How to get your tickets
for the conference
The King Alfred School Society
invites you to join us for a
one day education conference
Tickets for the conference at £60 (£50 for KAS
parents and alumni) cover continental breakfast
(from 9.15am) and lunch. Please book early to avoid
disappointment as our conferences tend to sell out.
Fill out the form below and send your cheque to Kara
Conti, KASS Conference, King Alfred School, North
End Road, London NW11 7HY.
HOMEWORK
Please reserve me
places at the Conference on
Saturday 11th October 2014.
chaired by
NEIL ROSKILLY, CEO of the
Independent Schools Association
I enclose a cheque made payable to the King Alfred
School for £
Names of delegates
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 11th 2014
10.am – 4.30.pm
Address
School/Organisation
Telephone
Email
Dietary requirements (if any)
The KAS, The King Alfred School,
North End Road, London NW11 7HY
www.kingalfred.org.uk
Tel: 020 8457 5200 Fax: 020 8457 5264
Email: [email protected]
The King Alfred School, North End Road
London NW11 7HY
Speakers
PROFESSOR SUSAN HALLAM
“Learning, the brain and homework: the evidence”
The evidence of what we know about learning, how it occurs
and what this means for homework from the perspective of
schools, children and families.
Susan Hallam is Professor of Education and Music
Psychology at the Institute of Education, University of
London. She has received research funding from the
ESRC, DFE, the Scottish Executive, the Ministry of
Defence, and a wide range of charities and Local
Authorities for projects relating to disaffection from
school, behaviour improvement, school-home links,
parenting programmes, ability grouping in primary
and secondary schools, formative feedback in
learning, and music education. In addition she has
undertaken research in relation to pedagogy,
learning and understanding across different age
ranges and sectors, homework, the psychology of
music and the effects of music on behaviour and
studying. She is the author of 12 books and over 150
other publications. She has also taught in a wide
range of settings including primary and secondary
schools, Further and Higher Education.
MARK CREASY
“Unhomework”
Mark will outline the philosophy behind Unhomework,
taking attendees through a journey from inception to
cementing the process for themselves in their own settings.
Colleagues will be challenged to ‘find their stick of rock’ and
consider what they want from their students’ learning beyond
the classroom, leaving with examples to try for themselves.
As a father and teacher, Mark’s passion is to provide
the best opportunities for all learners both inside
and outside of the classroom, allowing learners to
develop their independence. He strives to allow the
children to seek and find their talents and in doing
this Mark supports his learners to challenge their
areas for development for themselves. It is this
philosophy which underpins his first book,
Unhomework – how to get the most out of
homework without really setting it, drawing on over
10 years of practical application in both secondary
and primary settings across a range of subjects.
ALFIE KOHN (VIA SKYPE)
“The Homework Myth”
What if homework turned out to be all pain (frustration,
exhaustion, family conflict) and no gain? What if claims
that after-school assignments promote higher achievement
or better work habits were contradicted by research and
experience? Alfie Kohn explains why homework persists
despite the lack of benefit and invites us to rethink our
broader assumptions about children and education.
Alfie Kohn is the American author of 13 books,
including PUNISHED BY REWARDS, THE
SCHOOLS OUR CHILDREN DESERVE,
UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING, THE
HOMEWORK MYTH and, just published, THE
MYTH OF THE SPOILED CHILD. He has been
described by Time magazine as America’s “most
outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades
and test scores”. Kohn lives (actually) in the Boston
area and (virtually) at www.alfiekohn.org
KIM WELLS AND ADAM WEBSTER
“Flipped Learning”
Kim and Adam will outline the benefits of taking learning
home and bringing homework into the classroom, along
with ways that teachers can facilitate such a change in a
practical way.
They will also discuss the role that technology plays in
teaching and learning
with a focus on what the future holds for homework in the
digital era.
Kim Wells has been Deputy Head (Learning and
Teaching) at Caterham School for the last decade,
and teaching MFL since 1996. His passion is to help
children think for themselves. Whilst still working
full time as a senior leader and teacher, Kim has led
INSET for schools around the country. He has also
delivered training on thinking skills to the NHS, the
Foreign Office, Magistrates and the Insurance
industry. One of only two De Bono Master Trainers
in the UK, Kim won the ISA Award for “Education
Initiative of the Year” in 2011, and has been short
listed twice more for the same award.
Adam Webster is Director of Digital Learning and
an English teacher at Caterham School, and is also
an Apple Distinguished Educator. He is an advocate
of using technology to enhance and embellish
teaching and learning and is currently overseeing
the integration of mobile technology at his school as
they move towards giving each student an iPad. He
blogs about education technology at
www.cagelessthinking.com