Department: Department of Education
Talks:

Monday 29 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

TeachQuest: Designing and testing a ‘serious game’ to attract prospective teachers. Department of Education is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Date: 29 April 2024, 12:45 - 14:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Robert Klassen (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D and Zoom
Organiser: Professor Steve Strand (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 30 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

ETC Hub Seminar: Toward new future scenarios: the role of physics education in meeting the challenge
Date: 30 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Lorenzo Miani (University of Bologna)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser: Dr Steve Puttick (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Multi-word constructions, linguistic development, and input variability in early foreign language classrooms
Date: 30 April 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Johannes Schulz (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H and online
Organiser: Ivan Au (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Handbook Series Launch – The Bloomsbury Handbooks of Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education
Date: 30 April 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Mary Drinkwater (University of Toronto, Yorkville University), Yusef Waghid, Patrick Deane (Queen's University, Canada)
Venue Details: Zoom webinar (online only)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Simon Marginson (CGHE Director & University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Reflective practice in the STEM disciplines
Date: 2 May 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Alison Cullinane (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room B
Organiser: Dr Karen Skilling (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Persisting Coloniality: Researching and Questioning the Bodleian Archives
Date: 2 May 2024, 12:50 - 13:55 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Devika (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Pedagogy of Hope for Global Social Justice Education
Date: 7 May 2024, 11:30 - 12:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Douglas Bourn (University College London)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D
Organiser: Dr Maia Chankseliani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Openness, Collaboration and Higher Education for Good
Date: 7 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Laura Czerniewicz (University of Cape Town, South Africa.)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: David Mills (University of Oxford)
Host: David Mills (University of Oxford)

Thursday 9 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Keeping Them Out: a study of whiteness in majoritised white senior leadership teams in Bristol schools
Date: 9 May 2024, 12:50 - 13:55 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Claire Stewart-Hall (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Simon Marginson in Conversation
Date: 9 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Simon Marginson (CGHE Director & University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: David Mills (University of Oxford)
Host: David Mills (University of Oxford)

Monday 13 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

How reliable were human raters when assessing second language English prosody? A Bayesian meta-analysis.
Date: 13 May 2024, 12:45 - 14:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : YuanYue Hao (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D and Zoom
Organiser: Professor Steve Strand (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Public Seminar Series: Generative AI and Education: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: 13 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Mike Sharples (Open University)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Ian Thompson (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Tackling fraudulent research: parallels with a virus
Date: 14 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Dorothy Bishop (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Ivan Au (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Collaboratively reimagining teaching and learning in East Africa
Date: 14 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Flora Masumbuo Fabian (Mwanza University (Tanzania)), Jonathan Harle (INASP), Albert Luswata (Uganda Martyrs University)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: David Mills (University of Oxford)
Host: David Mills (University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 16 May 2024, 12:50 - 13:55 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Jessica Pilgrim-Brown (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Subject Pedagogy Seminar: Curiosity-based problem solving and problem posing
Date: 16 May 2024, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Boris Koichu (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H
Organiser: Professor Gabriel Stylianides (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Student support and tuition fee systems in comparative perspective.
Date: 20 May 2024, 12:45 - 14:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Kenneth Nelson (University of Oxford), Dr Krzysztof Czarnecki (Stockholm University)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D and Zoom
Organiser: Professor Steve Strand (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Democratizing international student mobility? An assessment of challenges and opportunities from the “accessibility” perspective and the “relational-conduct” perspective
Date: 21 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Peidong Yang (National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Hybrid (Zoom and in Seminar Room A 15 Norham Gardens)
Organiser: David Mills (University of Oxford)
Host: David Mills (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Using, misusing, and abusing education research journals
Date: 22 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Gustavo Fischman (Arizona State University, USA)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Maia Chankseliani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

(Over) thinking exit ethics: Conceptualising a trauma-informed approach to the ethics around leaving the field
Date: 23 May 2024, 12:50 - 13:55 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Josie Scammell (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Generative artificial intelligence and language teaching and learning: Productive and responsible use and research possibilities
Date: 28 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Benjamin Moorhouse (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Ivan Au (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Body mapping as a participatory method
Date: 30 May 2024, 12:50 - 13:50 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Maaret Jokela-Pansini (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Do children perform better in religious schools?
Date: 3 June 2024, 12:45 - 14:00 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Christiaan Monden (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D and Zoom
Organiser: Professor Steve Strand (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Public Seminar Series: Rethinking scientific literacy in an era of pandemics, conspiracies and climate emergencies
Date: 3 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Justin Dillon (University College London)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser: Dr Ian Thompson (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Reading and vocabulary during transition to secondary school: how do we identify needs and increase enjoyment?
Date: 4 June 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Jessie Ricketts (Royal Holloway, University of London), Dr Laura Shapiro (Aston University)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Ivan Au (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The Evaluation Game: Why the Context of Implementation of Research Evaluation Systems Matters
Date: 4 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Emanuel Kulczycki (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (Poland))
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Hybrid (Zoom and in Seminar Room D 15 Norham Gardens)
Organiser: David Mills (University of Oxford)
Host: David Mills (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Qualitative evaluation straddling education and children’s social care
Date: 6 June 2024, 12:50 - 13:55 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Georgia Hyde-Dryden (University of Oxford), Dr Andrew Brown (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

The school senior leader workforce: preliminary results from analyses of demographic composition, leadership progression and turnover.
Date: 10 June 2024, 12:45 - 14:00 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Tom Perry (University of Warwick)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D and Zoom
Organiser: Professor Steve Strand (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Critical Poetic Inquiry
Date: 13 June 2024, 12:50 - 13:55 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dami Folayan (University of Cambridge)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 26 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

An international survey study exploring teachers’ perceptions on using mathematical storytelling: The case of England
Date: 26 June 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai-Techavijit (University of Reading)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Maia Chankseliani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 9 July 2024 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

Improving the Participation of Syrian Refugees in Education through Online Study Courses
Date: 9 July 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 12th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Amine Moussa (Paeradigms Switzerland), Dr. Clemens Wollny (Paeradigms Switzerland), Carol Switzer (Paeradigms Switzerland)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: David Mills (University of Oxford)
Host: David Mills (University of Oxford)