Posts by Derek Robertson

Inclusive Pedagogy in Teaching

Inclusive Pedagogy in Teaching – Two Presentations Presentation Overview This event will include two presentations. The first, titled ‘A professional learning journey: reflections on developing the National Framework for Inclusion 3rd edition‘, will be presented by Di Cantali. Secondly, Archie Graham and colleagues will discuss ‘Newly qualified teachers’ experiences of implementing an inclusive pedagogy in

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Health and Wellbeing in Initial Teacher Education: ‘The Golden Thread of Teaching and Learning’

Health and Wellbeing in Initial Teacher Education: ‘The Golden Thread of Teaching and Learning’ Presentation Overview Health and wellbeing is a key part of Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence, but its role in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) is less understood. This presentation shares early findings from a survey of Scottish teacher educators, exploring how they approach

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Augmented Reality in Education: Hands-on Workshop for Teachers

Augmented Reality in Education: Hands-on Workshop for Teachers Presentation Overview Discover how AR can enhance pupil engagement, foster creativity, and support learning across the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence – from visualising abstract science concepts to boosting storytelling, literacy, and digital literacy. The event presents key findings from the research project “AR in the Primary Classroom” funded by the Association for

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Transforming Science Learning through Virtual Technologies: Digital Education Network

Presentation Overview Explore how Augmented Reality (AR) and Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) enhance science education. Discover key AR design strategies and how IVR supports engagment and cognitive load management for effective learning. Date: Wednesday 4th June 2025 Time: 10:00-10:45 am Location: Online Organisers: SERA Digital Education Network Members Speakers: Professor Silvia Wen-Yu Lee, National Taiwan

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Making the Most of SERA – Panel Discussion

Seminar Overview The 2024 SERA conference will be held at the University of Dundee from 27th to 29th November and this year SERA celebrates its 50th anniversary. This pre-conference event offers a space to network prior to the conference. The panel discussion will offer opportunity to discuss all things SERA, including ‘top tips’ for presenting,

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Anti-racist education: Possibilities and Challenges – SERA Inclusive Education Network Seminar

Colleagues from our Inclusive Education Network are hosting the above seminar next month. Full details are below: Date: Thursday 7th November, 2024 Venue: Online, MS Teams (see this attachment for full details on how to join) This webinar is for practitioners, students, researchers, and other stakeholders in education. There are two sessions in this webinar.

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Pupil Voice in Health and Wellbeing – panel discussion

Our Health and Wellbeing in Education Network is to host an online discussion this month. Full details of the event are below. Title: Pupil Voice in Health and Wellbeing Panel Discussion Download the flyer for the event Date: Thursday 9th May 2024 Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm Location: Online Organisers: Health Research in Education Network Speakers:

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English as an Additional Language (EAL) in the north: stories about supporting EAL pupils in the North East of Scotland.

Our Inclusive Education Network held a seminar back in April this year. Here are the details and the recording of the event. Date: Wednesday 17 April 2024, 4:00-5:30pm. Location: MS Teams Organisers: SERA Inclusive Education Network Speakers: Thomas Richardson, Silvia Fiddes Ortiz Perea, Sarah-Jane Bennison This webinar is for: practitioners, students, researchers, and other stakeholders

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SERA Digital Education Network workshop: Call for papers

Workshop for Early Career Researchers The SERA Digital Education Network is committed to support research in digital education in a variety of learning contexts, to promote developments in the teaching and learning with new digital technologies, and to disseminate research results and share good practices for technology integration. To facilitate knowledge exchange the SERA Digital

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Contact SERA

SERA can be contacted as follows:

Charlaine Simpson – SERA Academic Secretary

For general SERA queries make contact via this link.

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