http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk Technology, children, schools and families Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:42:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Professor Sarah Harper is leading on the Beyond Current Horizons research challenge ‘Generations and lifecourse'. Sarah is the Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford. She continues her research into the social implications of demographic ageing, with particular emphases on late life work and flexible retirement and intergenerational ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/professor-sarah-harper/ Professor Helen Haste is leading on the Beyond Current Horizons research challenge ‘Identities, citizenship, communities'. Helen is Professor of Psychology at the University of Bath, and Visiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has a long record of research and publication in moral, social and political values, and ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/professor-helen-haste/ Dr Carey Jewitt is leading on the Beyond Current Horizons research challenge ‘Knowledge, creativity and communication'. Carey is a Reader in Education and Technology and Deputy Director at the London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, in the University of London. Her research investigates the relationships between representation, technologies and teaching and ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/dr-carey-jewitt/ Professor Lydia Plowman is leading on the Beyond Current Horizons research challenge 'State/market/third sector'. Lydia is Director of Research in The Stirling Institute of Education. She has conducted research in a range of formal learning environments and across different phases of education, including preschool settings, primary and secondary schools, and continuing ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/professor-lydia-plowman/ Professor Rob Wilson is leading on the Beyond Current Horizons research challenge 'Work and employment'. Rob is Deputy Director of the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick in the UK. He leads the Institute's labour assessment and market forecasting work. He has also researched and published on many other aspects of ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/professor-rob-wilson/ Helen Beetham is an author, researcher and innovator in the field of e-learning, with particular expertise in Higher Education. Since 2004 she has played a leading role in the JISC e-learning programme as an advisor on pedagogic issues. She is an experienced workshop leader and a regular speaker at conferences ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/helen-beetham/ The general public are being asked to take part in a new government research programme called ‘Beyond Current Horizons’ by voting online about the educational challenges of the future. Anyone with an interest in education and how to best prepare children for the future beyond 2025 is encouraged to offer ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/public-asked-to-vote-on-the-educational-challenges-of-the-future-in-new-dcsf-research-programme/ Jim Knight, Minister for Schools and Learners, announced the Beyond Current Horizons programme officially in his opening address at BETT08. Click here to view the Minister's speech in full http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/jim-knight-minister-for-schools-announces-beyond-current-horizons-programme-at-bett08/ ‘Technology, children, schools and families – Beyond Current Horizons’ is a research programme launched by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and education innovators Futurelab. It will investigate a range of social, technological and cultural future scenarios in order to help the government to develop the means to ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/dcsf-and-futurelab-investigate-the-future-of-education-and-technology-beyond-2025/ David Buckingham is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, London University, where he directs the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media (www.childrenyouthandmediacentre.co.uk). His research focuses on children and young people’s interactions with electronic media, and on media education. He has recently completed research projects on ... http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/professor-david-buckingham/