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Journal of Education for Teaching, 2009

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2014

Design and technology are subjects that are about the real world, involving the application of sc... more Design and technology are subjects that are about the real world, involving the application of scientific and related knowledge to a problem. The built environment is an excellent context for work in this area, as every building involves both design ideas and technological skills. This guide suggests practical activities and ideas for using the historic environment in a stimulating way for teaching the skills and concepts of design and technology. It explores the ways in which any historic environment, from a school or housing development to a castle or cathedral, can be used to stimulate exciting design and technology assignments, or to

Perspectives in Public Health, 2013

Aims: This paper focuses on an innovative intersection between education, health and arts. Taking... more Aims: This paper focuses on an innovative intersection between education, health and arts. Taking a broad definition of health it examines some social and psychological well-being impacts of extended collaborations between a theatre company and children with communication difficulties. It seeks to test aspects of Fredrickson’s1 broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions in a primary school curriculum context. Methods: The researcher participated in a project called Speech Bubbles. The programme was devised by theatre practitioners and aimed at six- and seven-year-olds with difficulties in speech, language and communication. Sessions were observed, videoed and analysed for levels of child well-being using an established scale. In addition, responses regarding perceived improvements in speech, language and communication were gathered from school records and teachers, teaching assistants, practitioners and parents. Data were captured using still images and videos, children’s recorde...

Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2019

The recruitment and retention ‘crises’ in US and UK teaching have major and negative implications... more The recruitment and retention ‘crises’ in US and UK teaching have major and negative implications for the future of education. This pilot study uses extended conversations with Asian and African teaching staff to examine the role of values in helping teachers sustain positive contributions to children’s lives and world. In five elementary schools, the researcher asked: What is the role of personal values in recruiting, retaining, sustaining and building the creative capacity of teachers? The study found that a close alignment of institutional and individual values generated strong positive impacts on teacher fulfillment and resilience. It further suggests that by using their own autobiographical ‘values-stories’, teachers could advance personal values and build their capacity to contribute. The article proposes implications for all education departments, universities and schools seeking to address declining rates of teacher recruitment and retention. Recommendations include greater ...

Perspectives in Public Health

Creativity in the Primary Curriculum

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About the book: This comprehensive new textbook provides valuable support to student teachers on ... more About the book: This comprehensive new textbook provides valuable support to student teachers on primary ITT, BEd and PGCE courses. It provides a sound and practical introduction to the teaching skills as well as the underlying theory. Written by experts in primary school teaching, the book is divided into twenty-three sections and covers: becoming a teacher exploring the nature of learning planning for learning approaches to the curriculum recent developments in primary education diversity and inclusion assessment partnership in practice your professional development. Each chapter contains a brief introduction to the key concepts, issues and skills, and provides learning activities in the form of tasks. Annotated lists of further reading are included for students who want to explore topics in more detail.

In recent years there has been a growing interest in creativity in education. The publication of ... more In recent years there has been a growing interest in creativity in education. The publication of All Our Futures (DfEE, 1999) laid the foundations for a more expansive and outward looking ideas about the nature of education. More recent government statements such as Excellence and Enjoyment (DfES 2003) and Every Child Matters (DfES, 2004) have encouraged schools to be innovative in the construction of a creative curriculum. At the same time, the government has funded a national programme, Creative Partnerships, to help bring the creative talents of practitioners into the classroom. Since its inception in 2003, the Kent branch of Creative Partnerships (CP Kent) has worked at a number of different levels with over 100 schools. This book describes a research project into creative teachers and creative teaching undertaken between 2004-2005. The research involved a survey of 20 schools which had worked with Creative Partnerships Kent since the start of the programme all of which had rece...

Resilience is essential to the good teacher. This paper summarises research on factors that have ... more Resilience is essential to the good teacher. This paper summarises research on factors that have sustained a single life in education, comparing them with narratives from nine other long-serving and fulfilled teachers. It seeks to identify elements that build personal resilience, how this knowledge might be applied to teacher education and what this may mean for children. An original method of auto-ethnography is introduced as a means of discovering sources of the personal values, attitudes, experiences and passions that contribute to resilience. The researcher argues that an interpretivist paradigm and multiple perspectives are necessary to discover what preserves and strengthens a life in education. In the light of the autobiographical nature of this reserach, its literature review is confined to a re-analysis of writings that directly influenced a life in education. Ethnographic sources include six contrasting personal autobiographies, diaries, letters, and artworks plus transcri...

Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2004

Improving Schools, 2004

... Creative writing in place (from an original idea by Jill Parvin) Pupils were asked to watch c... more ... Creative writing in place (from an original idea by Jill Parvin) Pupils were asked to watch carefully and make notes whilst a tutor skulked and ... This course for 21 very lucky children provided us as educators with confidence to argue more strongly for a more creative and thinking ...

Improving Schools, 2007

This article is a summary of a cross-Arts, action research project in primary teacher education. ... more This article is a summary of a cross-Arts, action research project in primary teacher education. The Higher Education ARTS and Schools (HEARTS) project aimed at attitude and pedagogical change amongst teacher education students. The researchers chose to explore the effects and effectiveness of the Arts in making meaning and relevance for both children and university students. The project used challenging, outdoor experiences shared equally by students and pupils in an attempt to generate creative thinking. The article describes the project and highlights key research findings from a meta-analysis of student research assignments and logged student reflections. It suggests that there are major challenges for teacher education, in particular to support new teachers in discovering their own areas of creativity, enhancing those of the children they teach and in becoming more confident in making their own curricular contributions. The research also revealed neglected capacity in tutor/tut...

The Curriculum Journal, 2011

ABSTRACT The role of the emotions in learning has long been acknowledged but is often overlooked.... more ABSTRACT The role of the emotions in learning has long been acknowledged but is often overlooked. This article considers the impact one particular emotion, happiness, has on learning and the school curriculum. Recent reports have drawn attention to the importance of happiness (or the lack of it) by highlighting concerns about childhood well-being. At the same time, there is increasing evidence from psychology and neuroscience to suggest that periods of happiness are linked to personal growth, health and development. When we are happy it seems we are more likely to be receptive to outside stimuli than when we are sad or distressed. Happiness also makes us more disposed to engage in creative endeavour, which is itself another source of fulfilment. Positive psychologists argue that rather than being fixed, happiness, optimism and other positive traits can be learnt. We offer evidence from our own professional experience in teaching to corroborate these claims and to extend the debate about the relevance of affective neuroscience to education. In conclusion, we consider how a focus on happiness might underpin a positive approach to curriculum reform.