NATE INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE
11th Annual Research Symposium
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: PARTICIPATION AND RESISTANCE
IN MEMORY OF MORLETTE LYNDSEY
NATE’s Initial Teacher Education Committee invite you to Communities of Practice: Participation and Resistance,
their 11th Annual Research Symposium on Thursday 17th November 2016at the British Library.
The symposium is an opportunity to hear about current research projects
and discuss issues they raise about English teaching and English teacher education.
Coffee/tea will be available from 10.30 am
11.00Welcome and introduction
11.15Developing reflective relationships between practice and principle: issues of agency, ownership and orientation within the teaching of writing
Simon Wrigley, outreach director, and Jeni Smith, research director, National Writing Project (UK)
The first presentation of the symposium will outline what drives the National Writing Project (UK). We will share what we have learnt and researched in the first six years and how that is shaping our current thinking. We will also discuss the critical importance of writing as a form of both participation and resistance in the classroom and hence the importance of teachers themselves being writers. There will be a brief opportunity for delegates to participate in (or resist?) some writing activity.
12.15Research exchange: members of the symposium will say a few words about their current research interests
12.45Lunch
13.15British Library talk–Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the line
13.45Where does it go from here? Research in English (teacher) education?
Professor Viv Ellis, Professor of Educational Leadership and Teacher Development, King’s College, London
If English Education research has, at least in part, historically been a project of teacher education research, what are its prospects for surviving, thriving and/or improving its quality and impact in the period to the next REF and beyond? Why, in recent years, has research in the field been deemed to be both less successful and more scarce than it once was? In this seminar, in addressing these questions, I will focus particularly on the work we ask teacher educators to do – in higher education, especially, but also schools – and the relative importance of research as an activity within that work.
14.45Break
14.55Framing young citizens: rhetorics and realities of voice and participation
Dr Shakuntala Banaji, Programme Director, Masters in Media, Communication and Development, London School of Economics
This presentation takes as its focus young people’s active citizenship, participation and media use drawn from ten years of research across Europe and the UK. It examines the discursive framing of young people as ‘apathetic’, ‘apprentice’ or ‘playful’ citizens, against the complex backdrop of economic ‘crisis’ and socially networked communication. Noting that many young people are ignored, most resistant participation strongly discouraged, and most teachers overworked, it asks whether, in fact, we should assume that all active citizenship is beneficial for adults, for young people and for democracy. Finally, the presentation suggests ways in which educators and young people can move towards more situated, motivating, and inclusive models of active citizenship on or offline.
15.55Closing words
16.00Finish
INFORMATION
Time
Start: 11.00 am (coffee and tea from 10.30 am)
Finish: 16.00 pm
Venue
The British Library
St Pancras
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Arrivals
On arrival, make your way down to the Learning Centre on the Lower Ground Floor. If you are unsure where to go, please ask at the Information Desk.
Cost
£45.00 per person to include refreshments and lunch (NATE members)
£60.00 per person to include refreshments and lunch (Non-members; members or concessions paying on the door)
£25.00 per person to include refreshments and lunch (concessionse.g. student/retired)
Travel details
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Access to the British Library's exhibition,Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the line
The British Library is kindly offering symposium participantsfree tickets to their exhibition, Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the line, whichwe will be able to view until 6pm after the symposium. Tickets will be available on the day.
Booking
We very much hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a really interesting day. Please book by Monday 7th November 2016 so we can finalise catering arrangements.
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NATE ITE Committee 11th Annual Research Symposium
Communities of Practice: Participation and Resistance
Thursday 17th November 2016
British Library, London NW1 2DB
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