TEP Talks: Reading for Pleasure - Building Communities of Readers
Date: Thursday 14 January 2021 Time: 3.45pm to 5.15pm Studio Hall
It is widely recognised that children who read for pleasure improve their life chances, not just academically, but also in relation to their wellbeing and social relationships. Research has shown however that children in England read less often and don’t enjoy reading as much as their counterparts in other countries. So, this evidence-informed webinar, drawing on the Open University's research into reading for pleasure, will offer practical ways forward to support the development of readers who not only can, but do choose to read and find enjoyment in the process. It will explore:
* The benefits and challenges of reading for pleasure
* Ways to develop richer repertoires of children’s literature and other texts
* Strategies for getting to know your children as readers EYFS-Year 6
* An effective RfP pedagogy
Such a pedagogy includes the creation of relaxed ‘social reading environments’ in schools, where children and their teachers read together, both aloud and independently, discuss what they are reading and share recommendations informally. Through sharing 'books in common' and something of their own journeys as readers, communities of engaged readers are built.
The session will link to the OU's RfP website https://www.researchrichpedagogies.org/research/reading-for-pleasure
Please will all delegates have to hand a brilliant children's book they know and love.
This webinar will be run by Professor Teresa Cremin - a Professor of Education (Literacy) at The Open University in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies. Previously she served as President of the UK Reading Association and the UKLA, a Director of the Cambridge Primary Review Trust and a Trustee of the Poetry Archive and SES.
TEP Talks: Navigation vs Knowledge - Thinking and Learning in a Post COVID World
Date: Thursday 26 November 2020 Time: 3.45pm to 5.15pm Studio Hall
Ian Gilbert
Since writing, ‘Why Do I Need Teacher When I've got Google?’ over ten years ago, Ian has been encouraging schools to think about the real skills and understandings they need to be teaching children in the 21st century, ones that go beyond the treacherous certainty of testable facts. In this interactive online session, Ian will explore a range of practical ideas for helping children to think deeply, creatively, critically and for themselves as they learn to navigate whatever lies ahead.
Ian Gilbert has been helping teachers make children's brains hurt for nearly 30 years. An award-winning educational writer, editor and speaker and the founder of Independent Thinking, Ian has lived and worked in the UK, the Middle East, South America, Asia and is currently based partly in the Netherlands where his wife is an international school principal and partly in West Wales. He's the man responsible for ‘Thunks’
In this interactive webinar you will:
- Find out how to encourage leaders to think about the real purpose of education.
- Discuss and consider the knowledge, understanding and skills that we could and should be teaching children in the 21st Century.
- Discuss strategies to support leaders and teachers with practical ideas to help children think deeply, creatively, critically and for themselves.
Embedding Formative Assessment: Dylan William - Monday 5th October 3.45 to 5pm
There is now a large and growing evidence base that helping teachers develop their use of minute-to-minute and day-by-day assessment is one of, if not the most powerful ways to improve student learning. However, adopting formative assessment, or assessment for learning as it is sometimes called, involves far more than adding a few “quick fixes” to teachers’ classroom repertoires. It involves a fundamental shift in focus, from what the teacher is putting into the process to what the students are getting out of it.
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The Power of Feedback: Shirley Clarke - Tuesday 6th October, 3.45 to 5pm
In this webinar, internationally renowned assessment expert Shirley Clarke will be sharing her insights into why effective feedback is arguably the most critical and powerful aspect of teaching and learning. Drawing upon her recent work, Shirley will cover the principles and practicalities of feedback, including student to teacher feedback and peer to peer feedback, as well as feedback both within and after lessons.
The Role of Children's Motivation in Formative Assessment: Barry Hymer – Thursday 8th October, 3.45 to 5pm
Effective formative assessment is not a one way process from teacher to pupil, and requires the student to be an active and conscious participant in their own learning. Barry Hymer, Emeritus Professor of Psychology in Education at Cumbria University, will be exploring ideas to create classroom environments which promote pupil autonomy and intrinsic learning motivation in order to create a mindset for success.
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Hinge Questions: Harry Fletcher-Wood - Wednesday 14th October, 3.45 to 5pm
Hinge-points are the points in a lesson when you move from one key idea to another. Hinge questions are a specific, and very important tool in a teacher’s formative assessment repertoire which enables the teacher to know whether it is appropriate to move on, to briefly recap, or to completely reteach a concept before moving on.
In this session, Harry Fletcher-Wood will explain the careful considerations that need to go into crafting effective hinge questions, in order to obtain the best quality information from teacher’s classroom questioning.
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Growing Metacognitive Learners in Primary Maths and English - Thursday 15th October 4-5pm
Children have become more adept problems solvers in lockdown, so how can we harness this increasing independence to encourage them to become more reflective learners? This webinar session, along with the accompanying 'train the trainer' slides, will explore the thinking behind successful learning and how we can develop each pupil's metacognitive skills to enable them to take charge of their own development.
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We also have a 'manipulatives in maths' session which will be organised soon.
The Place of Representation & Structure in Supporting Closing Gaps
Models and images have been proven to support pupils in developing a secure conceptual understanding. This is more important now than ever before, so where can we find high quality resources to support teaching and learning in maths?
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Oracy Rescue 2020 - Wednesday 21st October 4-5pm
This webinar session, along with the accompanying 'train the trainer' slides, aims to support English Subject Leaders to effect high quality oracy provision in their school, including deepening and broadening of children's vocabulary and their confidence with the spoken word. Ideal for all but especially EYFS and KS1.
Developing Conceptual Fluency Using Knowledge Organisers - Wednesday 4th November 4-5pm
Knowledge Organisers might be readily available but how do we ensure teachers know how to use them effectively for maximum impact on fluency? This session, along with the accompanying guidance resource, will explore the fundamental principles of Knowledge Organisers and how best to create and use them.