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Student-led Seminars

Student Seminars 2013

Date / Time / VenueTopic(s)
20th February 2013
4.30pm - 5.30pm
Room 0G/005, 20 College Green		 Helen Hanna: 'Citizenship Education in Northern Ireland and Israel within a Right to Education Framework'
Jen Banks: 'The Relationship between Citizenship and Sustainability'.
20th March 2013
4.30pm - 5.45pm
Room 0G/005, 20 College Green		 Themes: We have three presenters this time, from a wide range of fields. The title of Rosie Gaw's presentation will be, Examining methodologies for investigating evidence-based practice of off-horseback Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A pilot study. Josephine Bweyale will be sharing with us her research on the dynamics of human rights education in an African context: the case of Uganda, and James Nelson will finish off the session with his presentation on becoming a digital researcher.

24th April 2013
4.30pm - 5.45pm
Room 0G/005, 20 College Green

Themes and presenters: Rosie Gaw's presentation will be, Examining methodologies for investigating evidence-based practice of off-horseback Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A pilot study. Rhian Barrance will be talking about her research on A Child Rights Approach to Research on Assessment Policy Reform, and Jamie Yohanis will close the session with his project that looks at A Christian Basis for Secular RE: Trevor Cooling's Religious Education pedagogy.

22nd May 2013
4.30pm - 5.30pm
Room 0G/005, 20 College Green

Themes and presenters: Naoimh Fox: An evaluation of a volunteer tutoring programme aimed at improving the reading skills of children learning English as an additional language (EAL).

Nicole Craig: A mixed methods evaluation of a math tutoring program aimed to improve children’s fact recall and calculation ability

19th June 2013
4.30pm - 5.45pm
Room 0G/005, 20 College Green

 Themes and presenters: Rebecca Loader: Intergroup contact in shared education partnerships: a qualitative study

Jennifer Mooney: An evaluation of the Letterbox Club in Northern Ireland: improving outcomes for children in care

Clionagh Boyle - Key discourses in early childhood intervention - a case study of an early intervention city.

 

Further information on these seminars can be obtained from Helen Hannah hhanna03@qub.ac.uk (PhD Student and Co-ordinator of the Student Seminars)