http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/education/research/research.aspx?RelatedItemsList_SyndicationType=1 Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/the-moral-gap.aspx Self-reflection on character can be stimulated by carefully-planned social interactions. Two new interventions, a social networking website and hard-copy journal, designed to enhance future-mindedness, are to be created, piloted, researched, and then scaled up. The research is funded by the Templeton Foundation. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:19:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/the-moral-gap.aspx education School of Education university Bham research character moral teaching learning http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/womens-leadership-preparation.aspx This research seeks to discover which members of the secondary school SLT access in-service leadership development opportunities (as women and men; white and black and minority ethnic leaders). It is funded by the British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:58:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/womens-leadership-preparation.aspx School leadership School of Education professional education teachers Birmingham UK secondary school Kay Fuller jo cliffe http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/barriers-to-access.aspx This study builds on previous research in Malawi by Dr Pat Lund from the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences in Coventry University and Dr Paul Lynch from the School of Education. This British Academy funded project aims to identify the key determinants preventing young people with albinism from accessing education in five rural villages in northern Malawi. Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:06:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/barriers-to-access.aspx Malawi Paul Lynch international VICTAR DISN School of Education University of Birmingham UK research albinism africa http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/childrens-lives.aspx In 2012, the School of Education worked with Birmingham Archives and Heritage on an exhibition: Children's Lives: From the Birmingham Collections. This exhibition was held in Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:15:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/childrens-lives.aspx education Birmingham exhibition childrens lives university heritage Archives UK art History history of education DOMUS domus-event http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/creative-writing.aspx The creative writing workshop project is designed to provide a counterpoint to a dominant discourse around the teaching of writing in the secondary English classroom that emphasises product as opposed to process and that values genre and technique above content. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:15:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/creative-writing.aspx teachers course degree School of Education university Birmingham Bham awards UK qualification teaching learning masters pedagogy children international Postgraduate development classroom pgce PGDip teacher training http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/parental-involvement-interventions.aspx The outcome of this research, funded by Nuffield, will be to describe a range of interventions for parents with children of different ages, to enhance their involvement in children's learning Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:04:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/parental-involvement-interventions.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/early-childhood-development-malawi.aspx This research, funded by Sightsavers, will be looking at parents'/carers' attitudes, beliefs and behaviour towards their children with visual loss in Malawi Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:07:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/early-childhood-development-malawi.aspx VICTAR School of Education University of Birmingham research Malawi sight loss visual impairment international Paul Lynch http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/academy-schools-south-africa.aspx In collaboration with the Vaal University of Technology in South Africa and funded by the local National Research Foundation, Professor Tom Bisschoff is leading a project on academy type schools for the ever increasing problem of failing schools in two of the nine provinces in South Africa. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:10:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/academy-schools-south-africa.aspx research School of Education education university Birmingham Bham academies south africa teaching failing schools international school research http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/subject-choice.aspx This project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, evaluates the effects of providing 15-16 year-old students with information about the differences between earnings of graduates from different subjects. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:19:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/subject-choice.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/modernising-medical-careers.aspx Selecting the right doctors for speciality training is important for the doctors applying, those with whom they will work and for the patients who will be treated by them in the NHS. This project evaluated a number of pilot selection processes and existing national selection processes for specialty trainees in the NHS. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:08:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/modernising-medical-careers.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/researching-multilingualism.aspx This project, funded by the ESRC under its Researcher Development Initiative, aims to provide for researchers at different points in their career, advanced training and development activities which are related to the study of multilingualism and to multilingualism in research practice. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:30:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/researching-multilingualism.aspx Multilingualism linguistics language Birmingham School of Education research university teaching learning mosaic http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/rnib-transitions.aspx This 5 year research project funded by the RNIB is looking at the transition of blind and partially sighted young people from the age of 14 years of age through to employment or further education. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:40:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/rnib-transitions.aspx RNIB visual blind sighted young people partially sighted education Birmingham Bham research School of Education UK university http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/shape/index.aspx The aim of this ESRC funded project, will be to contribute to shaping the future landscape of technology use for children on the autism spectrum in the classroom, and through this to contribute to educational advancement, emotional wellbeing and positive outcomes for children. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:04:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/shape/index.aspx autism technology School of Education shape University of Birmingham research Karen guldberg children Special Needs learning http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/enabler.aspx Using a Big Lottery Fund grant, the RNIB, Action for Blind People and the University of Birmingham (VICTAR) aim to improve the employment prospects for thousands of the UK's blind and partially sighted population by ascertaining key employment needs amongst blind and partially sighted job seekers. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:13:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/enabler.aspx visual blind sight research education School of Education university Birmingham Bham UK http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/usher-syndrome.aspx Funded by SENSE, this research will be examining the lives of people with Usher syndrome types 1, 2 and 3.. We will talk to people at different stages in their lives to understand their experience of diagnosis and the impact this has on planning for life and identity. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:23:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/usher-syndrome.aspx teachers course degree School of Education university education Birmingham Bham UK qualification pedagogy children international Postgraduate research improvement development disability Special Needs DISN Usher syndrome cochlear implantation deaf vision http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/quantitative-methods/index.aspx This two year research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) will show Quantitative Methods trainers how to encourage social science undergraduates in many subject areas to engage with, use and re-use numeric evidence both wisely and appropriately Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:04:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/education/projects/quantitative-methods/index.aspx quantitative research Undergraduates students Birmingham Bham UK university social science