Speaker: Professor Matthew Inglis (University of Loughborough) Title: Five decades of theory in education research. When and where: Tuesday 19 November 2-3pm Highfield Campus, University of Southampton Building 32 room 2103 What is your talk about? Mathematics educators have been publishing their work in international research journals for five decades. How has the field developed…
Giving young people the opportunity to make positive changes to their own health through scientific discovery has always been at the heart of an innovative education project based in Southampton. Now, LifeLab has been recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) for its work in supporting young people…
The LifeLab project is senting a wide range of their work at the prestigious DOHaD conference in Melbourne this week. From the Southampton Education School Katherine Woods-Townsend, Lisa Bagust, Hannah Davey, Donna Lovelock, Janice Griffiths and Marcus Grace all worked with Southampton colleagues at the Southampton General Hospital on a variety of projects on LifeLab’s…
Engaging people with nature: do we want to engage emotionally or cognitively? Tues 5th November 2019 Professor Marcus Grace (Southampton Education School), 12:00-13:00, 2097, Building 32, Highfield Campus. What is your talk about? This talk looks at ways of helping people to become more engaged and connected with nature. It focuses on the Wonder of Nature project, which…
MSHE colleague Lucy Hoyes contributed to a new book by Pearson on ‘the power of maths’. The book is a guide on tackling maths anxiety. Seen and felt in thousands of classrooms, homes and workplaces across the nation, maths anxiety is widely acknowledged as a barrier to engagement and progress in maths, as well…
Welcome to the new Academic Year. We hope to provide you with a steady stream of news items and facts about our MSHE research centre.
Utilising microgenetic qualitative methods, the research reveals underlying dynamics of change in learning showing that “a child’s stable performance or consistent delivery of the same type of answer to a problem (correct or incorrect) does not necessarily mean that learning is not growing.” Voutsina, C., George, L., & Jones, K. (2019). Microgenetic analysis of young…
We are looking for a lecturer in our MSHE research centre. Applications are invited from those who have a successful and proven track record of research and publication in Mathematics and / or Science and / or Health Education research, and who possess ambitions in line with those of the School. You will have a…
Dr Charis Voutsina has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the academic journal Research in Mathematics Education (RME) following a selection process. Research in Mathematics Education is an international, highly esteemed journal, publishing original refereed articles on all aspects of mathematics education.
I did two presentations on geometry education this week. One at the BSRLM day conference and one seminar at Birkbeck, University of London. Slides for Birkbeck: https://www.slideshare.net/cbokhove/the-role-of-opportunity-to-learn-in-the-geometry-currriculum-148992758 The slides have more links. The flowchart software from my Japanese colleagues is at http://www.sun-first.jp/fc_html5d/ Slides for the BSRLM: https://www.slideshare.net/cbokhove/talk-for-the-bsrlm-day-conference-june-2019-149077010