Joy Jarvis

The role of parenting classes for young fathers in prison : a case study

This article considers the role of parenting classes for young men in prison. Using a case study of one course delivered at a young offender institution, significant aspects of the content and delivery are identified. The ways in which this course appears to contribute to the growth of participants’ understanding of their role as fathers and to their personal development are highlighted.

Following Alice: theories of critical thinking and reflective practice in action at postgraduate level

This paper presents a flexible framework of principles for teaching critical thinking and reflective practice skills at the postgraduate level. It reports on a collaborative project between four UK institutions providing postgraduate programmes in deaf education. Through a critical review of current theories of critical thinking and reflective practice in higher education, the authors identified and constructed frameworks of principles for relevant skills. They selected a set of learning activities for the institutions to trial to target those skills. Students evaluated how successfully the activities promoted the skills. The investigators evaluate the methodology and provide a critique of the framework of principles. Findings reveal that the framework of principles is a robust model for the development, design and evaluation of bespoke learning activities targeting critical thinking and reflective practice skills.

Exclusion by inclusion? Issues for deaf pupils and their mainstream teachers

This article explores the practice of local mainstream inclusion for deaf children and the issues this raises for pupils and teachers. Problems with both academic and social inclusion, due to difficulties with communication, are identified. It is suggested that sometimes deaf children may be excluded from educational and social opportunities by being included in local provision. Resourced provision may offer greater opportunities for inclusion. If schools are including deaf children on an individual basis then this has implications for resources, training, professional liaison, the monitoring of progress and a change in attitude towards deafness and deaf people.

Learning through projects: identifying opportunities for individual professional learning and development

This article is based on findings from the evaluation of a project established to enhance learning and teaching in higher education. This project took place within the University of Hertfordshire School of Education in England through the Change Academy for Blended Learning Enhancement (CABLE) project, the university version of the UK Higher Education Academy and Joint Information Systems Committee Pathfinder programme. The purpose of the project within the school was to increase the support for students’ reading at master’s degree level. The evaluation approach for the project was based on RUFDATA, which provides a framework for evaluation activity. Stakeholders’ reflections on the process and outcomes of the project included the contribution it had made to teaching and learning, and the opportunities it had provided for personal and professional learning and development. The CABLE project is one example of the many funded projects that are a common feature in higher education settings; all potentially of value for individual, team and organisational learning. In this article, the findings from the evaluation are used to suggest some questions that might be asked in future projects to prospectively and proactively identify opportunities for individual professional learning and development.

Interaction and the Development of Communication in the Under Twos: Issues for practitioners working with young children in groups

This article considers the role of adult-child interaction in the communication development of children under two. It specifically investigates the situation of a family with twins, where it may be more difficult to undertake sustained, supportive interactions with two children at the same time. The study identifies strategies used by the family to support the childrens language development and suggests that these could be used in care settings where early years practitioners may be working with under twos in small group contexts.

Staff–student collaboration: student learning from working together to enhance educational practice in higher education

ABSTRACT The association of research and teaching, and the roles and responsibilities of students and academic staff and the nature of their interrelationship are important issues in higher education. This article presents six undergraduate student researchers’ reports of their learning from collaborating with academic staff to design, undertake and evaluate enquiries into aspects of learning and teaching at a UK University. The students’ reflections suggest that they identified learning in relation to employability skills and graduate attributes and more importantly in relation to their perceptions of themselves as learners and their role in their own learning and that of others. This article draws attention to the potential of staff–student collaborative, collective settings for developing pedagogic practice and the opportunities they can provide for individual students learning on their journey through higher education.

Taking a Metaphon approach to phonological development: a case study

This case study outlines speech work undertaken with one child over an academic year. It discusses the decisions which were made with regard to the content and method of the teaching programme and details the activities which were used. The childs progress is described and questions are raised about the effectiveness of our programme.

Helping the development of consonant contrasts: a case study

This study details speech work undertaken with a partially-hearing child who had difficulty using appropriate consonant contrasts. It illustrates the methods which were used to develop skills at both the phonetic and the phonological level. The emphasis was on helping the child to use his phonological system more appropriately, and the change in this system over six months is described.

School Based Teacher Training : A Handbook for Tutors and Mentors

PART ONE: HOW TEACHER EDUCATORS DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The Professional Development of Teacher Educators - Elizabeth White and Joy Jarvis A Whole-School Approach to Professional Development - Mike Stevens Becoming a Teacher Educator: Developing a New Aspect to Your Identity - Joy Jarvis PART TWO: ASPECTS OF THE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF TEACHER EDUCATORS The Pedagogy of Teacher Educators - Joy Jarvis and Elizabeth White Enhancing Professional Learning Conversations - Sally Graham How to Nurture the Development of Subject Knowledge for Teaching - Elizabeth White Providing the Right Mix of Support and Challenge - Phil Lenten Practical and Experiential Support for Trainees - Lynn Chapman and Bushra Connors Developing Your Practice through Engaging with Educational Literature - Lara Fuller, Hilary Taylor and Amanda Roberts Practice-Based Enquiry as a Basis for Change - Amanda Roberts and Hilary Taylor References Index

Using action, reflection and modelling (ARM) in Malaysian primary schools: connecting 'the ARM theory' with student teachers' reported practice

Abstract This article presents Malaysian student teachers’ reports of using an action, reflection and modelling (ARM) pedagogical approach during their placements in Malaysian primary schools. The ARM approach was designed to support the implementation of the Malaysian primary school mathematics curriculum, which involved changing classroom practice in learning and teaching. It was developed and used during a Malaysia–UK collaborative project to construct a Bachelor of Education (Honours) degree programme in Primary Mathematics for a cohort of 120 student teachers in Malaysia. The three principles integral to the ARM approach were repeatedly made explicit to the student practitioners who were engaged in learning and teaching on the new degree programme. Using findings from surveys carried out with the students at the end of their first and final placements, this article provides examples of the way some of them described ARM and recounted how they had used the approach in the classroom. Four of these narratives are used as ‘vignettes’ to illustrate the students’ perceptions of using new ways of learning and teaching in primary schools and to inform and enable a discussion of the relationship between theory and practice in teacher education.