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Booking links and details for our Action Research leads and teachers. An introduction to core concepts as practicalities of doing action research. For maths teachers new to action research and refresher for more experienced teacher-researchers.
Modules | Dates (pathway a) | Dates (pathway b) | Book | Details |
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| 1. Action research – An Overview: why, what and how | Fri 25 Sept 2-4pm (2 hours) | Thur 1 Oct 2-4pm (2 hours) | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/857 | An introduction to core concepts as practicalities of doing action research. For maths teachers new to action research and refresher for more experienced teacher-researchers. Also an opportunity for guided collaborative work to progress action research projects. |
| 2. Project Management | Fri 9 Oct 1-4pm (3 hours) | Thur 8 Oct 2-5pm (3 hours) | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/858 | Approaches to organising and running an action research project, from communities of practice to timetabling. For action research leads and other interested maths teachers. |
| 3. Literature review | Thur 15 Oct 2-5pm (3 hours) | Fri 13 Nov 1-4pm (3 hours) New ! | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/859 | Building on last year’s training, a suggested process for identifying and critically reviewing sources of previous research and evidence-based thinking on topics of interest. For all CfEM teachers looking to increase confidence and skills in bringing ideas from elsewhere into their own practice. |
| 4. Data Collection | Fri 6 Nov 9.30-12.30 (3 hours) | Thur 7 Jan 2-5pm (3 hours) | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/860 | What good data is in action research, how to decide what to ask and how you could collect your data. For all CfEM teachers involved in action research. |
| 5. Data Processing and Analysis | Thur 4 Mar 2-5pm (3 hours) | Fri 19 Mar 1-4pm (3 hours) | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/861 | How to process and analyse the data that you have collected. For CfEM teachers likely to be involved in this stage of the projects and interested others. |
| 6. Reporting and Dissemination | Thur 22 Apr 2-5pm (3 hours) | Wed 5 May – 1-4pm (3 hours) | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/862 | Ensuring that your hard work is shared with a others, with impact. Not only writing up your research report but also strategic approaches to disseminating your findings. Collaborative development or refinement of key findings, conclusions and recommendations. For all maths teachers who have participated in action research projects. |
Booking links and details for Centres for Excellence in Maths, their network and the wider sector. Evidence-based PD drawing on lessons learned and outcomes of the Year 1 trials.
Type | Dates | Audience | Book here | Content |
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| Mastery Teach Meet | 20th November (4 hours) | All teachers | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/509 | This event will focus on the challenges of teaching for understanding in GCSE resit classrooms using Mastery approaches and how this can be reconciled with the demands of teaching a substantial curriculum to a tight timetable. The session will include presentations from national experts alongside leading mathematics teachers with recent experiences of using Mastery approaches in Further Education colleges. The CfEM key principles for Mastery will be introduced and there will be opportunities for group discussions with colleagues from across the sector. |
| Motivation and Engagement Teach Meet | 25th November (4 hours) | All teachers | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/509 | This event will focus on different approaches to motivating and engaging students, in both face-to-face and online learning situations, from the perspective of developing positive student identities within a mathematics learning community. The session will include presentations by national experts, alongside leading mathematics teachers with recent experiences in Further Education colleges. The CfEM key principles for Motivation and Engagement will be introduced and there will be opportunities for group discussions with colleagues from across the sector. |
| Data and Technology Teach Meet | 3rd December (4 hours) | All teachers | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/509 | This professional development event will focus on addressing issues of teaching remotely using technology. There will be opportunities to explore the potential of technology to connect teachers with students and enable remote collaborative working that can enhance mathematical understanding. The CfEM key principles for Data and Technology will be introduced with leading national and international experts providing insights from their own experience. There will also be opportunities for group discussions with colleagues from across the sector. |
| Contextualisation Teach Meet | 10th December (4 hours) | All teachers | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/509 | This professional development event aims to consider how we might best use meaningful contexts to provide insights into mathematical structure. The CfEM key principles for teaching approaches that use context to provide new ways of seeing mathematics will be introduced and considered. There will be opportunities to discuss and learn from colleagues across the sector and to consider ideas from leading national and international experts in using context for teaching maths. The ideas discussed will have relevance to all teaching but particularly for level 2 courses such as GCSE resits and functional skills. |
| Mastery Teach Meet | 10th February (4 hours) | All Teachers | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/509 | During this event we will explore further how approaches to teaching for Mastery can be used with GCSE resit classes, particularly when working in online settings. Key principles of teaching for Mastery will be explored, focusing particularly on how these might be put into practice in remote (online) teaching and learning. |
| Motivation and Engagement Teach Meet | 26th February (4 hours) | All Teachers | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/509 | A new toolkit of techniques and teaching approaches aimed at increasing the motivation and engagement of GCSE mathematics resit students is being designed for the Centres for Excellence programme. The authors of the toolkit will present a selection of tools from the toolkit in this session, with guidance about how and when these might be integrated into classroom teaching. |
| Data and Technology Teach Meet | 3rd March (4 hours) | All Teachers | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/509 | Evidence-based PD drawing on lessons learned and outcomes of the Year 1 trials. Exact content to be confirmed |
| Contextualisation Teach Meet | 12th March (4 hours) | All Teachers | https://booking.etfoundation.co.uk/course/details/509 | Evidence-based PD drawing on lessons learned and outcomes of the Year 1 trials. Exact content to be confirmed |