Mathematics Education Research Group (MERG)

How do Elementary Teachers manage to teach serious Mathematics to all students

Magdalene Lampert, University of Michigan, USA.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Monday 09 May 2016, 17:00-18:30

Mathematics Education Research Group (MERG)

Dialogue and transformative learning in STEM Education: the case of Mexico and the UK

Prof. Juan Manuel Fernández-Cardenas, Tecnólogico de Monterrey, Mexico & Prof. Catherine Montgomery, University of Hull, UK.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 20 October 2015, 17:30-19:00

Mathematics Education Research Group (MERG)

Social Epistemic Cognition and STEM Learning: What New Evidence Do We Have from MOOC Big Data?

Dr. Rosanna Yuen-Yan Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Monday 08 June 2015, 16:30-18:00

Kazakhstan Programme Research Seminar Series

Working without shame in international educational development? From consequentialism to casuistry

Professor David Bridges, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Thursday 05 February 2015, 17:00-18:30

Kazakhstan Programme Research Seminar Series

Collaborative teacher learning in Kazakhstan: Is it something new or well-forgotten past?

Nazipa Ayubayeva (PhD student, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and Vice-Chair, Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools, Kazakhstan).

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Thursday 13 November 2014, 17:45-18:30

Kazakhstan Programme Research Seminar Series

“Leave me Alone – Simply Let Me Teach”: An exploration of teacher professionalism in Kyrgyzstan

Nurbek Teleshaliyev (PhD student, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge).

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Thursday 13 November 2014, 17:00-17:45

Kazakhstan Programme Research Seminar Series

New Educational Governance in Post-Socialist Education Space: Examining the (Side)Effects of International Comparisons, Benchmarking, and Best Practices

Iveta Silova, Associate Professor and Program Director, Comparative and International Education, College of Education, Lehigh University, USA.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 11 November 2014, 11:00-12:00

Kazakhstan Programme Research Seminar Series

Globalizing Minds: Rhetoric and Realities in International Schools

Iveta Silova, Associate Professor and Program Director, Comparative and International Education, College of Education, Lehigh University, USA.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 11 November 2014, 10:00-11:00

Mathematics Education Research Group (MERG)

Measuring Science process skills objectively in a Malaysian context

Refreshments from 16.15

Dr Eng-Tek Ong.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Friday 13 June 2014, 16:30-18:00

Mathematics Education Research Group (MERG)

To measure is to know –learning progressions in scientific inquiry

Refreshments available from 4.15pm

Professor Rüdiger Tiemann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Chemie.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 29 April 2014, 16:30-18:00

Kazakhstan Programme Research Seminar Series

Language-in-education policy: Towards a research agenda in Kazakhstan

Professor Timothy Reagan, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 19 November 2013, 16:30-18:00

Kazakhstan Programme Research Seminar Series

The ethics and politics of the international transfer of educational policy and practice

Prof. Bridges will talk about a paper that is available for reading in advance. We hope in this way to enable a full discussion of the issues raised.

Prof. David Bridges, Director of Research (Kazakhstan and Mongolia Programmes), University of Cambridge Faculty of Education.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Thursday 23 May 2013, 17:00-18:30

Kazakhstan Programme Research Seminar Series

Cultural and Institutional Dimensions of Transformation: Tensions and complementarities

Prof. Dr. Giedrius Jucevicius, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania).

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 07 May 2013, 17:00-18:30

Arts, Culture and Education

One-to-one pedagogy: exploring supervisory practices in music research training

Contact Pam Burnard (pab61@cam.ac.uk) if you are intending to come

SCOTT HARRISON, Queensland Conservatorium,Griffith University, Australia .

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Monday 24 September 2012, 14:00-15:30

Arts, Culture and Education

Engagement in different contexts: What enables or restricts the Artist Teacher?

All welcome! Contact Pam Burnard (pab61@cam.ac.uk) if you are intending to come

Neryl Jeanneret & Robert Brown, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 18 September 2012, 14:00-15:30

Second Language Education Group

Talking Classrooms -Interim findings from a classroom-based enquiry exploring the relationship between input, interaction and spontaneous talk in the primary classroom.

Bernardette Holmes, University of Cambridge Language Centre.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Tuesday 24 May 2011, 17:00-18:30

Second Language Education Group

Using metaphorical representations to discern young learners’ beliefs about foreign language learning

Linda Fisher, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ, DMB, Room GS5.

Monday 07 March 2011, 16:30-18:00