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MMES 2012/1325th April 2013, University of LeicesterEvent: Research Seminar Speaker: Andrew Noyes (Nottingham) Title: On multi-scale methods and the use of secondary datasets in education research Abstract: Over the last six years I have been researching various aspects of 14-19 mathematics education, increasingly making use of large national datasets and a range of quantitative approaches. These are part of an approach that I term multi-scale whereby the researcher seeks to bridge the close-up, fine-grain and explanatory possibilities of case study and the large-scale, system analyses afforded by increasingly comprehensive yet complex national datasets. This bridging reflects something of my own academic trajectory in which I have recently determined to position myself in a more statistical research space. This journey is not without its challenges and I will reflect on some of these in the seminar. This research programme has partly been possible because of the growing interest, not least by funders, in the use of secondary datasets such as National Pupil Database. Drawing upon my earlier 'Geographies' project and a recently awarded project that will make use of NPD, HESA and BCS1970, I will outline some of the possibilities and problems of working with these big-ish data. Time: 3.00pm Location: School of Education, 6 University Road. This is Building 6 on the campus map. Details of how to get to the university are here. Contact: Sue Forsythe [email] 13th February 2013, Loughborough UniversityEvent: Research Seminar Speaker: Alejandro González-Martín (Montréal) Title: The teaching of series and teachers’ personal relation to series Abstract: Abstract: In this presentation, we will give a portrait of the teaching of infinite series of real numbers in pre-university courses in Québec (collégial). We will discuss our data concerning our analyses of a sample of 17 textbooks used by collégial centres over a period of 15 years and interviews to five collégial teachers. Based on the analyses of the official program and the 17 textbooks, and using the anthropological theory of the didactics as a framework, we will characterise the institutional relationship with series that the collégial institution seems to have. We will then discuss the data concerning the interviews and will compare them with the data from the textbooks, characterising the teachers’ personal relationship with series, in particular as a consequence of institutional recommendations. We will finally discuss some possible consequences for students’ learning as a consequence of institutional practices. Time: 4.00pm Location: Mathematics Education Centre, Schofield Building, Room A128. Details of how to get to Loughborough are available here. The Schofield Building is number 59 on this map. Contact: Ian Jones [email] 3rd December 2012, University of BirminghamEvent: Research Seminar Speaker: Danyal Fansani (Birmingham) Title: The complementary functions of learning mathematics in two languages versus one Abstract: In this Seminar I will investigate the learners' linguistic practices (Blackledge and Creese, 2010) during a bilingual mathematics classroom in an Iranian complementary school in the UK. By drawing on the current literature on complementary schools (Creese et al., 2007a; b; c; 2008), I will explain how multilingual mathematics classroom provide an opportunity to develop different pedagogic possibilities for British-Iranian learners. Furthermore, I will discuss how a bilingual mathematics lesson in a complementary school 'complements' the work that goes on in a monolingual mathematics lesson in a mainstream school. Time: 5.00pm
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Room 423b, (Fourth Floor) Education Building, Edgbaston Campus. Contact: Kirsty Wilson [email] 23rd October 2012, University of LeicesterEvent: Research Seminar Speaker: Helen Fielding (Nottingham Trent) Title: An exploration of student teachers’ understanding, attitudes and beliefs in relation to fractions.
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Dr. Helen Fielding will report on her recently completed doctorial study which focused not only on the aspects of fractions which student teachers found difficult but also explored their perceived areas of strength. This study adopted a phenomenographical approach in order to provide further insight into each student teacher’s subject knowledge. The purpose of this study was to discover the individual and distinct ways in which each student teacher understood fractions and the strategies they adopted to address problems. Time: 5.00pm Location: School of Education, 6 University Road. This is Building 6 on the campus map. Details of how to get to the university are here. Contact: Sue Forsythe [email] |