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SUMMARY:A practical introduction to MESH   - Professor Marilyn Leask\, Uni
 versity of Bedfordshire
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CONTACT:Susannah Lacon
DESCRIPTION:*Translational research and knowledge mobilisation:  an invita
 tion to find out how the MESH initiative can help you with your research a
 nd how academics can work with teachers in mobilising professional knowled
 ge*\n\nThe Faculty of Education at Cambridge has become a founder member o
 f MESH – Mobilising\, Managing and Mapping Educational Specialist knowho
 w. This seminar is an opportunity to find out how we all – academic and 
 practitioner researchers – can contribute fully to this exciting initiat
 ive. MESH is a newly developed ‘translational research’ system involvi
 ng educators worldwide in building a quality assured 'wikipedia'-type base
  of professional knowledge for teaching. \n\nMESH\, when fully developed\,
  will use an innovative knowledge mapping approach to produce MESH Guides 
 (www.MESHguides.org). These provide personalised research-based advice on 
 a wide range of topics in education\, and just-in-time learning to support
  teachers in extending and deepening their professional knowledge. Topic e
 xamples already in the pipeline include assessment for learning\, dyslexia
 \, learning theories\, motivation\, dialogue\, pedagogy for iPad use\, “
 neuromyths”\, emotional literacy\, adolescent illiteracy and other subje
 ct-specific topics. MESH provides a system supporting scaling up of small-
 scale research\, collaborative research\, online publishing and system imp
 rovement. It is rapidly taking off globally.\n\nIn 2009\, the OECD called 
 for the creation of knowledge-rich\, evidence-based systems to empower edu
 cational leaders and teachers with the knowledge needed to transform model
 s of schooling. MESH addresses this issue. Through collaborations such as 
 Map of Medical Healthguides\, the Cochrane Collaboration and the UK Nation
 al Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)\, policy into pract
 ice has been strengthened in the medical and health professions. \n\nThe e
 ducation sector has the technical expertise and credibility to provide the
  equivalent translational research (Concept to Classroom) through MESH –
  but we will need to collaborate. You may have noticed the EEF and ESRC as
  well as the GLA have put out a number of calls for research bids in educa
 tion on knowledge mobilisation and translational research. MESH members wi
 ll be putting in collaborative bids engaging staff from the network of org
 anisations that are involved.\n\nThis session introduces new ways of worki
 ng and digital publishing\, and opportunities for international collaborat
 ion through MESH. It also provides hands-on guidance for those who want to
  author a MESH guide or get involved in any way. We welcome all academics\
 , researchers and teachers. Come along and hear about how to get your own 
 area of research represented and shared globally!\n\n\n*Marilyn Leask* is 
 Professor of Educational Knowledge Management at the University of Bedford
 shire. She is on the steering group of MESH and on MESH editorial boards. 
 Marilyn was a member of the 2008 RAE Education panel and has initiated and
  managed a number of innovative projects focused on using digital technolo
 gies to support improvements in education. She was a UK founder member of 
 the European SchoolNet created in 1995 (www.eun.org). Marilyn was introduc
 ed to research as a teacher-researcher and then managed the teacher-resear
 cher network in Enfield for a couple of years. She initiated the TDA funde
 d Teacher Training Resource Bank as well as what became DFE’s TeacherNet
 . Marilyn also edits the major textbook series for secondary teacher train
 ing in the UK\, the Routledge Learning to Teach in the Secondary School se
 ries.\n
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, Donald McIntyre Building\, 184 Hills Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Room GS4
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