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The last 18 months have been a momentous period for the Welsh education system as it has learnt to cope with pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout this time, practitioners, researchers, inspectors and the Welsh Government have tried to make sense of what is happening around them and to think about what this all means for the education system in Wales as it looks to the future.
During the event, attendees were presented with the latest evidence that had been collected from the ‘front line’ during this period and told how it was analysed to draw out key messages for the future.
Previous Events
in collaboration with BAMEed Wales and Educators Wales
25 November 2021, 9:30am-12:30pm
On 25 November 2021, the EWC held an online event giving education professionals a chance to learn about ways to promote racial equity and put inclusive and anti-racist practice into action in their settings.
Co-chaired by Dr Susan Davis and Chantelle Haughton of BAMEed Network Wales, the event explored the inspirational and innovative work being done across Wales to:
integrate the lived experiences and contributions of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic peoples in the new curriculum
support educators in dealing with issues surrounding race
work towards diversifying the education workforce; and
promote positive culture change and anti-racist practice across education settings.
Held in partnership with BAMEed Network Wales and Educators Wales, the three-hour event featured a keynote from Professor Charlotte Williams OBE, and a fascinating talk with Sathnam Sanghera, author of bestseller The Boy with the Topknot. It also included powerful contributions from Uzo Iwobi OBE, Abu-Bakr Madden Al-Shabazz, Show Racism the Red Card and Mount Stuart Primary School.
The event will inform the development of a series of twilight sessions which will take place early in 2022.
Children are not who they used to be, and the pandemic has highlighted this. One common observation is how quickly children learn to navigate in the world of media and technology to find their way forward. Children have also become more dependent on their gadgets. But what do we know about how this has changed them? And how do these changes affect learning?
In our 2021 lecture, Professor Pasi Sahlberg explored educators' views on children, digital technologies, heath and learning. Over 600 attendees were invited to consider how we can help young people live safer, happier and more responsible digital lives. They then had the chance to ask their burning questions in a 30 minute Q&A session.
Held in partnership with Swansea University's School of Education, this was a valuable learning opportunity for those involved in education. It was especially useful for those with specific responsibility for promoting learner health and well-being.
What are your thoughts on the points raised in the lecture? We've worked with Pasi Sahlberg to develop a bespoke reflection exercise for you. To access it, just log in to your Professional Learning Passport and head to your Professional Learning Templates.
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The Education Workforce Council’s sector-wide conference Teacher Education: Developing Our Research Culture took place in Llandudno on Tuesday, 15 October 2019.
The conference’s keynote speaker, Associate Professor Nicole Mockler of the University of Sydney, was joined by colleagues from the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD), CaBan and CIEREI (Collaborative Institute for Education Research, Evidence and Impact) and University of Wales Trinity St David to discuss topics related to research and teacher education.
In her keynote, Associate Professor Nicole Mockler discussed the potential of teacher research in the service of teacher professional development and learning, and the renewal of professional practice.
In their session, colleagues from WISERD presented some of the insights drawn from the research findings from the 'Successful Futures for all' project.
Colleagues from CABAN and CIEREI outlined the collaborative research projects undertaken by higher education institutions (HEI) and schools in the CaBan region which focused on on impact on learners and learning.
UWTSD shared details of the Shifting Sands research project which seeks to explore the perceptions of those involved in the change process in the HEI and partnership schools in relation to professional roles and responsibilities.
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