THE STANDING CONFERENCEON TEACHER EDUCATION, NORTH AND SOUTH

Fifteenth Annual Conference#SCoTENS2017

FRIDAY 13 & SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 2017, CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL, DUNDALK

Closing Keynote address 11.30am Saturday 14 October Professor Viv Ellis, Kings College London

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Opening Keynote address 2.30pm Friday 13 October

Professor Coleen McLaughlin, University of Cambridge

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PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 13 OCTOBERHamilton Suite

Chair: Dr Noel Purdy, Director of Research and Scholarship and Head of Education Studies, Stranmillis University College and co-Chair SCoTENS1.00pm Lunch and registration Hamilton Suite Foyer1.45pm Opening remarks by Dr Noel Purdy, co-Chair SCoTENS 1.50pm Official opening2.30pm Keynote address by Professor Colleen McLaughlin, Director of Educational Innovation, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Evidence, innovation and care in schools – the issues and challenges3.30pm Refreshments Hamilton Suite Foyer4.00pm Parallel workshops Workshop 1: Developing confidence in Computational Thinking Meeting Room 4 Workshop 2: THE PLAI Study: Playful Learning Across Ireland Meeting Room 5 Workshop 3: Teacher Education: Exploring the Professional Development of School Leaders Meeting Room 6 5.30pm Session ends7.00pm Drinks reception in Hamilton Suite Foyer to launch two SCoTENS reports: 1. 2016 SCoTENS Annual Report launched by Ms Ruth Taillon, Director, Centre for Cross Border Studies and Secretary SCoTENS 2. Teacher educator professional learning: Shaping the conversation of teacher education? launched by Dr Joanne MOLES, Co-Director PG Mentoring Programme, University of Limerick 8.00pm Conference Dinner The Hamilton Suite

SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER

Chair: Professor Kathy Hall, Professor of Education and Head of School, University College Cork and co-Chair SCoTENS9.30am Parallel Workshops Workshop 1: Developing confidence in Computational Thinking Meeting Room 4 Workshop 2: THE PLAI Study: Playful Learning Across Ireland Meeting Room 5

Workshop 3: Teacher Education: Exploring the Professional Development of School Leaders Meeting Room 6 Doctoral Workshop (Invitation only) The Hamilton Suite11.00am Refreshments Hamilton Suite Foyer11.30am Keynote Address by Professor Viv Ellis, Chair in Educational Leadership and Teacher Development, King’s College London Innovation, evidence and reform: A vocabulary of change in teacher education 12.30pm Lunch Farenheit Grill1.30pm Panel comprising Dr Conor Galvin, Director of Graduate Studies, MA Education Programme, University College Dublin Ms Michelle Sliney, Principal, Gaelcholáiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co Cork, Dr Glenda Walsh, Head of Early Years Education and Principal Lecturer, Stranmillis University College Ms Shauna McGill, Lecturer in Education, Ulster University 3.00pm Closing remarks by Professor Kathy Hall co-Chair SCoTENS

Where/how? TentSCoTENS came into being in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement – which will be 20 years ago in 2018. Working with Professor Etienne Wenger at last year’s conference, the Committee discussed how we might examine the value of SCoTENS across the island. He offered us a value creation framework as a means of analysis and suggested that we should collect and analyse the stories of those who are part of SCoTENS. As part of this process we would love to hear your SCoTENS stories and have set up a place for you to record these during this year’s conference (Where/ how? Tent). We would be delighted to hear about your experiences and your views about SCoTENS. Please pop in at any time during the conference – we can promise a chocolate bar as a small ‘thank you’.

WORKSHOPS:

Workshop 1: Developing confidence in Computational ThinkingMeeting Room 4

Dr Pamela Cowan, PGCE Course Director, Queen’s University Belfast and Dr Richard Millwood, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin

This workshop will report on the CTwins project - a cross-border experience for teachers who are willing but unconfident in computing. Participants will be invited to playfully work in pairs to create computer programs and discuss the place of Computational Thinking across the curriculum.

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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AND CHAIRPERSONS

Dr Noel Purdy is Director of Research and Scholarship and Head of Education Studies at Stranmillis University College, a college of Queen’s University Belfast. A qualified teacher, Dr Purdy taught Modern Languages in two post-primary schools in Northern Ireland but has also taught in Germany and Switzerland. He now lectures at undergraduate and

postgraduate level on Education Studies and pastoral care and has a particular research interest in tackling bullying in schools. He is a member and former Chair of the Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum (2013-2016) and was President of NASEN in Northern Ireland (2014-2016). He is a Fellow of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is Northern co-Chair of SCoTENS 2016-2019.

Professor Colleen McLaughlin is a professor at the University of Cambridge having just left the University of Sussex where she was Head of Department. At Cambridge she has the title Director of Educational Innovation and is engaged in thinking and developing innovative and impactful practice. She has been a teacher, a counsellor and has

worked in Local Authorities. She has worked in higher education since 1985 where she teaches and researches. She works in the fields of care, wellbeing and the personal and social aspects of education. She has had a number of recent major research pieces on emotional resilience, mental health and well-being.

Professor Kathy Hall is Professor of Education and Head of School in University College Cork. Previous appointments include Professor of Education at The Open University, Professor of Childhood Education at Leeds Metropolitan University and Senior Lecturer in Education at Christ Church, Canterbury. Prior to her work in higher education, she had the roles

of class teacher, Deputy Principal and Principal. Her research seeks to develop sociocultural understanding of learning and pedagogy and she has published widely in these areas. She is Southern co-Chair of SCoTENS 2016-2019.

Professor Viv Ellis was appointed to the Chair in Educational Leadership and Teacher Development at King’s College London in 2016. He is also a Professor II at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and a Research Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he is co-leading the development of a Centre for Innovation in Teacher Development (KCL - TC). He is also currently a member of the Advisory Panel on Teacher Education Reform for an agency of the Norwegian government.

Dr Conor Galvin (Cantab) is Director of Graduate Studies at the School of Education, University College where he also lectures and researches on various education, public policy and research methods programmes. He is President of the Education Studies Association of Ireland. His research interests include policy networks, social capital, professional knowledge and the impact of new and emergent technology on learning and society. He has been

Workshop 2: THE PLAI Study: Playful Learning Across IrelandMeeting Room 5

Dr Jacqueline Fallon, Director, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and Dr Glenda Walsh, Head of Early Years Education and Principal Lecturer, Stranmillis University College.

In an attempt to resolve some of the lingering tensions involved in implementing play as learning in early years classrooms across the island of Ireland, a shared form of professional development known as ‘Playful Learning’ was delivered together to a group of student teachers in the final years of their degree programme both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The professional development programme was two-fold: it involved a shared programme of study on up-to-date research and practices on playful learning and teaching and a playful learning intervention, where students, both North and South, had the opportunity to plan and implement a series of playful learning experiences in an early years classroom/setting of their choice. This workshop will report on the impact of such an intervention on student teachers’ beliefs and practices about playful approaches to teaching and learning and will attempt to unpick the underpinning features of a high quality playful learning approach in practice.

Workshop 3: Teacher Education: Exploring the Professional Development of School LeadersMeeting Room 6

Dr Sam McGuinness, Former Head of the School of Education, Ulster University and Professor Gerry Mac Ruairc, Centre for School Leadership.

This workshop will explore the structure of and rationale for two recent approaches to the professional development of school leaders North and South of the border – the lattice approach to leadership development from Graduate Certificate to Postgraduate Diploma in Headship MEd in Ulster University to the recently devised Postgraduate Diploma in School Leadership (PDSL) in association with the Centre for School Leadership (CSL), the Department of Education and Skills and a consortium of three universities NUI Galway, University College Dublin and University of Limerick.

Second SCoTENS Doctoral Workshop: (Invitation Only)The Hamilton Suite

Dr Conor Galvin, Director of Graduate Studies, MA Education Programme, University College Dublin, Dr Noel Purdy, co-Chair SCoTENS, Professor Linda Clarke, Lecturer in Education, Ulster University and Dr Maria Campbell, Lecturer in Education, St Angela’s College Sligo

This workshop will provide a mix of short presentations by participants on their work in progress and will also feature input by SCoTENS colleagues who are leaders in their field of Teacher Education and related research in Ireland and beyond.

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external evaluator on an EU funded project and has acted as assessor on a number of EU actions relating to the Information Society. Dr Galvin also contributes to education programmes at the UN Training School Ireland (UNTSI) where he has directed field exercises for both humanitarian and military personnel preparing for overseas deployment. Dr Galvin

holds The President’s Award for Teaching Excellence at UCD and is also a Teaching Award Holder 2016 of the prestigious Universities Teaching and Learning Forum / USI Award. He was a Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, Michaelmas Term in 2000 and again in Trinity 2009. Before joining UCD, Dr Galvin worked at University of Wales Swansea and University of Cambridge, England.

Ms Michelle Sliney is Principal of Gaelcholáiste Choilm in Ballincollig, Co Cork. Ms Sliney began her career in education as a primary school teacher. Her love of Mathematics urged her to complete a Masters degree in UCC. She subsequently lectured in the Mathematics Department in UCC for a number of years. In 1989 she joined the staff

of Coláiste Choilm, which at the time was a growing school of 270 students and 16 teachers. It is now one of the largest schools in the country with a student population of 1400 and 115 staff. In 2008 Ms Sliney was appointed Deputy Principal and in 2011 took up the role of Principal. She continues to teach a senior Mathematics class and regards this classroom contact as being hugely beneficial personally and professionally.

Dr Glenda Walsh is Principal Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and an expert in pedagogy, playfulness, learning and curriculum. She was involved in major government-funded projects including the longitudinal evaluation of the early years enriched curriculum project in Northern Ireland. Her research has a strong applied focus, having worked closely with

pre-schools, schools and diverse stakeholders. She has devised a ‘Quality Learning Instrument’ observational tool and models of good practice in ECE. She has written many book chapters and articles on play as pedagogy and her most recent publication is an edited book, published by Sage, entitled ‘Playful Teaching and Learning’ (Walsh, McMillan and McGuinness 2017).

Ms Shauna McGill is Course Director for the Primary PGCE at Ulster University. She has lectured in education at Ulster University for the past 10 years with a primary specialism in Maths and ICT. She completed her Master’s Degree at Stranmillis University College in 2007 and her BEd (Hons) in 2002 from the University of Glasgow. She was employed as a primary

school teacher and a member of the senior management team from 2002-2007. Her research interests include ITE Maths subject knowledge and the effective integration of mobile technology.

Professor Linda Clarke was born in Brooklyn, New York, moving to Northern Ireland in early childhood. She qualified as a

teacher in 1983 and served as a Geography teacher and Head of Department for 15 years. Her Master’s degree is in Education Technology and her PhD examines the use of e-learning in Teacher Education. She was appointed as a Lecturer in Education at Ulster University in 2001 with teaching responsibilities in initial teacher education (as Course Director in PGCE

Geography) and in CPD courses in the ICT pathway of the MEd. Professor Clarke served a four-year term as Head of the School of Education at Ulster from 2009 to 2013. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her key research interests lie in teacher education and pedagogical practice.

Dr Maria Campbell is Director of Graduate Programmes in the Education Department in St Angela’s College, Sligo. She teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate teacher education programmes. Over the past 15 years she has worked on a number of international research projects in Europe and Africa and her research interests and publications

focus on teaching and learning in multicultural contexts; identity development and minorities groups; and the reconceptualisation of initial teacher education. Her current research examines student teachers’ perceptions of culturally diverse classrooms in Northern and Southern Ireland; supporting the access and retention of lower socio-economic groups to/in initial teacher education and examining ways of enabling the dissenting voice of the teacher in the context of Irish initial teacher education reform.

Dr Pamela Cowan is the PGCE Course Director across all PGCE programmes and the Programme Co-ordinator for ICT/Computing in Stranmillis University College. She contributes to the Education and Professional Studies module through workshops in ICT/e-learning tools used in schools, inviting external organisations such as iTeach (for iPad training),

PSNI (for digital safeguarding) and NI Screen/INTO Film (for Digital Safeguarding). She also holds twililght courses in MinecraftEdu and short training sessions on course creation in Fronter. Her research interests encompass all aspects of using modern information technologies in educational contexts, assessment in education, structural equations modelling and issues in Mathematics and Computing Education. She has presented her work at numerous international conferences in Europe and the USA.

Dr Richard Millwood is Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, directing the MSc in Technology and Learning and supervising six PhD students in the Centre for Research in Information Technology in Education. He gained a BSc in Mathematics and Physics at King’s College London in 1976

and became a school teacher of Mathematics and Computer Studies. From 1980 to 1990 he led the software development of educational simulations in the Computers in the Curriculum Project at Chelsea College London. He then worked with Professor Stephen Heppell to create Ultralab, the learning technology

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research centre at Anglia Polytechnic University, acting as Head from 2005 to 2007. He then researched innovation in online higher education in the Institute for Educational Cybernetics at the University of Bolton until 2013, gaining a PhD by Practice ‘The Design of Learner-centred, Technology-enhanced Education’. His research interests at Trinity College Dublin include learning programming and computational thinking.

Dr Jacqueline Fallon is Director, Curriculum and Assessment with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in Dublin. Prior to taking up this post, she spent 10 years as a lecturer in Education in the Church of Ireland College of Education, followed by a period as lecturer in Early Childhood Education in the Institute of Education in Dublin City University.

She is a co-author of Síolta, the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education (CECDE, 2006). Her research interests include play pedagogy in the early years of primary school, the learning environment and teachers’ beliefs.

Dr Sam McGuinness Ulster University, is a member of BELMAS, BERA and AERA and has delivered papers at several international conferences, most recently at the ECER conference 2017 in Copenhagen. Originally principal of two schools in Northern Ireland, for the past decade he has lectured in Educational Leadership and Management as part of the

MEd degree course in the Monaghan, Athlone and Carrick-on Shannon education centres as well as in Magee College in Derry/Londonderry. Over the past six years he has designed and delivered two other postgraduate leadership programmes, a Certificate in Middle Leadership and a Diploma in Headship and there are almost 100 students on these courses this year. Recently his team won the tender to deliver leadership training for the Shared Education Signature Project. His interests are his family, music and golf.

Professor Gerry McRuairc is the Established Professor of Education and Head of School in NUI Galway. Previously he was a teacher, School Inspector and Associate Professor in the School of Education in University College Dublin. He has designed, developed and directed a number of graduate programmes in Education including two

innovative, online/blended courses on School Leadership - a one-year part-time Professional Diploma in Education Studies (PDES) (Leadership) and a two year, part-time MEd (Leadership). Professor Mac Ruairc has also held a Fellowship in Teaching and Academic Development.

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FRIDAY 13 & SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 2017, CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL, DUNDALK

SCoTENS COMMITTEE (2016-2017)

Dr Noel Purdy and Professor Kathy Hall (co-Chairs), Professor Linda Clarke, Dr Conor Galvin, Dr Geraldine Magennis (recently replaced by Dr Kieran McGeown), Professor Teresa O’Doherty, Dr Maria Campbell, Ms Moira Leydon, Dr Pamela Cowan,

Professor Anne Lodge, Mr John Hammond and Mr John Unsworth.

SPONSORS

The Department of Education and Skills, Dublin; the Department for the Economy, Belfast and the Department of Education, Bangor.

INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIBERS

Institute of Education, Dublin City University; Mary Immaculate College, Limerick; St Angela’s College, Sligo; Marino Institute of Education, Dublin; St Mary’s University College, Belfast; Stranmillis University College, Belfast; Dublin City University; University

College Dublin; Trinity College Dublin; National University of Ireland Galway; Maynooth University; University of Limerick; University College Cork; Queen’s University Belfast; Ulster University; National College of Art and Design; Waterford Institute of Technology;

Irish Federation of University Teachers; Irish National Teacher’s Organisation; Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland; Teachers Union of Ireland; National Council for Curriculum and Assessment; The Teaching Council (Ireland); General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland; Donegal Education Centre; Drumcondra Education Centre; Kildare Education Centre; Monaghan

Education Centre; Middletown Centre for Autism and Belfast Metropolitan College.

CONTACTS

The Standing Conference on Teacher Education, North and South (SCoTENS)The Secretary of the Standing Conference on Teacher Education, North and South is Ruth Taillon, and its Administrator

is Eimear Donnelly. They can be contacted at the Centre for Cross Border Studies, 39 Abbey Street, Armagh, BT61 7EB

Tel: 028 375 15292 Fax: 028 3751 1721Emails: r.taillon@qub.ac.uk and eimear.donnelly@qub.ac.uk

SCoTENS website: www.scotens.org

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