MSHE members Marcus Grace, Andri Christodoulou, Carys Hughes and Janice Griffiths have just published a paper in School Science Review calling for the urgent need to teach about epigenetics in secondary school science. The rapidly growing field of epigenetics has transformed biological theory, and yet many of us are unaware of its significance. The research…
With the use of digital technologies in education, and more widely, coming under intense scrutiny, MSHE member Keith Jones has a new book chapter published today on key debates in the use of digital technologies in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Entitled “Fake news, artificial intelligence, mobile divisions, likely futures? Debates on digital technologies…
Dr Christian Bokhove has teamed up with Ryan Campbell of the Intercultural school in Jakarta to write the chapter ‘adapting teaching’ for the The Early Career Framework Handbook. At the moment the chapter is available for free download on the Sage website. About the chapter: This chapter covers a lot of ground, but at its…
MSHE member Keith Jones has two new co-authored articles on aspects of geometry education just published. Both are ‘open access’ so everyone can access and read the papers. One, entitled “Spatial visualisation reasoning about 2D representations of 3D geometrical shapes in grades 4 to 9”, found that 10-15 year-old students using either spatial visualisation or…
Our MSHE colleague Dr Rosalyn Hyde is pleased to announce the publication of her new book ‘Myths and Legends of Mastery in the Mathematics Curriculum’. Co-edited with Pinky Jain and written by members of the Association of Mathematics Education Teachers, the book critiques mastery approaches to teaching mathematics. The book is intended for those beginning…
Another paper with Dr Bokhove and Dr Downey has appeared in the International Journal of Educational Research: “The development of communication networks of pre-service teachers on a school-led and university-led programme of initial teacher education in England” The abstract: This study examines the communication networks of 77 pre-service teachers in mathematics and science on university…
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on young people and how they can be better supported during the pandemic is the basis of a new study led by a group of University of Southampton researchers. Over the past week, Southampton researchers from the Southampton Education School and Faculty of Medicine MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Uni have…
Like the rest of the world the work of the Mathematics, Science and Health Education research centre has also changed because of covid-19. Most of our activities have now moved online, of course. If you have queries or requests please don;t hesitate to email us. The centre is co-directed by Dr Christian Bokhove (C.Bokhove@soton.ac.uk) and…
Our colleague Dr Jenny Byrne has published a new paper on reframing teacher education in England in the journal Educational Review. ABSTRACT Bildung has a long tradition in continental European education but in England it is less well known and is underused to theorise about education. In this paper the German concept of Bildung is…
Rosalyn Hyde and Lucy Hoyes have been awarded a CHEP (Centre for Higher Education Practice) Teaching Enhancement Grant for a new project. Trainee teachers experience what is often described as a ‘rollercoaster of emotions’ whilst on a PGCE programme so the project will seek to collect data from secondary mathematics trainees in order to understand…