Meri Nasilyan-Lowe
Senior Fellow of the HEA (Advance HE) | MA in TEFL from AUA (UCLA affiliate), MSc in Learning and Technology from University of Oxford, MA in Educational Leadership from University of Manchester | Current position: Course Director for Digital Pedagogy at Leeds Beckett University (PGCE Online, PG Cert SENCo & National Award SENCo, MSc Digital Pedagogy, MA Transformative Education, MA Inclusive Practice)
Research focus: digital pedagogy, identity and social media, educational policy
RAPIDE: international educators practices with digital pedagogy, inclusion and the implications of the pandemic
Duration of Project
24 months: June 1st 2021 – May 31st 2023.
Aims of project
The proposed project aims to strengthen the profiles of the teaching profession through the provision of open, innovative and inclusive digital practices.
Partners
- Leeds Beckett University, UK (Lead Partner)
- Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary (ELTE)
- National Education Institute, Slovenia (ZRSS)
- PLATO Research Institute, University of Leiden, Netherlands (PLATO)
- Unversidade Aberta, Portugal (UAb)
- University of Aberdeen, UK (UNIABDN)
- Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen, Belgium (KathOndVla)
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands (FONTYS)
- Staatliche Seminar für Didaktik und Lehrerbildung, Tübingen, Germany (SSDL)
Funding Body
- The project is being funded through the Erasmus+ UK National Agency.
Methodology
- Stage 1: Diagnosis- months 1-6
- Stage 2: Planning & Development- Months 6-18
- Stage 3: Implementation and feedback- Months 18-22
- Stage 4: Dissemination - Months 20-24
Intellectual Outputs
o IO1 – an accessible interactive learning resource that allows educators to explore evidence-based resources so that they feel able to teach all learners in the digital environment
o IO2 - an interactive online toolbox that supports engagement in multiple modes of co-coaching to strengthen educators’ ability to manage change in their working practices
o IO3 - an interactive digital resource which enables the wider community to work with educators and students to support all learners in the digital environment
Important steps and initial findings
The 4 Rs | Vignettes | Narratives
Education narratives emerging from the pandemic and finding new ways of engaging thoughtfully and opening up dialogue about our future practices in education
Pilot interviews to test the questions
Teachers in different countries were interviewed
We converted these into ‘narratives’
Narratives aimed to target:
- technological issues
- pedagogical/didactica
- social emotional
- role of the teacher
- organisational/management
In the narratives we searched for
Literature Scan | Policy
- Family life
- Interaction between learners
- Interaction between teachers and learners
- Interaction between teachers and parents
- Equity/equal opportunities/inclusion issues
- Community involvement in teaching and learning
- Online, or ICT based teaching
- Development of teacher trainees
- Professional development of teachers
- Mentoring coaching and counselling
- Co-operation collaboration of teachers/educators
- Inter-professional learning of teachers
- Research
- Innovation
- Leadership
Three Waves
Current stage of the project: work on the website, collection of evaluations, creation of learning materials.
Final conference event: May 2023, Leeds UK
THANK YOU
contact details: m.nasilyan@leedsbeckett.ac.uk