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The Science of Learning School’s Partnership Initiative brings together Melbourne University researchers with teachers and school leaders to improve educational outcomes in schools.
Next Event: Online Evening Forum on the 30th of May
- Please note that the online evening forum and online presentation sessions have switched places.
- The evening forum is now on the 30th of May and the online presentation is now on the 18th of June.
Resources from our second Intensive on the 6th of May
Keynote 1: Student Voice and Student Agency
In this presentation Sophie Murphy defines student voice and student agency and discusses how a strong sense of agency can support student learning. Sophie provides practical strategies that you can use to enhance student voice and student agency in the classroom.
Click HERE to view the presentation and access the resources
Resources from our first Intensive on the 25th of February
Resources from Tom Cain and Luke Mandouit’s workshop on student voice:
- Tom Cain’s Presentation on Student Voice in Schools
- Jigsaw resources
- Grouping Cards
- Self-Assessment and Improvement Tool
- Graphic Organiser
We would also appreciate if you could provide us with feedback by following this link to a google form survey.
Access resources from past events and view future dates in the network schedule
Science of Learning Blogs and Vlogs
- Showcasing innovative education research and interventions from around the world
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The feedback that parents and teachers give to children can become internalised as self-talk.
Watch the first of our video blogs, which features Luke Mandouit’s insightful interview with Aisling Mulvihill, an expert on attention, self-talk, and self-regulation.
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Teachers are constantly giving their students feedback. The problem is that students often don’t receive it. So how can we improve both the feedback that we give and the capacity of our learners to receive and act upon feedback?
In this interview, Luke Mandouit from the University of Melbourne discussed effective classroom feedback practices with Dr Cam Brooks from the University of Queensland.
An Educational Intervention Turning Young People into Published Authors in One Week
Writing a novel is hard for anyone, but for children or teenagers to work together to write, edit, and publish one in five days seems impossible. Yet one research team in the UK is allowing them to do just that through an innovative program called ‘White Water Writers.’ The program has been run with children, teenagers, and young adults in schools, universities, foster homes, and prison. Their voices and personal experiences are crafted into their stories and the novels are published and available for purchase online. The success of authorship provides young people with new skills, friendships, and motivation for future accomplishments.
