http://escalate.ac.uk/resources Latest Resources from ESCalate: The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Education Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:01:53 GMT Saturday Sunday 180 http://escalate.ac.uk/feeds/logo.jpg http://escalate.ac.uk/resources http://escalate.ac.uk/7402?rss=resources This is an ESCalate student project grant awarded to Rachel Shanks of the University of Aberdeen in 2010. The aim of this project is to further enhance the co-ordination and provision of professional learning models and opportunities for induction year teachers in the north of Scotland. By building... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7389?rss=resources Mental Health in Higher Education (mhhe) is a project of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). It is a collaboration between the HEA subject centres for Education (ESCalate), Health Sciences and Practice (HSaP), Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV), Psychology and Social Policy and... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7385?rss=resources Developing an understanding of emotional wellbeing and mental health is an essential component of initial teacher education – if learners are to be equipped both to support and nurture the mental health of pupils, and to enhance their own wellbeing and that of colleagues. With space in the... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7361?rss=resources This is an ESCalate Hot Topic article produced by Jim Reid of the University of Huddersfield about practice based learning. Our programme, like many others focussed on work with children and young people, has a practice learning component that was increasingly complex to manage in part due to... Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7360?rss=resources This is an ESCalate Hot Topic by Rebecca Bell of Nottingham Trent University on using the web tool ‘Wordle’ to help students make sense of their feedback. This approach would work by encouraging students to submit all of their module, term or even year’s feedback into Wordle (simple cut and paste).... Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7341?rss=resources This is a piece of ESCalate commissioned work led by Daphne Evans. The project focuses on the following areas: Exploration of the success of a newly introduced buddy system for students at risk of self harm. It includes establishing a pilot institutional strategy for student peer support at UC... Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7337?rss=resources In conversation is a regular feature in the ESCalate newsletter. The summer 2010 edition features Rosemary Deem and Julie Anderson as two past members of the ESCalate team. Here they talk about the things they enjoyed and the things they didn't and what they are doing now Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7336?rss=resources This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010, celebrating 10 years of the education subject centre. Rebecca Turner explains how the collaboration between ESCalate and the HELP CETL provided invaluable support for scholarly activity amongst staff at the University of Plymouth Colleges Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7335?rss=resources This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010, celebrating 10 years of the subject centre. Jill Anderson writes about what happens when a well-established subject centre supports the work of an interdisciplinary project to achieve remarkable results. It details the work of ESCalate in... Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7334?rss=resources Angela Jaap writes for the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010 on how she managed to secure funding from ESCalate for research into the influences that shape musical development in children Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7333?rss=resources This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010, celebrating 10 years of the education subject centre. Elisabeth Lazarus explains how an ESCalate grant was the catalyst for her research into the potential use of videopapers with PGCE students Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7332?rss=resources This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010. Sheena Banks praises the way in which ESCalate allows education professionals to share effective practice, new ideas, knowledge and resources. It is available as a PDF download of 2 pages Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7331?rss=resources This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010, celebrating 10 years of the education subject centre. Gordon Joyes write about supporting his education students’ use of video to help them and their peers reflect on the research process Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7330?rss=resources This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010 celebrating 10 years of the education subject centre. Helena Mitchell writes on how she became increasingly interested in issues of student employability as part of her work and with the help of an ESCalate grant has been able to conduct... Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://escalate.ac.uk/7329?rss=resources Britta Pollmuller writes for the ESCalate Newsletter June 2010 about how animation work is a proven way to build self confidence in the learner's creative abilities. She believes strongly in the power of animation projects to support the development of literacy, numeracy and social skills in... Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT