Resources: Staff role

5 resources found for "Staff role"

Towards a psychodynamic model of the student experience

This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, issue 11, summer 2008. In it Dr Tony Brown writes about how using a psychodynamic model of student learning may change our thoughts about poorly performing students. A psychodynamic paradigm begins from a fundamentally different position. Student desire for learning is construed as relational, so when student learning has been disrupted, the focus shifts to the student’s relationships and how these...

Teacher Educator Induction Project Phase II

This is an ESCalate commissioned project for 2010/11, led by Professor Jean Murray of the University of East London. The aim is to continue to enhance the academic induction of newly appointed lecturers in teacher education. This includes school teachers who have been appointed to higher education posts that involve training student teachers for early years, primary and secondary age phases. It also includes those lecturers who have recently been...

Promoting cohesion, challenging expectations

This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, issue 18, autumn 2010 by Peter Hick of Manchester Metropolitan University. Peter Hick and his team have been looking at ways in which the teachers of tomorrow are being educated about race equality and diversity in 21st century schools

Mechanisms of support for students and their supervisors on the OU EdD

This is a presentation given by Linda Haggarty of CREET (Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology) about ways of supporting staff and students in terms of the structure and assessment of the Open University's Doctorate of Education course. The course covers Curriculum, equity and assessment, Language and Literacy, Inclusive education/special education, Child development, Developing Lifelong Learning, Educational management and...

The power of the written word

This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010, a celebration of 10 years of the education subject centre. Jenny Moon explains how she was able to develop her research skills and publish her findings through ESCalate support and encouragement