Presentation by Dr Sara Bragg (the University of Brighton) of a Higher Education Academy (HEA) funded teacher education project in July 2014. For further details of this event and links to related materials see http://bit.ly/1mqhzHS.

1. The digitalised spaces and cultures of schooling
HEA conference Innovating ITE, Birmingham 11th July 2014
Sara Bragg
Education Research Centre
University of Brighton

2. We need to talk about digital cultures, but not just about …

3. … also about the many, varied ways digital cultures, are making themselves felt in schools…

4. Talking about digital cultures…
•Should teachers accept friend requests from students on Facebook?
•Should senior managers look at applicants’ social media profiles when appointing teaching staff?
•Does CCTV in corridors and school grounds make them safer?
•Does CCTV in classrooms make them safer?

5. Promoting reflection on the ‘digitalised cultures and spaces of schooling’
Aims
•To bridge cultures of research and practice and generate genuine “research middlework” (Thomson 2013) by bringing together researchers, lecturers and student teachers
•…. specifically around an under-explored but cross- sector/subject/curriculum issue
•…. where ‘research’ perspectives differ markedly from practitioner-oriented ones, but where student teachers bring a wealth of diverse experiences.
Outcomes
•Making similar ‘thinking spaces’ part of our ‘offer’ to NQTs from Sept 2014 (inspired also by P4T)
•Composite vignettes/ materials based on discussions (also Face2Face research project)

6. Activity
•Read the vignette in front of you
•Highlight any words / phrases / sentences that stand out
•Annotate it with your responses:
•Further questions that arise / ideas and solutions / alternative scenarios / other instances that should be included
•This sounds familiar / I’ve never heard of this
•Emotional reactions, good or bad
•How well might the vignettes help promote reflection on the ‘digitalised spaces and cultures of schooling’?

7. Sara Bragg
Education Research Centre
University of Brighton
s.bragg@brighton.ac.uk

8. References
•boyd, d. (2014). It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. New Haven and London: Yale University Press
•Hope, A. (2014). ‘Schoolchildren, Governmentality and National E-safety Policy Discourse’. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.
•Loveless, A., & Williamson, B. (2013). Learning identities in a digital age: rethinking creativity, education and technology. London: Routledge.
•Shove, E., Pantzar, M., & Watson, M. (2012). The dynamics of social practice: Everyday life and how it changes. London: Sage.