Professional development for educational change: building inclusive and culturally responsive practices

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Principal Investigator: Liz Chesworth

Co-Investigator: Elizabeth Wood

Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Account at the University of Sheffield

The project aims to:

Explore how children’s interests can be used to inform curriculum planning - understanding children as knowledgeable experts in their own lives;
Share approaches to curriculum-making that incorporate children’s interests, knowledge and diverse home practices;
Promote equality and diversity through inclusive and culturally responsive practices to support children’s progress and achievements.

The aims will be achieved by:

Collaborating with educators at Wingfield Primary to produce digital resources that demonstrate how teachers incorporate children’s knowledge and interests in inclusive curriculum planning and pedagogical decision-making.
Using the resources to design professional development sessions for the Compass Partnership of Schools, a charitable academy trust that includes Wingfield Primary.
Engaging in knowledge exchange with primary schools and early years settings via an online event organised in partnership with Early Education and Wingfield Primary School
Disseminating the resources via a website, social media and blogs.

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