Observation and Feedback: The Way Forward.

Dates: 19 & 20 May 2011
Conference Programme Outline
Conference Dinner
Accommodation & Sightseeing
Conference Presentations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

iProgramme :

Thursday May 19 th

13.30 - 13.45

Professor Abdullah Alshamsi, VC of BUiD

Auditorium

WELCOME

13.45 - 14.00

Dr Amanda Howard and Dr Marion Engin

Auditorium

Introduction and rationale

14.00 - 14.45

Dr Nur Kurtoglu-Hooton

“..a bit of a ‘life changer’”. Teacher and peer feedback as an instigator of learning and change.

Auditorium

PLENARY 1

14.45 - 15.00

Refreshments

 

Classroom 1

Classroom 2

Classroom 3

 

15.00 - 15.45

 

Helen Donaghue

Mitigation in feedback

 

Pauline Keith

Peer observation, reflective practice and tacit knowledge

DrNazAwan

The highs and lows of creative visual research methods and your opportunity to see what it can tell YOU about observation and feedback

BREAKOUT SESSION 1

15.45 - 16.30

 

Robert Cote

It’s more than just an observation: Classroom observations and feedback in diverse contexts

Dr Marion Engin

Scaffolding in feedback on teaching

Dr Clifton Chadwick

Observations of teachers teaching thinking

BREAKOUT SESSION 2

16.30 - 16.45

Refreshments

16.45 - 17.30

Dr Phil Quirke

Creating choices for teacher observation

Auditorium

PLENARY 2

 

Classroom 1

Classroom 2

Classroom 3

 

17.45 - 18.30

 

Dr Amanda Howard

How effective is classroom observation?

Judy Wren

Why resist?

Anne Riddell

Difficult decisions

BREAKOUT SESSION 3

20.00

Conference Dinner

 

Friday May 20th

 

09.00 - 09.45

 

Dr Deniz Eken

Waves of possibility…. Observation for research and development

Auditorium

PLENARY 3

 

Classroom 1

Classroom 2

Classroom 3

 

10.00 - 10.45

 

 

Mick King

Continuous feedback on in-class performance

Dr David

Palfreyman

Assessment criteria and local context

 

DrEugenie Samier

Observational research on public sector elites: challenges of data collection and feedback

 

BREAKOUT SESSION 4

10.45 - 11.00

Refreshments

 

 

Classroom 1

Classroom 2

Classroom 3

 

11.00 - 11.45

 

 

Radhika O’Sullivan

From bit to whole: Critical incidents toward critical reflection.

 

Irene Cruikshanks

Feedback and dealing with resistance

 

Dr Phil Quirke

A coherent approach to faculty appraisal

BREAKOUT SESSION 5

12.00 - 13.30

Buffet Lunch/Prayer Time

 

13.30 - 14.15

 

Dr Justine Mercer

For a whole-school tea party, should we use the best china?

Auditorium

PLENARY 4

 

Classroom 1

Classroom 2

 

 

14.15 -

15.00

 

DrNur Hooton

Leading post observation sessions

DrJustine Mercer

Observer training

 

Dr DenizEken

The U-niverse in Observation…Developing as an observer

OBSERVATION TRAINING 6

15.00 - 15.15

Refreshments

 

15.15 - 16.00

Dr Justin Mercer, DrNurKurtoglu-Hooton, DrDeniz Eken, Dr Phil Quirke, Dr Marion Engin, Dr Amanda Howard (chair),

Auditorium

PANEL DISCUSSION

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