Research Students' Annual Conference (RSAC) 2010 - School of ...

School of Education Research Students’ Annual Conference (RSAC) 2010
24 November, University House, University of Leeds
The programme
9.15 - 9.45 Registration, tea and coffee, badges and packs
9.45 -
10.00
10.00 -
10.25
10.30 –
10.55
11.00 –
11.25
Welcome address
Great Woodhouse Room
(Chair – Abdullah)
Nahieli Greaves
Decision-making on
pseudoscientific issues: the
role of the nature of science
Luis Jiro Suzuri-Hernandez
Exploring school students‘
views of the nature of science
Arthur Galamba
The contribution of the poet,
historian and science educator
Rómulo de Carvalho to science
education in Portugal
St. George
(Chair – Ahmad)
Michael Hepworth
The teaching and learning of
spoken argumentation in
ESOL classrooms
Mike Hickman
Digital audio for self-efficacy
Shahzada Qaisar
The effects of collaborative
group work lessons in
Mathematics as an alternative
method for concept
development of the students
at elementary level in
Pakistan.
11.30 –
11.40 COFFEE BREAK
11.40 –
12.05
12.10 –
12.35
12.40 –
1.05
Beech Grove
(Chair – Paul)
Maria Tress
Resilience in Academia: A
study of Latin-American
Academics Coping in their
Workplace in the UK
Kyriakos Demetriou
Information Communication
Technology: a tool for
Inclusion in Cyprus
(Chair – Arthur) (Chair – Angy) (Chair – Mike)
Hui-Fen Wu
Learning from experience:
teacher/parent narratives about
the emotional lives of preschool
autistic children
Paul Colewood
Methodological
considerations in
interviewing children of
primary school age
Shaista Shirazi
The relationship of student
experience of school science to
post-16 science take-up
Jeff Potter
Vocational education and
training for the childcare
profession
Paula Rebolledo
Exploring action research on
a professional development
course in Chile
Carrie Birch
An investigation of learning
culture in socially excluded
communities.
Suad Al Fori
A Dot in a Whole Circle –
how parental partnership is
perceived and promoted by
the Ministry of Education
(MOE) in Oman to help
pupils, specifically those
with Specific Learning
Difficulties
Wan Wan
Using Metaphorical
Conceptualisation to
Construct and Develop
EFL Students‘ Writing:
An Exploratory Study
1.10 – 2.00 LUNCH AND POSTER DISPLAY
2.00 – 3.00
Plenary: Reductionism, holism, context and theory - what is case study?
Professor Gary Thomas, Head of School of Education, University of Birmingham
3.00 – 3.15 TEA BREAK
3.15 – 4.00
Panel session: considering questions raised during the course of the day
Chairs: Mike Hickman, Paul Colewood
4.00 – 4.15 Closing and certificates
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