Conference Agenda

Creating Cultures Of Belonging: A Critical Inquiry Approach To Deepening Staff Understanding Of Equity, Inclusion And Diversity

Usha James¹, Jenelee Jones², Cayley Ermter², Sarrah Johnstone²

1: The Critical Thinking Consortium, Canada; 2: Calgary Girls Charter School, Canada

Auxiliary School Leaders: A Missing Component in Distributed Leadership Practice, Research, and Theory

Henry Zink, Craig Hochbein

Lehigh University, United States of America

EdEco Connect - A Working Experiment in Supporting Learning Ecosystem Emergence in South Africa

Robyn Mary Whittaker¹, James Donald², Julie Williamson², Nadeen Moolla³, Helen Vosloo²

1: DBE E3; 2: Kaleidoscope Lights; 3: Marang Education Trust

From Knowing to Being - Bridging The Gap Between Knowing And Doing In Leadership Development

Heather Lee De Blasio

Grift Education, Australia

Supporting And Nurturing School Leaders: Professional Learning That Develops An Inquiry Stance Toward Instructional Leadership

Usha James¹, Shelley Warkentin², Kellie Wrigley³, Leslie Stewart Rose⁴

1: The Critical Thinking Consortium, Canada; 2: Seven Oaks School Division, Canada; 3: Superior Greenstone School Division, Canada; 4: University of Toronto

Curious And Curiouser: The Lived Experience Of Women Who Have Opened The Pandora’s Box Of Network Leadership.

Alexandra Harper¹, Trista Hollweck², Miriam Mason-Sesay³, Danette Parsley⁴, Robyn Whittaker⁵

1: University of Western Sydney, Australia; 2: University of Ottawa; 3: EducAid; 4: Marzano Research; 5: Africa Voices Dialogue & EdEco Connect Lead

Conceptualising and Promoting Teacher and Pupil Agency in Curriculum Redevelopment and Enactment: Learnings from Recent Developments in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Chair(s): Jim Spillane (Northwestern University, Chicago)

Discussant(s): Amanda Datnow (University of California San Diego)

Presentations of the Symposium

Agency, Structure and England’s National Curriculum

Dominic Wyse
Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0 to 11 Years) (HHCP). IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society

Teacher and Child Agency in the Primary School Curriculum in Ireland: Policy Aspirations, Progress and Challenges

Thomas Walsh
Maynooth University, Ireland

Learners and Teachers: Alternative Approaches to Agency in Scotland

Ollie Bray¹, Louise Hayward^2
1Education Scotland, ²University of Glasgow

Teacher Agency and the Curriculum for Wales

David Egan¹, Kevin Palmer^2
1Cardiff Metropolitan University, ²Kevin Palmer, Welsh Government

Children And Young People In Out-Of-home Care – Education Every Day, Every Way.

Dale Murray

Life Without Barriers, Australia

Does ‘Educational Culture’ matter to create ‘Ownership of Learning’?

Henk van Woudenberg

SOL (student Ownership of Learning), Netherlands, The

Preview of Regional Event Creating Futures: Repurposing Education for All

Julia Helen Cantle Longville, Alma Harris, Michelle Jones

Cardiff Met, United Kingdom

Beyond “Voice”, Toward Agency: Meaningfully Centring Student Wisdom And Experiences In All Decision Making

Usha James¹, Indira Quintasi Orosco², Wes Hahn³

1: The Critical Thinking Consortium, Canada; 2: University of Toronto; 3: Trillium Lakelands District School Board, Canada

Teacher Ethics: Managing the Gap between Policy Creation and Implementation

Pauline Stephen¹, Elaine Napier²

1: General Teaching Council for Scotland; 2: General Teaching Council for Scotland

Innovation, Commitment and Capability: A Partnership Approach to Creating New Pathways for Post Primary Students in Ireland

Ita Kennelly, Leo Casey

National College of Ireland, Ireland

“Why Had I Never Talked About Race?”: Decentering White Narratives In Primary Literacy Classrooms

Usha James¹, Clarissa de Leon², Rachael McDonald³

1: The Critical Thinking Consortium, Canada; 2: Queens University, Canada; 3: Limestone District School Board, Canada

Redesigning Teaching And Learning Resources To Enhance Indigenous Students’ Outcomes: A Collaborative Approach To Decolonizing and Integrating Indigenous Education

Usha James¹, Warren Woytuck¹, Joseph Willis², Brad Battiston², Sharon Nate²

1: The Critical Thinking Consortium, Canada; 2: Matawa Education and Care Center, Canada

Enhancing Quality Professional Education: Putting Students At The Centre

Chair(s): Kristin Vanlommel (University of Applied Sciences Utrecht)

Discussant(s): Dennis Shirley (Boston College)

Presentations of the Symposium

How Can We Motivate Students? Using Student Voice To Redesign Education

Emma Strating¹, Kristin Vanlommel¹, Marjan Vermeulen^2
1University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, ²Open University

Defining Data Literacy For Students: From Data Literacy For Student Learning To Data Literate Citizens

Kim Schildkamp¹, Edmond Sebestyén^2
1University Twente, ²University of Szeged

Enacting Data Discussions With Students: A Communicative Activity Analysis

Henning Fjørtoft, Marit Olave Riis-Johansen, Stine Aarønes Angvik, Iveta Kohanová
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Frame Shifting: A Professional Development Approach for Addressing Teaching Dilemmas

Brianna L. Kennedy¹, Amy S. Murphy²

1: University of Glasgow; 2: University of Georgia

The Hidden Curriculum Of The Staffroom: Sustaining or Draining Professional Lives?

Rachel Lofthouse

Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom

Positioning Teachers as Designers: Inquiry-Based Professional Development for Authentic Project-Based Teaching & Learning

Bianca Licata, Karen Page, Anusheh Byrne, Jacqueline Pilati, Kim Van-Wyck, Yvonne Thevenot, Ellen Meier

Center for Technology & School Change at Teachers College, Columbia University, United States of America

Purposes and Collaborative Activities of Mandated School Networks: From Hierarchical Structures to Collective Learning

Mauricio Pino-Yancovic, Catalina Zuñiga

CIAE - IE, Universidad de Chile, Chile

“Professional Learning Networks in Africa: An Ethnographic Study of the Inception and Growth of Africa Voices Dialogue and Inventors’ Playground”

Fatimazohra Elboussaidi¹, Robyn Mary Whittaker², Mohammed Elmeski³, Andrew Kitavi Wambua², Abdelaziz Zohri²

1: Faculty of Languages, Letters, and Arts, Ibn Tofail University; 2: Africa Voices Dialogue; 3: Nordic Centre for Conflict Transformation

Literacy Coaches as System Leaders in Education System Improvement: A Chinese Perspective

Qi Xiu¹, Peng Liu², Xuyang Li²

1: South China Normal University, China, People's Republic of; 2: University of Manitoba

“Lest We Forget”: Action Research Engaging Students and Teachers as Historians Bridging the Past with the Present

Cameron Thomas Jones¹, Blake Seward², Mason Black²

1: Upper Canada District School Board, Canada; 2: Big Ideas Group Consulting