News 2011-2012
MA Child Studies programme goes global
The Department of Education & Professional Studies is launching a new programme, MA International Child Studies. The new programme responds to a growing demand for a master's qualification that adopts global perspectives on childhood issues. (more..)
hapTEL project invited to exhibit at the Science Museum Lates exhibition
Every last Wednesday of the month between 18.30 and 22.00 hours.
On Feb 29th, there were 4700 visitors and a lot of interest in our project.
For more about Science Lates click here and for a BBC review and video of the project, click here.
Patient-professional partnerships not yet realistic
In a new discussion paper, published by The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Alan Cribb, Professor of Bioethics and Education at King’s, says that policy attempts to push the ‘involvement’ agenda will not succeed, and may even be counter-productive, unless the practical and ethical challenges and dilemmas surrounding the agenda of shared-decision making are explicitly addressed and fully reflected in policy initiatives and practice development. The paper, downloadable here, is based on research funded by the AHRC.
The Department of Education &Professional Studies launches the fourth edition of the best selling book, Becoming a Teacher
This term, the Department of Education & Professional Studies launched the fourth edition of the best selling book, Becoming a Teacher. Issues in Secondary Education, published by Open University/McGraw Hill This is edited by Justin Dillon and Meg Maguire and contains chapters by more than thirty three members of the Department of Education and Professional Studies. This book has been a consistent best seller and was recently translated into Chinese in collaboration witht the People’s Education Press. Read more about Becoming a Teacher.
Meg Maguire gives key note at The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers conference
Professor Meg Maguire presented a keynote paper at the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) conference in November. Her paper addressed the implications of and background to the Schools White Paper (2010) The Importance of Teaching.
2011 The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers acts as a national forum for the discussion of matters relating to the education of teachers and professional educators, and to the study of education in the university sector and contributes to the formulation of policy in these fields.