When:   Thursday, 4 April to Saturday 6 April 2013

Where:   University of Deby, Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB            www.derby.ac.uk

More information and how to book from the Geographical Association website:     click here

 How to get there:   click here

Geography teachers face challenging futures. Most teachers are secure about the part that geography can play in learning about the world, but what kind of world will our students live in? We make educated guesses about climate change and the world that our students could inhabit, but what about the kinds of work that they will do, or the environments in which that work will take place?

• By 2014, it is likely that every child will study geography to age 16. How shall we excite students and give them a framework for looking at the world, in ways that will offer a legacy beyond their years at school?
• Most of today’s students are very skilled in handling 24-hour media and news, access to the internet and social networking sites. How should our work in the classroom respond to the challenges of fast-moving technologies?
• Curriculum reviews by central government will result in changes to what is taught to children in schools. How should teachers respond to such changes?

The 2013 Annual Conference will help us look to the future in three key ways:

• By providing a range of examples about ways in which geographers see the future using different perspectives drawn from the natural and human world.
• By exploring ways in which classrooms of the future might approach ways of learning, whatever the content of the curriculum, and provide some concrete, positive and inspiring ideas that can be put into practice back in our places of work.
• By evaluating ideas about how to exploit some of the new technologies for learning, for both teachers and students.

Visit www.goteach.co.uk for teaching vacancies in schools.

More details to follow.

When:  Wednesday 3 April to Friday, 5 April 2013

Where:  Loughborough University   www.lboro.ac.uk

More information and how to book on the Mathematical Association website:   click here

How to get there:   click here and/or click here

While you are waiting for the Conference details to emerge you might wish to watch a talk given by Professor John D Barrow , Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, entitled ’100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know’ wherein he explores the mathematics of everyday life.    click here

Theme:  Maths for Real

When:  Tuesday, 2 April to Friday 5 April 2013

Where:  Holiday Inn Royal Victoria Hotel, Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, S4 7YE    www.holidayinnsheffield.co.uk

More information and how to book from ATM website:   click here

How to get there:   click here  and here

From Tuesday to Friday there will be over 70 workshop sessions from which you can choose a personal professional development programme tailored to your needs and interests.

In addition there will be ad hoc sessions in the Main Conference Workshop. Alternatively, you can take a break and explore, investigate and discuss in the Workshop itself.

Full details to follow in due course.

Whilst you are waiting for the Conference programme details to be announced you may wish to view this lecture given by  Professor Robin Wilson, Emeritus Gresham Professor of Geometry at the Open University, on the history of early mathematics spanning the globe from Egypt to Greece and on to India.     see here

When:  Thursday, 14 March to Saturday,16 March 2013

Where:   Birmingham NEC,  B40 1NT     www.thenec.co.uk

More information and how to book from the Education Show website:     click here

How to get there:   click here   and  here

Preliminary details

The Education Show is a major education event for the promotion and development of all learning and teaching.

The event offers a selection of free CPD accredited professional training; practical and engaging content; over 400 leading suppliers and plenty of exclusive show special offers so you can pick up the latest resources for your learning environment.

• Bring your whole school for a day of free training. Choose sessions from fellow practitioners and industry experts and share best practice
• Purchase the latest resources for your classroom with access to 400 education providers offering exclusive show offers and discounts
• Hear from and speak to leading education bodies and associations who will be speaking in workshops and hosting information points

More details to follow in due course.

Alongside the Bett exhibition there will be an Education Leaders Summit:

• Two days of presentations, discussions and master class sessions
• Coverage of the major strategic concerns for education leaders – curriculum, assessment, finance, autonomy and responsibility, improved leadership, industrial relations, staff development, capital projects, technology

Speakers include the following:

• Nigel Mountford, Head Teacher, Harwich and Dover Court High School
• Micon Metcalfe, School Business Director, Dunraven School
• Professor Peter Tymms, Head of School of Education, Durham University
• Ken Muir, HM Chief Inspector of Education, Education Scotland
• Marie-Hélène Ahnborg, Chief Inspector, Swedish Schools Inspectorate
• Sarah Ridley, Head Teacher, Willowbrook Primary School
• Jo Lopes, Head of Technical Excellence, Jaguar Land Rover
• Dr Tony Sewell, Managing Director, Generating Genius
• Jeremy Rowe, Head Teacher, Sir John Leman High School

More information to follow in due course.

When:   Wednesday, 30 January to Saturday, 2 February 2013

Where:  ExCel Centre, London E16 1DR     www.excel-london.co.uk    (virtual tour of venue)

More information and how to book on BETT website:  click here

How to get there:   click here

Preliminary details:

Who is the conference for?

The Annual Conference is open to everyone with an interest in science education – ASE members and non-members. It attracts over 3,000 science educators from all phases of science education.

What will you get out of it?

The ASE Annual Conference provides the focus for a global network to share good ideas, tackle challenges in science teaching, develop resources and foster high quality continuing professional development.

You can choose from a wide selection of talks, workshops, seminars and booked courses over four inspiring days. The major exhibition of science textbooks and resources, materials and apparatus, will fill 3,000 square metres of marquee space.

The conference starts with International Sessions at 1pm on Wednesday 2 January. Delegates can attend for one, two, three or four days and pay accordingly with a greater discount for each successive day. Delegates who are only interested in visiting the Exhibition can do so free of charge.

More details to follow in due course.

When:  Wednesday 2nd – Saturday 5th January 2013

Where:  University of Reading     www.reading.ac.uk

More information and how to book from the ASE website:     click here

How to get there:   click here   and here

Organisers:  National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)

Designed to energise and enthuse you and your leadership team, this year’s conference will provide practical and innovative ideas to take back and implement in your school or college.

High-profile, thought-provoking speakers Richard Gerver and Tim Rylands will be delivering the keynote presentations, and forward-thinking, knowledgeable workshop leaders, drawn from all sectors, will challenge and motivate you.  We have commissioned up to 12 workshops.*  These are all specifically designed to support you in the new teachers’ standards and the Ofsted areas of inspection.

The conference will also:

•  inspire, stimulate and empower you as a leader of education;
• share current educational thinking and examples of effective practice;
• provide networking and collaboration opportunities;
• offer practical advice, ideas and support.

Conference Programme

0800 – 0900  Registration, Exhibition Viewing & Networking

0900 – 0910  Conference Welcome – Steve Iredale, National President

0910 – 1000  Keynote Speaker – Richard Gerver

1000 – 1030  Refreshments within Exhibition – Exhibition Viewing & Networking

1035 – 1135  Workshops Session 1 (6 workshops)

1135 – 1200  Refreshments within Exhibition – Exhibition Viewing & Networking

1200 – 1230  Keynote Speaker – Tim Rylands

1230 – 1430  Buffet Lunch within Exhibition – Exhibition Viewing & Networking

1235 – 1335  Workshops Session 2 (3 workshops)

1325 – 1425  Workshops Session 2 (3 workshops)

1430                 Exhibition Closes

1430 – 1500  Matters of Moment – Russell Hobby, General Secretary

1515 – 1615  Workshops Session 3 (6 workshops)

1620 - 1630  Plenary and Conference Closes

When:  London – Friday 16 November 2012

Where:   Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU     www.senatehouseevents.co.uk

More information and how to book from NAHT website:    click here

How to get there:  click here

Unable to attend the London conference?  The NAHT are running the same event in Manchester on 19 October 2012.

Where:  The Midland Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester M60 2DS        www.Qhotels.co.uk    (virtual tour of venue)

More information and how to book from NAHT website:    click here

How to get there:  click here

Designed to energise and enthuse you and your leadership team, this year’s conference will provide practical and innovative ideas to take back and implement in your school or college.

High-profile, thought-provoking speakers Richard Gerver and Tim Rylands will be delivering the keynote presentations, and forward-thinking, knowledgeable workshop leaders, drawn from all sectors, will challenge and motivate you.  We have commissioned up to 12 workshops.*  These are all specifically designed to support you in the new teachers’ standards and the Ofsted areas of inspection.

The conference will also:

•  inspire, stimulate and empower you as a leader of education;
• share current educational thinking and examples of effective practice;
• provide networking and collaboration opportunities;
• offer practical advice, ideas and support.

Conference Programme

0800 – 0900  Registration, Exhibition Viewing & Networking

0900 – 0910  Conference Welcome – Steve Iredale, National President

0910 – 1000  Keynote Speaker – Richard Gerver

1000 – 1030  Refreshments within Exhibition – Exhibition Viewing & Networking

1035 – 1135  Workshops Session 1 (6 workshops)

1135 – 1200  Refreshments within Exhibition – Exhibition Viewing & Networking

1200 – 1230  Keynote Speaker – Tim Rylands

1230 – 1430  Buffet Lunch within Exhibition – Exhibition Viewing & Networking

1235 – 1335  Workshops Session 2 (3 workshops)

1325 – 1425  Workshops Session 2 (3 workshops)

1430                 Exhibition Closes

1430 – 1500  Matters of Moment – Russell Hobby, General Secretary

1515 – 1615  Workshops Session 3 (6 workshops)

1620 - 1630  Plenary and Conference Closes

Unable to attend the Manchester conference?  The NAHT are running the same event in London on 16 November.

Are you seeking to recruit high calibre teaching and non-teaching staff?

Use goTeach to fill your vacant positions.

Where:  Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre, Stone Staffordshire ST15 0NL   www.yarnfieldpark.com

More information and how to book from NAME website:   click here

How to get there:   click here

Theme:  Crossing Frontiers in Music Education

NAME National Conference 2012

Training , development and critical debate for music teaching professionals

In this time of dramatic change, come to the Conference that all music educators need to attend.

• Experience continuing professional development for all phases
• Enjoy practical training workshops and keynote addresses
• Refresh your practice, hear the latest research and contribute to debates on key issues affecting music education today.

Keynote Speakers including
Mark Phillips HMI
Usifu Jalloh

Practical Training Workshops

Early Years
Movers and Shakers Rebecca Lawrence
Early Years and Moving on – developing ideas to extend children’s musicality from early years into KS1 Linda Bance

Key Stages 1 and 2
Creativity with Keyboard in the Classroom Andrew Eales
Using Music Technology to Improvise, Explore, Develop and Refine Musical Ideas whilst Recording and Performing Phil Heeley
Movers and Shakers Rebecca Lawrence
Minute of Listening Tim Steiner for Sound and Music
Feel the Music – How stepping away from notation can liberate you and the young musicians you work with Pete Churchill
Brazilian Samba Louder than Life
World in Union – Singing and Body Percussion Stephen Chadwick for A&C Black

Key Stages 3 and 4
Feel the Music – How stepping away from notation can liberate you and the young musicians you work with Pete Churchill
Big Folk Band – Instrumental folk music for young people English Folk Dance and Song Society
Creativity with Keyboards in the Classroom Andrew Eales
Creative Ideas for Composing and Perfoming using Music Technology Phil Heeley
Singing Peter Hunt
Taiko Drumming Kagemusha Taiko
Brazilian Samba Louder than Life
 

Research, Presentations and Debates
Developing Languages through Music in Primary Education – The European Music Portfolio Comenius Project  David Wheway
Sounds of Intent:  Mapping the musical development of pupils with learning difficulties Adam Ockelford
Understanding Adolescent Singing:  Exploring Barriers to Participation and Ways to Overcome these Robert Legg
Music Education – still no pedagogy! John Finney
Listen, Imagine, Compose action research
Creative or Conservative?  Designing an Inclusive Secondary School Concert Anthony Anderson
Debates on Ofsted’s new report Music in Schools: wider still, and wider, music education pedagogy, Music Hubs and the future of ITE

Also:   Resource Exhibition

While you are booking your place at the NAME Conference you may wish to listen to Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater:

Overarching theme:  Confrontation with reality

When:  Tuesday, 11 September to Thursday, 13 September 2012

Where:  University of Manchester,  The Visitors Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL  www.manchester.ac.uk

More information and how to book from ALT website:    click here

How to get there:  click here  and here

The time, effort and money that learners invest in their education need to be matched by commensurate learning experiences, improved use of technology in learning, and effective methods of delivery, all underpinned by sustainable business models. Here are three of the hard questions that we face, both as institutions and as individuals, each centred on the development of knowledge about technology in learning:

• How can learning technology better support the core processes of learning, teaching, assessment, recruitment and retention?
• What will be the place of open educational resources and other kinds of free, shared, low cost or informal support and organisation in good provision?
• How should we respond to learners themselves, who are increasingly voluble in their desire for value for money and for effective use of technology?

Speaking in June 1962, John F. Kennedy railed against our tendencies to “hold fast to the clichés of our forbears”, “subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations”, and “enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought”.   He called for a “new, difficult, but essential confrontation with reality”.

ALT-C 2012 will provide a valuable and practical forum for practitioners, researchers, managers and policy-makers from education and industry to come together to explore, reflect, influence and learn.

While you are booking your place at the ALT 2012 Conference you may wish to watch a short talk given by Ayah Bdeir who introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of creativity as snapping blocks together.