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22 Jun 2011 08:43:08
Some 230 primary undergraduate and postgraduate teaching students at the University of Bedfordshire recently took part in a Primary Research Conference. The event, held at the University’s Bedford campus, was jointly sponsored by the University and the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE).
The Conference, in its second year, featured a programme of 24 student presentations, where research findings were presented following the completion of student dissertations (BEd students) or research assignments (Masters Level PGCE students).
The student presentations covered a wide variety of subjects including Assessing the ability of left-handers in writing and marking, Do reward systems have a positive effect on children’s behaviour, and, The effectiveness of interactive PC –based strategy games within history teaching.
The Conference also featured two special guest speakers. Dr Di Duncan from ASPE (the Association for the Study of Primary Education) provided an overview of the current primary teaching landscape and also announced that a special issue of ASPE’s international journal Education 3-13 will be produced to showcase 10 of the presentations from the conference.
Educationalist and author Sue Cowley, gave a highly interactive presentation focussing on creative and positive thinking in the classroom, which was extremely well received by those students about to start their teaching careers (over half of the graduating cohorts have already secured teaching posts for September 2011).
Dr Neil Burton, who organised the conference and is a Lecturer in Education at the Bedford campus said: “By having their research findings valued and reaffirmed by their peers, the student presenters gained enormous confidence from the event.
“Feedback from students and staff indicate the Conference was a success. The students, who will be doing their dissertations next year, were absolutely buzzing by the end of the day.”
Images: Top - From left, Cathy Thornhill, Head of Primary Education Department and guest presenter Dr Di Duncan from the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE)
Above - Sue Cowley
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