When: 7 November 2007
Time: 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Venue: J2 Lecture Theatre, 74 Epsom Avenue (parking gate 2), Epsom Campus
Inaugural lecture by Professor Helen Timperley, Education.
Abstract
Professor Helen Timperley, School of Teaching, Learning and Development, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education
Making a Difference to Student Learning in Compulsory Sector Schooling
There is an ongoing debate in education about whether schools can make a sustained difference to student learning and achievement, particularly for those students who traditionally have not achieved well. While the proponents cite evidence that schools can make a difference, the successes are typically located in specific interventions where apparently entrenched profiles of learning and achievement have changed significantly. Those who remain more pessimistic cite evidence to show that this country’s profiles of achievement have remained relatively stable since systematic data have been collected.
In this address, I will examine the growing evidence-base that should provide us with considerable optimism as a result of the efforts of school leaders, teachers and students. Focusing the spotlight on them alone, however, neglects the role of policy and research in this endeavour. I will argue that we need to re-orient some of our educational policy and research priorities if the improvements we have begun to see are to be accelerated and sustained.
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