[Maths-Education] Seminar at King's College London

[Burke, Jeremy]

Apologies for cross-posting

You are invited to a presentation being given by Ken Ruthven at King's College London on Monday 30 January at 16:30 on

Redesign research for implementation at scale: an introductory probability module employing a dialogic teaching approach at early secondary level
Kenneth Ruthven, University of Cambridge
 This presentation will examine the design of an introductory probability module intended for implementation at scale within the English educational system as part of a programe of redesign research focusing on the teaching of mathematics and science at lower secondary level. As is customary in design research, development of the module was informed by principles drawn from the research literatures on effective pedagogy and on development of probabilistic thinking. A central principle was the development of dialogic approaches to classroom communication and reasoning in mathematics. The idea of ‘redesign research’ extends that of ‘design research’ by explicitly recognising that engineering improvement at scale within an educational system requires account to be taken of its current state and established norms, both curricular and pedagogical. Hence, development of the module was also informed by contemporary assessments of the state of the system, and by suggestions and feedback from a variety of classroom teachers trialling the module. This provided a basis for assessing the learning demand associated with proposed features and components of the module (relating both to the general dialogic approach and to the specific probability topic) in terms of the professional learning they required of teachers. Such considerations conditioned the design brief for the module, and shaped the design both of the classroom materials and the professional development associated with it.

The seminar will be held in Room G/8 in the Waterloo Bridge Wing, that is the building just at the foot of Waterloo Bridge on the Southbank of the River - just by the IMAX and very near to Waterloo Station and Underground. I should be grateful if you would email me if you are going to attend this seminar.

Thanks

Jeremy

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Jeremy Burke
Department of Education and Professional Studies
King's College London
Franklin Wilkins Building (WBW)
Waterloo Road
London SE1 9NH
UK

jeremy.burke at kcl.ac.uk<mailto:jeremy.burke at kcl.ac.uk>