BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:286@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20211103T130000Z DTEND:20211103T143000Z DTSTAMP:20211101T103921Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/development-of-education-for-all-in-the- isle-of-man/ SUMMARY:Development of Education for All in the Isle of Man DESCRIPTION:3 November 1-2:30pm GMT\nLocating the development of ‘Educati on for All’ in the Isle of Man within an international literature\nThis event is part of the School of Education's Bristol Conversations in Educat ion research seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the publi c.\nHosted by the Education in Small States Research Group (ESSRG) and the Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education (CIRE)\nSp eaker: Professor Angela Little\, Honorary Emeritus Professor\, UCL Institu te of Education and UCL Social Research Institute.\nREGISTER HERE\nSmall i sland nations embed exceptionalism\, in contrast to globalised universalis m. They provide opportunities to understand the local and what could be\, rather than the global and what has to be. This presentation offers a wind ow onto a Manx world that reveals the possibilities of endogenous developm ent within a political relationship with the UK\, described by some as ‘ colonial’ and by others as one of self-determination.\nThe Isle of Man i s located in the Irish Sea at the epicentre of the British Isles. The isla nd’s strategic maritime location had rendered it a crossroads of culture s - Pagan\, Christian\, Celtic\, Norse and maritime. Until the early ninet eenth century the majority of the population were speakers of Manx Gaelic\ , a Celtic language\, derived from Old Irish. Constitutionally\, the islan d is a crown dependency\, has been part of neither the United Kingdom nor Great Britain\, and has no representation in Westminster. Instead\, it boa sts its own parliament that stretches back unbroken at least 1\,040 years. It lays claim to have been the first country in the world to give\, in 18 81\, women the same voting rights as men in parliamentary elections. It ha s its own education\, health and legal and fiscal systems\, its own nation al flag\, postage stamps and currency. It is the only nation to have been awarded the status of a UNESCO biosphere. With a population of just 84.000 and physical size of 572 sq.km.it is a small island nation. In terms of a rea and physical size of population\, Tonga is its closest neighbour (Tong a pop.104\,000 and 748 sq.km.). In terms of travel distance\, Tonga is the Isle of Man’s most remote neighbour (54.2 N\, 4.5 W (IOM)\; 21.2 S\,175 .1 W (Tonga).\nThis piece of research is at an early stage. It has two mai n aims currently. First\, it seeks to identify avenues in the development over time of Manx education that resonate with themes in the international literature on (i) education in small island states (ii) development and d ependency and (iii) education and sustainable development. Second\, it aim s to assess the relative effects of exogenous and endogenous factors in th e development of ‘Education for All’ over time\, with a particular emp hasis on examples of autonomous decision-making\, policy and practice.\nTh ere are several routes this research could take in the future and the purp ose of this seminar is to share current thematic foci and seek advice on f uture directions from those of you well versed in one of more of these thr ee literatures. To date\, I have been exploring the issue of the medium of instruction\, exogenous models of education and compulsory education with in a changing political relationship with the UK. Other issues that might be explored include small schools\, teacher recruitment\, training and ret ention\, curriculum relevance\, migration.\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1 0/Bristol-Conversations-in-Education.png CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR