University of Leicester

School of Education

University of Leicester
School of Education
http://www.le.ac.uk/education
Phone:+ 44 116 252 3715
Laurence Rogers, e-mail: lto .at. leicester.ac.uk


University of Leicester School of Education provides post-graduate teaching, higher degrees, educational research and professional development courses for teachers. Laurence Rogers is senior lecturer at this school is the coordinator of science for the Secondary PGCE course with responsibility for 60 postgraduate students.
Laurence Rogers specialist teaching skills are in physics teaching methods and innovations with IT. Together with teaching and counselling, his work involves liaison with science teachers in over 100 schools in the region. He organises and teaches national and regional in-service courses for teachers (British Educational Communications Technology Agency, Association for Science Education, and various local education authorities).
The research interests of Laurence Rogers concentrate on the application of information technology in the teaching of science. He has recently completed an evaluation of the Science Consortium ICT training programme for science teachers and has published a number of studies of the effects of data-logging in science lessons. He has invented a range of electronic measuring devices, designed graphics, data-logging and control technology software, and developed classroom curriculum material for a number of manufacturers and publishers. Within the Socrates Programme, he is presently a participant in a Comenius project developing the use of ICT for Case Study in Initial Teacher Training.
The following tasks will be assigned to University of Leicester, School of Education:
  • Conducting the survey.
  • Development, pilot testing and validation.
  • Review of existing tools and curriculum materials.
  • Software adaptation to facilitate hot-linking of data.
  • Adaptation of software to other language versions.
  • Pilot development of 3 modules.
  • Development of next 4 modules.
  • Development of next 5 modules.
  • Define evaluation criteria and devise pro forma for teacher reports.
  • Trial pilot modules in 3 schools.
  • Trial modules in 3 schools.
  • Evaluation of students' learning outcomes.
  • Training of science teachers in 3 schools using the final courseware.
  • Seminars for teacher trainers.
  • Dissemination activities (paper, conference presentations).
  • Final reports.
  • Group meetings.
  • Internal reports on group activities and financial follow-up.