Researching language in education in diverse, twenty-first century classrooms

[Francis Hult]

ESRC Researcher Development Initiative (Round 4)

3 year project in advanced research training, May 2010-April 2013

Researching multilingualism, multilingualism in research practice (RES 046-25-0004)

 

Researching language in education in diverse, twenty-first century classrooms

 

Research seminar organised by the Institute for Education, Teaching and Leadership, School of Education, Moray House, University of Edinburgh and the MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, School of Education, University of Birmingham, September 10, 2012, 9:00 to 16:00.

 

The focus of this one-day seminar will be on the methodological challenges of research on language in education in contemporary classrooms. The speakers at this seminar will consider the particular challenges they have encountered in the specific contexts in which they have worked and they will describe the ways in which they have adjusted their research lenses to meet these challenges.

 

Speakers include: Professor Constant Leung (King's College, University of London), Professor Alison Phipps (University of Glasgow), Professor Geri Smyth (University of Strathclyde), Dr Sheena Gardner (Coventry University), Dr Joanna McPake (University of Strathclyde), and Dr Andy Hancock (Moray House, University of Edinburgh).

 

If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact the seminar organisers: Dr Eleni Mariou, eleni.mariou at ed.ac.uk <mailto:eleni.mariou at ed.ac.uk>   or Dr Florence Bonacina-Pugh, fbonacina-pugh at ed.ac.uk <mailto:fbonacina-pugh at ed.ac.uk>  at Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh.

 

Registration is from 9:00 at Moray House, University of Edinburgh. Tea & coffee will be available on arrival. A light lunch will be served at 12:00.

 

For information about the ESRC RDI project, contact Dr Deirdre Martin d.m.martin at bham.ac.uk <mailto:d.m.martin at bham.ac.uk>  or Professor Marilyn Martin-Jones m.martinjones at bham.ac.uk <mailto:m.martinjones at bham.ac.uk>  at the University of Birmingham.

 

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