Department of Education Public Seminars Podcast
1) Religion and belief in Britain: The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life
Dr Edward Kessler, University of Cambridge, gives a talk for the Department of Education public seminar series on 7th November 2016. Religion and belief are driving forces in society today. Although ...Show More
2) Does market competition and/or the growth of participation foster diversity in higher education systems?
Professor Simon Marginson, ULC Institute of Education, gives a talk for the Department of Education Public Seminar Series. This seminar returns to a long-standing issue in the literature on higher edu...Show More
3) Education in divided societies: The role of school collaboration
Professor Tony Gallagher, University of Belfast, gives a talk for the Department of Education Public Seminar Series on 24th October 2016. Mass education has traditionally been used as an integrating f...Show More
4) Making use of international large- scale assessment data in national contexts: PIRLS for Teachers
Dr Therese N Hopfenbeck, Department of Education, Oxford, gives a talk for the Department of Education Public Seminar Series on 17th October 2016. Co-written with Dr Jenny Lenkeit More information is ...Show More
5) What Can We Learn from students' reports of their secondary school experiences and their role in shaping academic outcomes at GCSE?
This lecture discusses the development of various measures of students experiences and views of their secondary schools based on self report questionnaires taken at ages 14 & 16. Creative Commons Att...Show More
6) Promoting quality in education: A dynamic approach to school improvement
Professor Leonidas Kyriakides, Department of Education, University of Cyprus, gives a talk for the Department of Education public seminar series. This lecture refers to the dynamic approach to school ...Show More
7) Closing the Gap: Issues, challenges and impact of the implementation of a national experiment in educational research
Dr Ann Childs, Dr Nigel Fancourt, Dr Roger Firth, Professor Ian Menter and Dr Ian Thompson, Department of Education, Oxford, give a talk for the Department of Education Public Seminar series. Abstract...Show More
8) The scare tactic: Does it work? Motivating students for test and examinations
Professor David Putwain (Edge Hill University) gives a talk for the Department of Education public seminar series. A relatively common motivational strategy used by teachers, and others, prior to high...Show More
The scare tactic: Does it work? Motivating students for test and examinations
45:41 | Nov 20th, 2015
9) How well are children in Sudan taught to read compared to other countries in the Middle East and North Africa? Results of a National Learning Assessment.
Seminar looking at education in Sudan and other North African countries. This seminar examines the development of a National Learning Assessment in Sudan and reports on the findings of its first study...Show More
10) ‘Online all the time’ Teachers’ work in the digital age
Professor Neil Selwyn, Professor in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, gives a talk for the Department of Education Public Seminars series. This seminar explores the ways in which digital te...Show More