technologies can be, and are being, used in classroom settings in innovative and exciting ways. Many of us are undertaking research in this area and have begun to network and explore our ideas and findings online. We have planned our first official but informal meeting for July, at the UKLA international conference in Winchester. We are very keen for people to join us there and online in the meantime. I am currently writing up my PhD research which explores how the Alternate Reality Gaming projects, that I ran with my Year 6 classes, shaped our understanding of the media used during game-play. Being part of the ‘Digital Worlds’ special interest group has been invaluable as I’ve had the opportunity to test out and discuss ideas with others and shape my own understanding in the process. In addition, I’ve learnt so much about the fascinating research being undertaken by others in the group. If you’re doing research in this area already, or would like to in the future, please get in touch and drop a line to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). We hope to hear from some of you soon.
UKLA supports and encourages research in all areas of literacy education. We work with a wide range of professionals to celebrate and promote good practice in literacy learning at all stages of education. We would encourage you to share your own research projects with other members of the community, here on the members’ blog. Whatever the stage or size of your research project, we’d love to hear about it.
(If you publish a research-related blog entry please tag it with ‘research’ )
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