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800 Years of Cambridge Astronomy

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This lecture, by Professor Malcolm Longair, tells the story of the development of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology over the 800 years of Cambridge University's existence. A...

Collection: Featured content

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Thu 26 Mar 2009


Archaeology and the Human Career: Celebrating 20 years of the McDonald Institute

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Professors Colin Renfrew and Graeme Barker speak on the McDonald Institute's work in the past, present and future.

Collection: The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

Institution: Department of Archaeology

Created: Mon 29 Nov 2010


Cambridge Ideas - Seven Ages of the Body

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Dr John Robb is an archaeologist and has been studying how people have understood the human body over the last 10,000 years.

“It may seem surprising to think the human body...

Collection: Cambridge Ideas

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Tue 31 Aug 2010


Encouraging reception students to share ideas and agree/disagree with their peers providing reasons

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This clip shows a teacher of a reception class in a final lesson after a teachers development programme with T-SEDA. The lesson's task was for the students to discuss whether...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 8 May 2020


Encouraging reception students to share ideas and give reasons about their thinking

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This clip shows a teacher of a reception class in an initial lesson prior to a teachers development programme with T-SEDA. The lesson's task was for the students to imagine that...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Mon 11 Nov 2019


Inviting primary students to elaborate on their opinions in an English activity framed by a modelled example and a...

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This clip shows a primary teacher presenting a modelled example of a task and then asking the students to discuss how the example met a list of success criteria. While the...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 8 May 2020


Inviting students to explain or justify their responses in a primary science class about the circulatory system

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This clip shows a teacher inviting the students to offer contributions that are relevant to the task. The teacher encourages the students to justify their responses. After some...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 8 May 2020


Making inferences about a text using a talking point in a primary reading class

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This clip shows a teacher using a talking point about a story that required the students to make inferences. The teacher asked the students to back up their opinions using...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Sun 3 May 2020


Monitoring and providing informative feedback on small group discussions of students in a primary science class

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This clip shows students working in small groups in a collaborative writing task. The teacher monitors discussions and provides informative feedback to the students.

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 8 May 2020


Preparing teachers for early learning in Sub Saharan Africa

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John Pryor and Jo Westbrook talk about preparing teachers for early learning in Sub Saharan Africa.

John Pryor is Reader in Education at the University of Sussex, working...

Collection: Centre for Commonwealth Education: Seminars

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 21 Jun 2013


Promoting primary students to reason about grams and kilograms conversions using a number line

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This clip shows a teacher inviting the students to reason about conversions with grams and kilograms. The teacher asks follow up questions, invites the students to state if they...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Mon 11 Nov 2019


The Many Worlds of Kyivan Rus': A Conversation with Professor Simon Franklin

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In this video podcast, Professor Simon Franklin (Head of the School of Arts and Humanities) offers an introduction to Kyivan Rus', the first polity to emerge among the Eastern...

Collection: Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Podcast

Institution: Department of Slavonic Studies

Created: Fri 30 Jul 2010


The Way We Play September Speaker Series – Play in the Pandemic

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What does play look like at home and in schools and early years settings during the current Covid-19 pandemic?

Collection: PEDAL Centre

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Tue 29 Sep 2020


Using talking partners and building on students’ answers to solve a mathematical problem using the interactive...

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This clip shows a teacher inviting the students to discuss how they will solve a mathematical problem with a partner. After some discussion time, the teacher asks the students to...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Mon 11 Nov 2019


Using talking points and think-pair-share to encourage students to make inferences about a text in a primary reading...

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This clip shows a teacher using a talking point about a story that required the students to make inferences. The teacher uses think-pair-share and then held a plenary discussion...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Sun 3 May 2020


Using talking points and think-pair-share to promote students’ reasoning about the water cycle in a primary science...

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This clip shows a teacher presenting three contrasting statements and inviting the students to discuss in small groups what they think about the statements. The teacher listens to...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Mon 11 Nov 2019


Using talking points to encourage students to agree or challenge their peers' contributions in a primary English class

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This clip shows a teacher explicitly inviting the students to state whether they agree or disagree with a statement. The students build on their peer's contributions and provide...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Mon 11 Nov 2019


Using think-pair-share and promoting peer feedback in a primary English class

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This clip shows a student sharing a collaborative piece of writing to the whole class. The teacher asks the students to discuss in small groups how the piece of writing is...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 8 May 2020


Using think-pair-share in a primary reading class to encourage students to take positions and offer supporting evidence

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This clip shows a teacher using a statement (talking point) about a story and asking the students to take a position. i.e., to agree, disagree, challenge or question the...

Collection: CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Sun 3 May 2020