Appendix 11: Dissemination activities
The following dissemination activities have resulted from the first year:
National and international conferences
British Educational Research Association ( BERA) poster presentation, Institute of Education, London, 5-7 th September 2007.
European Educational Research Association ( EERA) Ghent, 19-21st September 2007.
Paper: Towards collaborative evaluation practice: the experience of Schools of Ambition in Scotland
International Colloquium: Making authentic connections between practitioner inquiry and teacher professional learning in initial teacher education and ongoing teacher professional development. Leeds Metropolitan University, 8-10th October 2007.
Scottish Educational Research Association ( SERA) symposium, Perth, 22 -24 November.
Paper one: A double-edged sword?: support and evaluation in Schools of Ambition research, Research Support Team
Paper two: Practitioner Research, school leadership and professional development, Trisha McCurrach, Wallace Hall Academy.
Paper three: Practitioner Research and school development: Using surveys to inform school strategies, Margaret Ferguson, Newbattle Community High School.
Regional conferences/seminars
Innovation and Evidence in Teacher Education, Strathclyde University, June 15 th 2007
Paper: Developing and sustaining 'teacher research' within the Schools of Ambition
School learning networks: current experiences and future hopes, University of Liverpool, October 12 th 2007
Paper: From network schools to networked learning: developing Schools of Ambition as professional learning communities.
Research briefing
Magazine section of Education in the North, number 15, session 2007-08