Teaching and Learning Research Programme - Widening Participation
Project Update
Given to the Advisory Group - Thursday 14th December 2006
1. Case studies:
- 2 pilot case extensions
- College A – developing UoM pedagogy
- College B – connectivity & sociability
- 3 new cases begun
- College C – coursework & UoM vocational (Engineers)
- College D – vocational & UoM pedagogy
- College E – transmission pedagogy (ICT) & academic
2. Interviews:
- 18 pilot interviews:
- Cross sectional analyses – cultural models
- Individual narratives
- 45 main study interviews
3. Teachers conference held on 13th October.
4. Pilot survey, revision and main survey data
- Development & calibration of 3 instruments – self efficacy, intention to go to HE, disposition to go into mathematically demanding HE Courses
5. Papers & Presentations
- Already completed
- Symposium at TLRP annual conference, University of Glasgow, November 2006.
- How pedagogy can help provide resources and motivation for/against mathematical identity work: a socio-cultural perspective paper presented at ESRC Seminar on Mathematical Relationship: Identities and Participation, University of Manchester
- Different kinds of mathematics learners at A level: an examination of the relation between learner identity and classroom mathematics social practice presented at British Educational Research Association (BERA) annual conference in September 2006
- Keeping open the Door to Mathematically Demanding Courses presented at TLRP annual conference, University of Warwick, November 2005
- Still to come
- Storying mathematical identities with cultural models to be presented at the Conference for European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME) in February 2007
- Measuring Perceived self-efficacy in applying mathematics to be presented at Conference for European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME) in February 2007
- Multi-dimensional Structure of a (Use of) Mathematics Self Efficacy Instrument to be presented at American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007