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Dangerous June 2014

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The Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2013 was delivered over nine days in June, with 30 CPD events offered in eight different geographical locations, in partnership with 12 organisations, which were free to anyone who was interested in the future of education.  Please view the animated summary.

Plans are already underway for next year – please put ‘dangerous June’ in your diary for 2014!

Key themes will be:

  • Small nations, big ideas for education
  • Games for learning
  • Businesses doing it for themselves: If the trend is for businesses to offer their own degrees, academies and training, what does that say about state funded education?
  • Enterprising, entrepreneurial or excluded: What skills do young people really need?
  • Engaging learners: do lecturers and teachers have the required youth work skills?
  • Research: dangerous ideas from theory to practice.

Interested in holding an event as part of the festival? Visit the website and complete the Event Submission Form.

Got a dangerous idea you want to share? Get involved via Facebook, Twitter, blog andLinkedIn.

CPD, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Opportunities, Outdoor learning

Youth Spaces Conference – Three weeks to go!

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This year and with support from SNH, TCV Scotland is hosting ‘Youth Spaces’ – an outdoor-based networking conference to be held on 3 October 2013. This free event will  bring together youth sector agencies and environmental organisations in order to learn more about how working outdoors in nature can increase skills and employability for disadvantaged young people as well as improve health and well being. The event will be a springboard for future partnership activity, providing participants with the opportunity to meet new people and learn about Scotland’s natural environment.  Developing skills and creating enhanced employability for disadvantaged young people is an area of work that is growing for TCV Scotland and also a topic of national concern with youth unemployment figures at historically high levels. Youth Spaces will be held at Redhall Walled Garden (SAMH) in Edinburgh on Thursday 3 October from 9.30 am till 4.15 pm.

Youth Spaces is aimed at practitioners in the Youth Sector who would like to support disadvantaged young people (16-24 year olds) by integrating environmental and outdoor based activity into their programme of work.

Youth Spaces will provide:

  • The chance to learn more about outdoor-based environmental activity and the many volunteering and placement opportunities available
  • Future access to a powerfully effective, free resource to add to their portfolio for working with and inspiring young people

If you would like to book a place, please use link below to access the booking formhttp://bit.ly/YouthSpaces2013.

If you would like more information about the event please contact Julia Duncanj.duncan@tcv.org.uk

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Scottish Learning Festival 2013

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Registration is now open for this year’s Scottish Learning Festival (SLF), which takes place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September in the SECC, Glasgow.

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning will give the opening address to SLF.

In addition, there will be the keynotes from the following international renowned speakers:

  • Prof Andy Hargreaves, Thomas Moore Brennan Chair, Lynch School of Education, University of Boston;
  • Dr Avis Glaze, Edu-quest International Inc. and former Chief Student Achievement Officer of Ontario; and
  • Dr Pasi Sahlberg, Director General, Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation, Finland.

As well as round table discussions led by:

  • Prof Petra Wend; and
  • Dr Bill Maxwell and partners.

The full programme of keynotes and seminars along with details of the range of additional activities are available on the SLF website.

Seminars which may be of interest

The M Factor

Finding their Voice: Engaging teenagers with poetry and debate through rap and performance

3-18 Curriculum Impact Reviews: Creativity 3-18

Launch of Education Scotland’s Building Capacity for Continuous Improvement strategy

Global Citizenship – Bringing It All Together

Learning experiences through Glow – Partnership working

Moving image education: Screening Shorts

Expressive arts: What’s on the third horizon?

English language class arts exhibition project: East Kilbride

Short & sweet: Short films as a route to developing modern foreign languages

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Discover Dalcroze

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Discover Dalcroze is a two-day event taking place at University of St Andrews Music Centre 2-3 November 2013, providing a practical insight into the Dalcroze Method.  Workshops will be led by the UK’s leading experts and there will be specialist sessions on its application is a wide range of settings.
  • Movement and instrumental teaching – Flautist Lis Dooner and students from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland demonstrate how Dalcroze can be used to enhance practice and performance skills
  • Dalcroze and String Teaching – Monica Wilkinson will show how Dalcroze can be used to develop physical awareness and technique alongside musicianship
  • Music, Connectivity and the Plastic Brain – Eric Barnhill takes us on a tour of the musical brain
Other topics addressed in relation to Dalcroze include:
  • Dyslexia and dyspraxia
  • The elderly
  • Special needs
  • Relationship between Dalcroze and Music Therapy
  • Dalcroze for singers
Detailed information can be accessed by clicking on the logo below, where bookings can also be made.
CPD, Creativity, Events, Opportunities, Scotland Colleges, Technologies

Learning Through Gaming

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Thursday 20 June 2013 (10:00 – 16:00)
Dundee College, Gardyne Campus


This event will consider the current and developing context of games in education and how education can embrace the potential for these environments.
As part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, participants at the event are encouraged be as ‘dangerous’ as possible in considering how gaming can influence pedagogy and encourage greater engagement with learning.
Speakers include Chris van der Kuyl of brightsolid, Derek Robertson of Education Scotland and David Renton of Reid Kerr College.
For more information about the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, visit the website,Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games – A rich context to inspire learning

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This event will be held on Monday, 17 June 2013 from 08:45 – 15:00, at Commonwealth House, Glasgow.

On Monday 17 June, there will be just 401 days before the biggest multi-sport and cultural event ever to come to Scotland opens in Glasgow. That’s less than 58 weeks! Fortunately, education establishments across the country are already preparing to incorporate learning opportunities around the Commonwealth Games in the next academic year.  The event will showcase other inspirational programmes and initiatives available to teachers to stimulate learning around the Commonwealth Games. A variety of engaging workshops delivered by practitioners and organisations experienced in Games Legacy work will provide practical, hands-on exemplification on the impact of the Games as a context for learning.

We invite you to join us for an inspirational day of sharing and collaborative thinking around a variety of exciting opportunities by registering for the event onlinehttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DKY38Y9?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0&dm_i=LQE,1FJED,49RSC3,4Y1BU,1or email Diane Carson: Diane.Carson@educationscotland.gov.uk

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YMFS: Monthly Live Streamed Discussion – Article 31

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Wednesday 29 May, 2013 from 6:00 PM—7:30 PM

Google+ Link: http://bit.ly/YMFSarticle31

Join us for the first in a series of monthly live streamed broadcasts, led by Youth Music Forum Scotland using Google+, exploring current topics in youth music from all across the country.

This first broadcast will feature guest Tam Baillie, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, joining us to discuss the recently released Article 31 (children’s right to culture, leisure and play) and the effect it will have on young people and those who work with young people throughout the UK.

Take part in the discussion live online where you can ask the Commissioner anything on Article 31 and find out all about what’s happening in youth music in Scotland this month.

The live stream discussion will run from 6.00—7.30pm on Wed 29 May.

To join in the debate, you’ll need a Google account, which takes just a few minutes to set up and will enable you to join in the discussion fully. We encourage you to pose questions to the Children’s Commissioner in advance of the event by emailing, hello@ymfs.org.uk or on Twitter using the hashtag, #Article31 or at Facebook.com/YMFScot or you can call the Inner Ear office and ask to speak with Benny or Anny, on 0141 226 8808. If you prefer you can join the Google+ hangout where you can talk directly on camera (using your computer’s in-built microphone and camera) and ask a question as if you were in the room. If you’re new to Google, we recommend you take a few minutes to familiarise yourself with Google+ from 6pm, where we’ll be on hand to help with any technical queries before the broadcast starts from 6:30pm.

If you’re able to join us live on Tuesday 29 May on Google+, please join the event or you can sign up via eventbrite.com.

CPD, Education Scotland, Opportunities, Outdoor learning

Adventures in Improvised Living – building wellbeing, resilience and learning power through outdoor exploration and discovery

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Click on the image for more infoEducation Scotland would like to invite practitioners working in upper primary and secondary to this event, particularly those interested in developing their outdoor practice to achieve Professional Recognition in Outdoor Learning from GTCS.

To attend this event, please complete the registration form here.

You will need the name and contact details of the lead officer nominating you for this event in order to register. We will confirm places on 4 March and send you a detailed programme for the day then.

Find out more here

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Physical education

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Event: Raising the Bar in Physical Education – 2 March 2013 (Edinburgh)

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Education Scotland, in partnership with sportscotland, is hosting this free event at Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh on Saturday 2 March to increase the knowledge and understanding of final year undergraduate primary teachers, postgraduate primary teachers and primary NQTs in physical education and to build their confidence and capacity to deliver quality lessons in this area.

The Scottish Government has provided an opportunity to raise the bar in physical education through a commitment to ensure schools provide at least two hours per week of high-quality physical education in primary schools and at least two periods per week for learners in S1-S4.  

This event will explore pedagogy that facilitates the significant aspects of learning and some of the perceived barriers to meeting the commitment. Practitioners will have the opportunity for professional dialogue and discussion as well as participating in practical workshops.

Please register online for this event. For more information, visit the Education Scotland website.