With the school year underway, I am sure you are also in the throes of new projects and initiatives. It's made me think about the role of researchers in schools and how we know what to research and how to do it. Thinking of the school-based researcher investigating school-based initiatives, I ask the question- how do we research new initiatives in schools?
Helping teachers see behind the scenes of research is made possible when they participate in research. A great example of this occurred recently when a group of Pymble Ladies' College Junior School teachers volunteered to take part in a metacognition study with PhD student Stanley Yip.
Libraries are invaluable when building a research culture in your school, but it is the experienced and passionate people within them who are our most important assets. We spoke with our new Inquiry Learning Leader, Pooja Mathur, to learn more about her passion for research.
Meet Dr Fiona Radford, the Acting Head of Learning Area - History, Society and Ethics. Fiona uses her PhD in her daily work, outside the bounds of academia, in ways that promote enjoyment of learning and interest in history in the wider community. This includes her own podcast, The Partial Historian.
We are finding more and more opportunities to engage students in research projects, and seeing students in the roles of instigators and investigators, not just as participants. We’re preparing to invite students to lead their own research into the Pymble Wise Phones project.
Join us in conversation with Professor Sophie Gee to talk about researching the humanities.
