mark oliphant college: masters research
INTRO
we seemed to cover a lot in our time together - I thought it would be helpful to collect much of what i covered in a series of links for everyone studying for the masters degree, from the other schools too
this page is that collection - hope it is useful
THE INITIAL KEYNOTE SLIDES
including the handy whiteboard diagram of research approaches
SOME OF THE SLIDES AND IMAGES WE VIEWED
we looked at lots! some of it is here:
- the PISA slide showing high science scores, but low interest
- the slide showing just how many children were watching TeachersTV!
- the Vectors and Velocities image
- the WISE conference le Monde newspaper suggesting "The end of the classroom"
- the slide showing where education is out of step with ciurrent societal / economic changes
- the slide suggesting this was a moment of opportunity...
more of the images and ideas on my Pinterest board - you don't need to join Pinterest to look, just to contribute or have your own boards.
CHAT WITH JULIETTE
Juliette Heppell has been a friend of MOC for some time, and her student led research project to develop a new classroom, for children by children, was the subject of an earlier Skype call (link to her free iBook about it will go here) - for the masters we asked her to reflect on her own second masters degree which looked at student voice, but with a pragmatic "how did you get it done and why" focus.
we never did get the video to stream from her end - middle-of-the-night-ish presumably! - but the audio was helpful anyway - and here it is as an audio recording:
and for those of you pursuing a Learner Voice research project:
Juliette's references from her own Masters - with its Learner Voice Focus
Ball, D. and Cohen, D. (1999) Developing Practice, developing practitioners: Towards a practice-based theory of professional education. In Darling-Hammond, L. and Sykes, G. (eds), Teaching as the learning profession (pp.3-32) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Busher. H, (2002) 'Managing change in improving learning', in T. Bush and L. Bell (2002) The Principles and Practice of Educational Management, London: Paul Chapman
Busher, H. and Harris, A. (1999) 'Leadership of school subject areas: tensions and dimensions of managing in the middle', School Leadership and Management, 20 (1): 99-112
Clarke, C. Dyson, A. Millward, A. and Robson, S (1999) From familiarisation to adaptation: teachers' responses to the introduction of communications technology in the classroom, paper presented at IN-TELE 98, Strasbourg, University of Lous Pasteur
Chapman, C. (2005) Learning in the new millenium http://rubble.heppell.net/archive/linm/ accessed January 2011
Davitt, J. (2006) New Tools for Learning. UK
Feagin, J., Orum, A., & Sjoberg, G. (Eds.). (1991). A case for case study. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press
Fullan, M. (2001) 'The Meaning of educational change' in M. Fullan, The New Meaning of Eduational Change, London: Routledge
Harris, A. (2009) Distributed Leadership Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Harris, A. (2005) Leading or Misleading: Distributed Leadership and School Improvement Journal of Curriculum Studies Colume 37 No3 p255-276 ISSN 0022-0272
Harris, A. (2010) Future Leadership: Challenges and Implications. Institute of Education
Hoban, G. (2002) 'A Complexity view of change', in Teacher Learning for Educational Change, Buckingham: Open University Press
House, E. (1974) The politics of educational innovation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan
Huberman, M. (1988) 'Teacher careers and school improvement'. Journal of curriculum studies, 20(2), 119-132
Lortie, D. (1975) School Teacher: A sociological study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Lynch, O (1999) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/482352.stm accessed 01 June 2011
Marris, P. (1975) Loss and Change. New York: Anchor press/Doubleday
O'Connor, C. (1997) 'Dispositions towards (collective) struggle and educational resistance in the inner city: a case analysis of six African-American high school students', American Educational Research Journal, 34 (4): 593-629
Rozenholtz (1989) Teachers' Workplace: The social organization of schools. New York: Longman
Stigler, J. and Hiebert, J. (1999) The Teaching Gap. New York: The Free Press
Trowler, P. Saunders, M and Knight, P. (2003) Change Thinking, Change Practices ITSN Generic Centre
West-Burnham, J. Farrar, M. and Otero, G. (2007) 'Change and Complex Communities', in Schools and Communities, London: Continuum