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2023
December
2019
December
October
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Irreligious Educators: What do they believe?
-An empirical study of the religious beliefs of secondary RE teachers in England and Scotland by Graeme Nixon (University of Aberdeen, UK), David R. Smith (University of Aberdeen, UK), and Jo Fraser-Pearce (UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK)
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Exploring teacher educators' promotion of educational inclusion in Initial Teacher Education
-The educational inclusion of all children, grounded in the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, presents an ongoing challenge for teacher educators to prepare new and existing teachers to address the rights of increasingly diverse categories of learners.
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Mobile Learning: Facts and Myths
-Dr Teresa Cardoso, from Open University Lisbon, will be visiting the School as part of an ERASMUS staff training.
September
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Promoting Inclusion in Society through Education: Professional Dilemmas in Practice
-We would like to invite you to join us for a world café session to share and discuss issues related to digital learning.
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Digital Learning Projects
-Digital learning projects at the Seminar für Ausbildung und Fortbildung der Lehrkräfte Tübingen (Gymnasium), Germany
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KINDIMNI
-The Kindergarten as a factor of inclusion for migrant children and their families
May
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SERA Workshop Day 2019
-The SERA workshop day will enhance the research skills and knowledge of PhD students or early career researchers.
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Mindfulness; Theraputic Use of Self and Acute In-patient Mental Health Care
-The seminar presentation will provide details of the planned research and provide an opportunity for the questions and views of the audience to further inform the research strategy.
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Using 'Timeline Interviews' with first year MA Education students
-The timeline interview is a relatively new technique, generally used to gather qualitative information with regard to life experiences. Cathy Francis shares some of the work that first year MA Education students have produced using this method.
March
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Leading by Tweeting: values-based leadership
-What is the purpose and impact of organisational values? And how do personal values and organisational values interact. Neil McLennan will lead a workshop looking at values within organisations before linking this to a recent popular blog post on the Business School website in which he asked:- "What is the...
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Mindful Leadership: The role of mindfulness in business success
-Mindfulness is everywhere! Schools, hospitals, sports coaches, artists and businesses are investigating secular (non-religious) mindfulness. Some bold claims have been made for this form of secular meditation such as that it can improve mental health, attention, relationships, leadership, creativity and compassion.
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Create the Future - Meet the PGDE Secondary Team
-Come and meet our PGDE Secondary team and consider teaching as a career to inspire future generations.
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Preparing Student Teachers to support pupils in schools with high numbers of pupils living in social and economic disadvantage: insights from a mixed methods study.
-As part of the Lunchtime Research Seminar series, a group of academics from the School of Education will present this study.
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Inclusion in Cambodia
-If you missed this last year, here is another opportunity to watch the video about the work of KHEN, an education Non-Governmental Organisation based in Cambodia.
February
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Teaching Makes People Roadshow
-If you have ever considered a career in teaching, now is your chance to find out more by attending the Scottish Government's 'Teaching Makes People' roadshow.
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Secular Mindfulness: The Full Catastophe
-Dr Will Barlow will be responding to Dr Graeme Nixon's paper, Secular Mindfulness: The Full Catastrophe.
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Rogers in China: Post-traumatic growth in the aftermath of disaster
-Can Carl Rogers' person centred approach offer any assistance to working in areas of trauma?
2018
December
November
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Challenging Notions of a 'Good Practicum'
-Dr David Johnson will present as part of the School of Education Research Seminar Series.
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Senior Team Maths Challenge
-This event was fully booked
The Senior Team Maths Challenge (STMC) is jointly organised by the UKMT and the Advanced Support Programme (AMSP)
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The Professional Development Needs of Teacher Educators: a Scottish Perspective
-Many nations have become convinced that teaching is one of the most important school-related factors in student achievement. Teacher preparation and development are key building blocks in developing effective teachers. By association, the preparation and professional development of teacher educators is also of paramount importance.
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A Social Practice Approich to Adult Literacies in Rwanda
-As part of the Festival of Social Science with Dr Aileen Ackland, Dr Peter Mtika and Professor Pamela Abbott.
October
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Race and Racism Group
-The Race & Racism Group (RRG) is a new group dedicated to the engagement with the full range of aspects associated with race and racism. The first meeting will be taking place at the end of this Black History Month (31 October 2018).
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Investigating the Role of Learner's Perceptions on a New Integrated Pedagogical Approach at the Tertiary Level in Libya
-Seham S El Saiti will be presenting a thesis investigating the role of an alternative integrated approach to learning with tertiary zoology students in Libya.
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The Future of Aid: The impact of the Trump administration and of the Brexit proposal
-As part of One World Week, Dr Michael Tribe will be presenting the John Forster Memorial Lecture.
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The Alexander Kielland Accident in 1980: the memory and trauma of 123 dead oil workers
-Marie Smith-Solbakken (Professor of History University of Stavanger) and Hans-Jørgen Wallin Weihe (Professor of social work and lecturer of history The Inland University of Applied Sciences) will present based on interviews with survivors and others involved with the incident along with archival research.
September
June
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Thematic Analysis in the Light of Design Based Research
-Dr Karen Paaske and Dr Frede KrØjgaard have collaborated with a Danish municipality on implementing a teacher induction programme focusing on setting up mentorships for all newly qualified teachers.
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ChildhoodNature in the Anthropocene: the need for a renaturing of education
-This seminar considers the need to examine childhoodnature experiences and the way in which these might be influential in shaping an agenda for education in the Anthropocene.
May
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When ethnographical engagement meets the therapeutic encounter: Freud's Father, Fanon's Mom and Me
-This event was cancelled
Dr Salma Siddique explores infidelity in fieldwork (Coffey 1999) and how we can reconcile our traumatic past into the present by bringing the self into the field of emotional (dis)engagement as part of the Research Seminar Series.
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The May Festival 2018
-The May Festival occupies a unique place in Aberdeen's Festival calendar, and is back for its 6th year running.
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Schools and the Sanitising of Religion: Bad Religion as False Religion
-As part of the School of Education Research Seminar Series, Dr David R Smith will present research from a project undertaken by himself, Dr Graeme Nixon (University of Aberdeen) and Dr Jo Pearce (University College London) arguing that bad - violent - religion is not false religion, in spite of...
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Creating waves? Exploring Posthumanist influences within research and practice for Initial Teacher Education
-As part of the School of Education Research Seminar Series, Carolyn Cooke presents examples from her teaching and a research exploring how posthumanism has begun to influence her research and practice within ITE.
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KINDINMI - The Kindergarten as a means of Inclusion for migrant children and their families
-This EU Erasmus funded project, with partner universities in Uppsala, Sweden, Vienna, Austria, Aberdeen, Scotland and Olomouc, Czech Republic, aims to increase knowledge about local, national and European strategies and good practice around the inclusion of very young migrants in pre-school education as a means to encourage better opportunities for...
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Research circles in a Nordic research project on mentoring in teacher education and in the teacher profession
-The presentation is based on the project, "Professionalization through mentoring - ProV", which is focused on networking, partnership and collaboration between universities and schools in Nordic countries.
March
2015
November
October
September
June
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Scottish Universities Insight Institute funded Seminar Series: Equality 2015
-SEMINAR 2 focuses on a number of intertwined themes: How is the children's rights agenda relevant to issues of inequality? What can services do to help tackle social inequalities, especially in a climate of austerity? How does poverty impact on children's access to services, social participation, and opportunities...
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Lunchtime Research Seminar - Interactive Café Workshop Session
-Joan Forbes, Archie Graham, Lynne Shiach & Anne Valyo will be hosting an an interactive café workshop session on children's experiences and expressions of poverty. For further information about this seminar and to view the eFlyer click here
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Community Learning and Development Summer School
-Don't miss out – Register now to book your place! For further information about the Summer School and to view the eBrochure click here Venues: Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen and Rosemount Community Centre, Aberdeen
May
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Lunchtime Research Seminar - Tiina Laajala and Pirjo-Liisa Lehtelä
-Experiences and Possibilities of Online Counselling
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The Elphinstone Institute Ethnographic Film Series - Two Years at Sea
-The next Elphinstone Institute ethnographic film is Two Years at Sea which will be followed by question and answer session with Jake Williams, the star of the film.
April
March
February
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Aberdeen Learning Festival 2015: Raising Attainment & Achievement for All
-Roseanne Fitzpatrick and two students in an early career Masters programme will present a seminar on Enhancing literacy learning for pupils through teacher engagement in a small scale classroom based professional enquiry project.
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'Searching for Sugarman' - part of a monthly film series hosted by The Elphinstone Institute
-Monthly ethnographic film series. Hosted by The Elphinstone Institute, the series will present a variety of ethnographic films followed by a discussion.
2014
November
June
May
February
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Lunchtime Research Seminar - Karolina Gombert
-Lunchtime Research Seminar - Karolina Gombert
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Lunchtime Research Seminar - Sheila Nutkins
-Lunchtime Research Seminar - Sheila Nutkins
January
2013
December
November
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Ethics: Equality and Inclusion in our Research
-The purpose of this workshop is to explore the place of ethics in research for both staff and research students across the School of Education. Many people in the school are involved in research which includes partners in schools, community and care settings both as participants and as co-constructors of...
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Aberdeen Humming - Public Sound Installation
-Aberdeen Humming is a public sound installation that brings out the sense of place and of community through humming.
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Lunchtime Research Seminar - Birna María Svanbjörnsdóttir
-We never hurt anyone on the inside or the outside': The effect of British preoccupation with harm avoidance on children's moral lives
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Lunchtime Research Seminar - Ruth Woods
-`We never hurt anyone on the inside or the outside': The effect of British preoccupations with harm avoidance on children's moral lives This seminar will be delivered by Ruth Woods, focusing on her research study and findings For further information about this seminar and to view the eFlyer click here. Venue: MacRobert Building...
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University Post Graduate Open Day
-We will have a stand. Postgraduate Staff will be on hand to discuss CLPL Masters Courses Pre appointments can be made via the open day web site URL below.
October
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Understanding the Importance of Context for Teachers' Professional Learning in Malta and Scotland
-Lunchtime Research Seminar - Dr Rachel Shanks & Dr Michelle Attard Tonna
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Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) Study Day
-Action Research; Pathways to Health and Well Being
September
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Grounded Theory Method: Research Seminar and Workshop
-Seminar and workshop led by Professor Tony Bryant on the subject of the Grounded Theory Method.
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Northern Partnership Development
-All local authority partners are being invited to help create a Northern Partnership Agreement.