Conference Presentation Recordings

Wednesday, June 27th 2012

Welcome and Key Note Lecture 1

Lyn Morgan

Professor April McMahon

Key Note Lecture 1 Keith Towler, Keith Towler, Children’s Commissioner for Wales

The Role of Children's Rights in Education

Rôl Hawliau Plant yn  y Byd Addysg

Key Note Lecture 2

Ann Keane, Chief Inspector,Estyn

What exactly is the Foundation Phase

Session 1a

RS: Literacy

Presentations -S1A-01, -S1A-06 and -S1A-11

Sue Bodman & Susan Taylor (S1A-01)

Every Child a Reader: a local mechanism for raising literacy standards

Jennifer Rennie (S1A-06)

re-Thinking re-Medial reading instruction for struggling readers – the 4R’s

Nia Young & Enlli Môn Thomas S1A-11)

Factors influencing literacy skills and self-esteem of students learning to read in transparent vs. opaque orthographies 

Session 1b

GC: Student Participation

Presentations - S1B-76, S1B-82 and S1B-83

Sally Inman, Pip McCormack & Sarah Walker (S1B-76)

Islamophobia, conflict and citizenship

David Morris (S1B-82)

Can you hear me? Are Pupils Voting with their feet or being Valued as Customers

Ana Cristina Palos & Francisco Sousa (S1B-83)

Azorean children’s engagement with rural communities in the age of globalisation: folklore, resistance or global citizenship on a small scale

Session 1c

EY: Student Participation

Presentations S1C-26, S1C-55 and S1C-28

Nollaig McEvilly, Martine Verheul &  Matthew Atencio (S1C-26)

Preschool physical education: practitioners’ and children’s talk about play and adult-led physical activities

Sharon Smith (S1C-55)

Putting Health into Education: Improving health outcomes for children and families

Shu-Chen Wu (S1C-28)

Playing to learn in the German kindergartens before the implementation of curricular plan

Session 2a

GC: ESDGC

Presentations  S2A-58, S2A-64 and S2A-77

Mark Charman (S2A-58)

How can the Philosophy for Children (P4C) method create opportunities for embedding the themes of ESDCG across the curriculum?

Francisco Sousa (S2A-64)

Nuances in the embedment of ESDGC in the regional curriculum of the Azores

Gerry Jeffers (S2A-77)

Schooling in a children’s rights context

Session 2b

EY: Leadership & Management

Presentations S2B-34, S2B-36 and S2B-38

Eunice Lumsden (S2B-34)

The Early Years Professional in England: an holistic leader and advocate for children

King Yuk Anita Tsui (S2B-36)

 Leadership’s perspectives on practices of peer observation in Hong Kong preschools

Ellen Yates & Helen Simmons (S2B-38)

Leadership in early childhood: leaders views on their role

Session 2C

EY: Collaborative Working

Presentations S2C-41, S2C-46 and S2C-97

Rita Chawla-Duggan (S2C-41)

Father involvement and Sure Start children's centres

Lynn Hill & Eleri Griffiths (S2C-46)

Delivering Early Support in Wales: a multi agency approach to supporting for families with a disabled child aged under 5

Elise Sijthof & Susan Bowker (S2C-97)

International collaboration in action: The Class Moves 3.0

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Key Note Lecture 3

Leighton Andrews AM, Minister for Education & Skills, Welsh Government

Session 3a

RS: Bilingual Education


Presentations S3A-02, S3A-08 and S3A-45

Jonathan Brentnall (S3A-02)

Modelling academic language for additional language learners in mainstream curriculum lessons

Mirain Rhys, Enlli Môn Thomas, Jean Ware & Catrin Bethan Lye (S3A-08)

Exploring bilingual and L2 speakers’ performance on executive functioning tasks: issues from Wales

Nola Harvey (S3A-45)

Talking ourselves: how bilingual teachers collaborate for a better future for bilingual children

Session 3b

GC: Student Participation


Presentations S3B-73, S3B-80 and S3B-81

Nigar Shabiyeva (S3B-73)

Participation of children and young people in the protection and promotion of their rights: practice in Azerbaijan

Mel Macer & Don Harrison (S3B-80)

Participation models that support primary-aged children to influence adult decision-making processes in the UK: a literature review

Nicki Moore (S3B-81)

Addressing equality and diversity issues through careers information, advice, guidance and support

Session 3c

EY: Collaborative Working

Presentations S3C-44, S3C-56 and S3C-27

Elizabeth Hannah & Divya Jindal-Snape (S3C-44)

Collaboration and communication during the transition from nursery to primary: a parental perspective

Carla Solvason & Helen Fellows (S3C-56)

Creating a community of practice, different roles, a shared vision

Nalda Wainwright, David Kirk, Margaret Whitehead & Andrew Williams (S3C-27)

A study of the interpretation and delivery of the Foundation Phase in Wales, and its Impact on the development of children's physical literacy

Session 3d

GC: Collaborative Working

Presentations S3D-86, S3D-93 and S3D-100

Kate Andreo (S3D-86)

Assessing a route-map towards building a sustainable and effective Global Professional Learning Community: the case of schools between Wales and Zanzibar

Leighton Rees & George Selvanera (S3D-93)

Embracing new partnerships for effective early intervention with vulnerable children and families

Jaky Tyrie (S3D-100)

Gender, diversity and access to rights for children in Wales

Session 4a

EY: Collaborative Working

Presentations S4A-42, S4A-43 and S4A-51

John Davies & John Ravenscroft (S4A-42)

Facilitating inclusive education and supporting the transition agenda

Gourgiotou Efthymia & Giannakou Basiliki (S4A-43)

Teacher trainees’ reflective practicum: working together for a better future of our children

Carolyn Martin (S4A-51)

Teacher trainees’ reflective practicum: working together for a better future of our children

 Session 4b

GC: ESDGC

Presentations S4B-59, S4B-60 and S4B-54

Jill Corfield & Honor Houghton (S4B-59)

Cautionary tales: reflections on pre and post experience support offered to students by an institution which promotes internationalisation as part of the student experience

Martine Duggan (S4B-60)

 How might an early years setting contribute to community cohesion?

Diana Seach (S4B-54)

 Working with families of children with disabilities in culturally diverse contexts: a systemic approach

Session 4c

EY: Leadership & Management

Presentations S4C-35, S4C-31 and S4C-32

Chris Taylor & Richard Thurston (S4C-35)

Evaluating the Foundation Phase

Geraldine Davis (S4C-31)

 Graduates and impact - Do Early Years Professionals make a difference to outcomes for children?

Alison Elliott (S4C-32)

Policy challenges in the Australian early childhood sector. Moving forward with a new national agenda

Session 4d

GC: Collaborative Working

Presentations S4D-39, S4D-57 and S4D-87

Dev Acharya, Malcolm Thomas & Rosemary Cann (S4D-39)

Parental views on girls’ involvement in sexual and reproductive health education (SRHE) in Nepalese secondary schools

Deborah Adewuyi (S4D-57)

Perception of teenagers towards child physical abuse in Lagos State, Nigeria

Ian Barron & Keith Topping (S4D-87)

 Evaluation of the effectiveness of a school-based child sexual abuse prevention programme

Key Note Lecture 4



Professor Jouni Välijärvi, National PISA Coordinator, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Coherence, Flexibility and Individual Support in Curriculmn and Pedagogical Practices

Session 5a

RS: Collaborative Working

Presentations S5A-16, S5A-18 and S5A-23

Sarah Alix (S5A-16)

Institution focused study - Critical examination of contributing factors that impact on one institution when considering the preparation of trainee teachers to work with ‘Looked After Children’ (LAC)

Sonia Blandford & Jackie Holderness (S5A-18)

From collaborative vision to collaborative action: the transformative power of partnership working to raise aspirations, access and achievement

Elena Ustinenko & Tamara Korosteleva (S5A-23)

The role of CPD-BSU in the national strategy of family and child protection and development

Session 5b

GC: Collaborative Working

Presentations S5B-89, S5B-95 and S5B-96

Ally Dunhill & Richard Burchill (S5B-89)

The rights of the child and their world: the contribution of human rights to integrated working practices

Nigar Shabiyeva (S5B-95)

Specialized Child Rights Advisor of Ombudsman of Azerbaijan

Ann Sherlock & Pat Dunmore (S5B-96)

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in relation to children’s rights in education: from policy to practice in Wales

Session 5c

EY: Children's Learning

Presentations S5C-30, S5C-40 and S5C-52

Susan Allan (S5C-30)

Observing, understanding and developing learning dispositions in the Early Years

Sonia Blandford & Catherine Knowles (S5C-40)

Assessment for Learning (AfL): a model for closing the achievement gap in the early years of education

Susan Davis, Alison Murphy & Chantelle Haugthon (S5C-52)

The wheel of discovery: developing quality early years learning in the museum sector

 

Session 5d

GC: ESDGC

Presentatios S5D-61, S5D-62 and S5D-63

Nesreen Elkord (S5D-61)

Responsibility of the teacher

Lorna McLean (S5D-62)

Global citizenship, curriculum and teacher education

Janet Rose & Louise Gilbert (S5D-63)

Promoting children’s human and social capital: building resilience, community well-being and sustainable citizenship through the integration of emotion coaching into everyday practice in work with children and young people

Session 6 A

RS: Collaborative Working


Presentations S6A-04, S6A-21 and S6A-22

Hannah Dee & Emma Posey (S6A-04)

Playing with boats, chips and robots: moving beyond digital literacy with Technocamps

Barbara McNeil (S6A-21)

Collaboration for success: schools, universities and libraries working together toward a better future for children

Michele Pipe & Charlotte Colesby (S6A-22)

Young children’s communication development in a UK context: forging inter-professional links to enhance children’s skills, professional knowledge and understanding and true collaborative working

Session 6b

GC: Student Participation

Presentations S6B-68, S6B-69 and S6B-72

Viv Aitken (S6B-68)

“The drama put them ‘up there’ and they wanted to remain”: positioning children as experts in the learning and research process

Susan Bermingham & John Lyon (S6B-69)

Making My Place in the World

Deborah Crook (S6B-72)

In search of shared frames of reference: intergenerational collaboration for positive and sustainable change in schools

Session 6c

RS: Language Development

 

Presentations S6C-14, S6C-07 and S6C-09

Sian Wynn Lloyd-Williams & Enlli Môn Thomas (S6C-14)

Do, oes, gwnaf, ia, wyt...? Adnabod yr angen i addysgu’r ffurfiau niferus o ‘ie’ a ‘na’ yn Gymraeg yn yr ysgol gynradd

Identifying the need to teach the various ways of answering ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in Welsh in the primary school

Nicholas Reynolds & Nolan Woolley (S6C-07)

Indigenous Australian children and multimedia creation: language development through song production

Enlli Môn Thomas, Gwyn Lewis & Dafydd Apolloni (S6C-09)

 Classroom speech practices and language abilities: challenges to minority language contexts

Session 6d

GC: Collaborative Working

Presentations S6D-88, S6D-98 and S6D-99

Sharon Ann Cook (S6D-88)

The curriculum circle: critiquing and improving global education curricula

Linda Theron & Adam Theron (S6D-98)

The educational roots of youth resilience: youth-ecology partnerships

Aniko Varpalotai (S6D-99)

A case study of a Canadian NGO’s evolution, challenges and contributions to international education development


Friday 29th June 2012

Key Note Lecture 5

Medrus Penbryn

Eifion Evans, Director of Education and Community Services, Ceredigion County Council

Working for a Better Future

Session 7a

RS: Numeracy

Presentations S7A-03, S7A-05 and S7A-101

Bob Davies (S7A-03)

Developing primary/elementary mathematics expertise together

Clare Lee & Els de Geest (S7A-05)

Stakeholders and Teachers Engaging with Research in Mathematics Education (STERME)

Rosemary Cann & I-Chant Chiang (S7A-101)

Can learning more than one language facilitate children’s numeracy and mathematics skills? A proposal to investigate the consequences of linguistic variation on counting

 

Session 7b

GC: Collaborative Working

Presentations S7B-66 and S7B-91

Em Williams & Artemi Sakellariadis (S7B-66)

Creating other possible worlds: meaningful work within schools for a more just future

Alison Leonard (S7B-91)

 School linking: young people’s perspectives from the Global South

Session 7c

EY Leadership & Management / Transition

Presentations S7C-103, S7C-53 and S7C-102

Prysor Mason Davies (S7C-103)

Rural Welsh Schooling – an initial literature review of rationales for restructuring

Morag Redford (S7C-53)

Interprofessional communication in early years transition planning meetings

Andrew Davies S7C-102)

Learning to play or playing to learn? Playworkers’ views on policy and practice

Key Note Lecture 6

Johannes Theiner (APA. Austria), President, European Parents' Association

It's the Parents Who Make the Child World

Closing Talk: Lynn Morgan