Monday, December 05, 2011
Due to several requests for an extension of the deadline for papers and proposals for the 2012 UKLA International Conference, we have pushed the date back to Monday 19th December 2011. To submit your proposal visit the conference page here.
Monday, November 07, 2011
The IBBY World Congress 2012
At a press launch at the recent International Children’s Book Fair in Bologna it was announced that the 33rd IBBY World Congress will be held in London from 23rd to 26th August 2012, the first time it will have been in the UK for 30 years. The venue is Imperial College, in London’s cultural heartland, close to major museums and the Albert Hall with Hyde Park just a short walk away.
The theme is Crossing Boundaries: Translations and Migrations.
Speakers so far confirmed are:
For further information see www.ibbycongress2012.org
or contact Co-Directors:
Ann Lazim .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Kathy Lemaire .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Monday, October 31, 2011
Many of the UK’s leading experts in the teaching of reading have written to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, to strongly advise against proceeding with the pet policy of his Schools Minister, Nick Gibb.
Mr Gibb has been the force behind the creation of a 40-word test (half of them ‘nonsense words’) for Year 1 pupils (five and six year olds).
The test was piloted recently and its findings welcomed by the Minister – much to the puzzlement of experts who argue the results are certainly no cause for celebration.
Amazingly, the government intends to proceed despite the negative evidence gathered by its own pilot study and the test will be imposed on every Year 1 pupil in the UK next summer – potentially leading to a variety of hugely detrimental consequences, including:
- ‘teaching to the test’ resulting in a reduction of pupil enjoyment, comprehension and wider reading
- those most at need of reading support not being accurately identified by the test anyway
- increased workload for teachers (15.5 hours of administration on average, dismissed by Mr Gibb as just taking ‘a few minutes to carry out’)
- five and six year-olds pupils having less time with their class teacher
- the wasting of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money
The letter to Mr Gove can be found in full in the downloadable pdf below.
Also see coverage of the story in the press:
In the on-line edition of the Independent here and here.
On BBC on-line here.
Letter to Secretary of State for Education
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
If you would like to submit a proposal for a workshop, seminar, research report or symposium to be delivered at the 2012 international conference, please click here. The deadline for proposals is 3rd December 2011.
The Institute of Education at the University of London is currently advertising a ESRC three-year PhD Studentship (full-time) commencing January 2012, with the title of: Video-based research in learning and examining forms of transcription. Please download the advertisment for further information.
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