The University of Sheffield
The School of Education

Seminars, Conferences and Inaugural Lectures in The School of Education

October 2011
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Staff Research Seminar. The Celtic Tiger is Dead - Long Live the Knowledge-Based Economy

Dr Simon Warren, School of Education

Room 7.02 388 Glossop Road 12.15 to 2.00pm

18th October 2011

For further details please contact Karen Kitchen [K.Kitchen@Sheffield.ac.uk]

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Contesting Education and Research: PESGB Seminar Series 2011-2012

Professor Stephen Kemmis, Charles Sturt University

Room 8.07
388 Glossop Road
5.00pm to 7.00pm
19th October 2011

For further details please contact Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

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November 2011
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ESRC Festival of Social Sciences

Children, Young People and Research

ICOSS, 219 Portobello, Sheffield, S1 4DP. from 10.30 - 12.00 and/or 13.30 - 15.00 Tuesday 1st November 2011

For further details please contact Karen Kitchen [K.Kitchen@sheffield.ac.uk]

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Movement Across a Contested Field: Dilemmas and Opportunities for Physical Education

Themesa Neckles

Room 7.02
388 Glossop Road
12.30pm to 2.00 pm
9th November 2011 For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

Contesting Education and Research: PESGB Seminar Series 2011-2012

Professer John Shotter, University of New Hampshire U.S.A.

John Shotter interview by Dr Tim Corcoran

Room 8.07
388 Glossop Road
5.00pm to 7.00pm
16th November 2011

For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

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December 2011
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Theory and education for its own sake

Professor Nigel Tubbs, The University of Winchester

Room 8.07
388 Glossop Road
5.00pm to 7.00pm
14th December 2011

For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

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January 2012
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Cultural Capital as Academic Impediment

Jerome Satterthwaite, Plymouth University

Room 8.07
388 Glossop Road
5.00pm to 7.00pm
18th January 2012 For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

February 2012
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Learning and Growing in a 'Foreign' Context: the impact of UK educational experiences on Chinese students' and returnees' lives and careers

Dr Qin Gu, University of Nottingham

Room 1.02 388 Glossop Road 4.30pm to 6.30pm 1st February 2012 For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

Binary Divisions: Speaking up for the 'wrong' sides of the debate in educational technology and media

Neil Selwyn,
Institute of Education

Room 7.02
388 Glossop Road
12.15pm to 2.00pm

7th February 2012 For further details please contact: Kate Pahl [k.pahl@sheffield.ac.uk]

Why Joy in Education is an Issue for Policy Makers interested in Social Justice

Professor Morwenna Griffiths, Moray House School of Education, Edinburgh University

Morwenna Griffiths interviewed by Chris Winter

Room 8.07
388 Glossop Road
5.00pm to 7.00pm
22nd February 2012

For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

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March 2012
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Hope, Utopia, Education


Dr Darren Webb, School of Education.

Room 6.04
388 Glossop Road
12.30pm to 2.00pm
6th March 2012 For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]
ESRC Early Literacy Work with Families Conference The Edge Conference Centre
University of Sheffield, S10 3ED
9.30am – 3.30pm
15th March 2012

For further information please contact: Karen Kitchen [k.kitchen@sheffield.ac.uk]

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Belonging through Storying: Multimodal Storytelling and an Ethic of Care

Lalitha Vasudevan,
Teachers College, Columbia

Room 7.02
388 Glossop Road
12.15pm to 2.00pm
28th March 2012 For further details please contact: Kate Pahl [k.pahl@sheffield.ac.uk]
Childhood Seminar Series.
Seminar 4 Interdisciplinary ethical challenges - the ‘state’ of the society and world in which children are growing up
University of Sheffield, ICOSS, 219 Portobello, Sheffield
10.30am – 4.00pm
29th March 2012

For further details please contact: Dawn Lessels
[d.j.lessels@sheffield.ac.uk]

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April 2012
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What is subject English for? An application of Bernstein's theory of pedagogic discourse.

Dr Urszula Clark, Aston University

Room 8.07
388 Glossop Road
5.00pm to 7.00pm
25th April 2012

For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

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May 2012
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Teacher Identities in Research-Led Universities

Dr Alan Skelton, School of Education

Room 7.02
388 Glossop Road
12.15-2.00pm
1st May 2012

For further details please contact: Julia Davis [j.a.davies@sheffield.ac.uk]

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Internet forum as community of practice and as political voice: Researching Mumsnet

Karin Tusting, The University of Lancaster

Room 7.02
388 Glossop Road
12.15-2.00pm

3rd May 2012

For further details please contact: Julia Davis [j.a.davies@sheffield.ac.uk]

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Objects in Interaction: Creating Meaning Across Contexts

Gabriele Budach, The University of Southampton

Room 7.02
388 Glossop Road
12.15 to 2.00pm

8th May 2012

For further details please contact: Julia Davis [j.a.davies@sheffield.ac.uk]

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Literacy Practices in Taoist-Buddhist Temples in Singapore

Dr Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University

Room 7.02
388 Glossop Road
12.15 - 2.00pm
22nd May 2012

For further details please contact: Julia Davis [j.a.davies@sheffield.ac.uk]

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Professor Gert Biesta, School of Education & Laboratory for Educational Theory, University of Stirling

Professor Gert Biesta interviewed by Dr Ansgar Allen

Room 8.07
388 Glossop Road
5.00pm to 7.00pm
23rd May 2012

For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]

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Engaging Learners in language learning: learner motivation, learner voice, learner autonomy

Professor Terry Lamb, School of Education.

Room 7.02
388 Glossop Road
12.30pm to 2.00pm
29th May 2012 For further details please contact: Ansgar Allen [a.allen@sheffield.ac.uk]