Monday 12 October 2009, Canterbury Campus

Programme

9.15 – 9.40am - Refreshments and Registration in Old Sessions Foyer

9.40 - 10.00am -  Welcome and Introduction in Og46
John Moss, Sue Piotrowski and Chris Beighton

10.00 – 11.00am Session A

Group One in Room Of42: Learning Opportunities in Augustine House.
Eric Parkinson and Sam Mcfarlane
The opening of Augustine House presents both challenges and opportunities. The resources from Augustine House will impact on the next generation of learning and teaching activities and materials that we will need to prepare for the future.

This session will examine some of the special education-related attributes of Augustine House. The session will assist in sharing an understanding of the learning potential of these attributes with colleagues. We need to recognise what is available and how new resources may shape programme design and ways of increasing the autonomy of learners.

Group Two in Room Mg12: Resilient Learning
Liz Hoult
What makes a resilient learner? Why is it that some people thrive in the education system despite considerable disadvantages and setbacks? This conversation will be informed by a completed doctoral study into representations of resilient adult learners. It will explore the capabilities that resilient learners seem to be able to perform and will consider how the findings might inform our practice as university teachers.

Group Three in Room Of27: Developing Teacher Educators' Research Identities.
Viv Griffiths and Liz Hryniewicz
'In the context of a growing need for teacher educators to engage in research, Viv Griffiths and Liz Hryniewicz have carried out an exploratory study looking into the barriers and enablers to research for teacher educators, especially the most effective kinds of research support. We would welcome ideas and suggestions, with a view to extending the research further.'

Group Four in Room Rg11: Biographical Perspectives in South East Kent.
Jacki Cartlidge
Discussion concerns an older learner following engagement in an HE research project accessing her `auto/biographical self' and taking it into the classroom with positive results for F.E. students who have been considered as `failing'.

Group Five in Room Lg48: Moving Beyond the Metaphor of Transfer of Learning'
Chris Carpenter and Bob Bowie
The conversation will respond to Hager, Paul and Hodkinson, Phil(2009) 'Moving beyond the metaphor of transfer of learning', British Educational Research Journal,35:4,619 ‹ 638, and reflecting on metaphors of learning in teacher education.

It will be essential for attendees to read the article before the conversation [pdf]| 

11.00 – 11.15am - Tea Break  in Old Sessions Foyer

11.15 – 12.15     Session B

There is a second opportunity to opt for Groups One, Two and Three. Groups four and five will be replaced with:

Group Four in Room Rg11:  An Education for the Twenty First Century
Margaret Sangster and Stephen Scoffham
There have been suggestions that the electronic revolution is changing the nature of human intelligence. How might this impact on the experiences we offer our students? and, what skills and abilities should we most prize in the first decade of the twenty first century? Come and bring your experiences and ideas to this topical discussion.

Group Five in Room Rg02: How can we improve the recruitment and retention of Black and Ethnic minority students?
Lynn Revell

12.30 Lunch in the Old Sessions Hall Og12

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