MA Symposium

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On Saturday 9th I had the privilege and pleasure to attend the Symposium of the MA students of the School of Education at UC-Davis. I had met many of the students beforehand and I had even seen their work and provided them with feedback to improve on it.

The Sumposium was a presentation of the research projects they had conducted in their schools (they are all teachers in the area) and was presented in the format of posters.

This all took place in a large room in the Arts and Recreation Center of the University.



The room was organised with panels that were used to hold the posters, some tables where students could keep their supporting material (their students' work, laptops to show further material, etc.) and enough space for everyone to circulate. A floor plab was distributed to everyon who came in:


Other than the posters, students also had extra supporting materials, which included their lesson plans, their students' work and their own analysis of their interventions:

   
   


The students presented their work throughout the mornining and various faculty members circulated among the visitors to evaluate the work of the students.



I was particularly impressed with the professionalism of these students and with how articulate and committed they were to the work they did and to the students they work with.

   
   
   
   

Some photos from last year's symposium can be found here https://education.ucdavis.edu/photo-gallery/ma-symposium-2018.

I think these are skills worth developing in graduate students and I will be adopting them for my courses. It's a great way to evaluate their research and presentation skills!

Best of all? It was all in an atmosphere of collegiality and collaboration with everyone wanting to help the others improve.

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