The ASE is delighted to be hosting its Annual Conference, generously sponsored by AQA, at the University of Nottingham from 9th to 11th January 2025. International sessions are incorporated throughout the event’s 3 days and we will have a great exhibition with lots of exclusive Conference offers. Post-16 focus-day and for those involved in leading and delivering professional development, the Teacher Developers’ Group programme is Thursday. Friday is the dedicated Technicians day, kindly sponsored by Philip Harris, and Early Career Teacher day. Sessions for both Primary and 11-19 are threaded throughout all 3 days with a focus on Research on Saturday.
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BERG: This is an interactive session exploring how to use generative AI (especially Microsoft Copilot) to prepare and teach the biology curriculum from 14-18. It requires no specialist prior experiences. The session will use ideas from Pedagogy AI, an approach that explores how students might use generative AI productively in their biology lessons.
A laptop with access to Microsoft Copilot (https://copilot.microsoft.com) will be a useful pre-requisite for the course.
Pedagogy AI is introduced at https://www.neilingram.co.uk/pedagogy-ai/ and https://www.ai-in-education.co.uk/resources/pedagogy-ai and
Honorary Senior Lecturer Science Education, University of Bristol
I am a biologist, interested in what children really need to know about genetics to be citizens of a genomic world. I am a teacher educator, interested in the delights and pitfalls of learning to teach, especially on PGCE courses. I am interested in the use of ICT in schools, sociology... Read More →
After doing a biology degree at the University of Exeter and PGCE at the University of Cambridge, Jane has taught in a variety of schools and is an experienced online tutor, examiner, and author.
Thursday January 9, 2025 08:45 - 09:35 GMT
ESLC B05
This presentation will introduce PhysChemTechTrainer as an online resource available for senior secondary (ages 16-19) students studying STEM subjects, principally Physics. The resource is entirely free and provides level-appropriate questions and full solutions relating to those questions where the questions vary in terms of context and details each time. It has been designed to complement other teaching and learning strategies in the classroom.
The system was developed in Tasmania, Australia and has been used to successfully boost student outcomes in Tasmanian schools. It is available for use worldwide to teachers and students in English-speaking countries. Students have used it both in the classroom and for homework practice. The system is not an example of AI, but instead is a purposefully curated resource of physics and other STEM problems which can be used to progressively improve student understanding as they study these challenging topics. Following a high impact teaching approach that has been adopted by many schools in the south of Australia, the system assists teachers in structuring lessons, explicit teaching and providing worked examples. It allows for students to gain multiple exposures to the same core material (but in varied ways), access to many styles of questioning and will provide immediate help or feedback when appropriate.
The developer of the system is the presenter. During your session, he will explain how to use PhysChemTechTrainer, how he has used it as a learning tool in his own classroom as students are grappling with new ideas and later on as a revision tool for students consolidating their newly acquired skills and knowledge. He will show how it can be used standalone or incorporated into a school’s learning management system. If you bring an internet-connected device to the session, you will be able to use PhysChemTechTrainer then and there to see how it could benefit students in your classes. Finally, he will provide data on how the system has improved student attainment.
British Science Week happens every year in March in the UK. This session will look at top tips and support available for you to engage all young people in your school with STEM- with a focus on inclusion, and EDI. We will hear about funded opportunities and free resources as well as hear from teachers from the British Science Association's 'Engage' network on how they've used the week to kick-start STEM engagement in their schools, especially with children from more underrepresented backgrounds.
Studies into the teaching practices of expert Biology Teachers is an under explored area of research. The aim of this session is to provide new insights into the classroom practices of expert biology teachers, in moments where they are supporting students in grasping the big ideas. The session draws on the work powerful knowledge, the nature of science and the idea of biological "know-how" knowledge to describe approach to exploring and describing the powerful teaching practices of expert Biology teachers. Importantly, the study explores inter-disciplinary moments in a biology classroom where concepts from chemistry, mathematics and physics are incorporate by an expert biology teacher and made to respond to a big idea in biology. As a result, the session provides new insights into how we understand the work of expert Biology teachers. Concluding with a series of recommendations for the development of professional knowledge of biology teachers, with implications for the other sciences too.
