SPrED: A Journey to Where?

Dr Katy Vigurs

Staffordshire University

Project Researcher

So, has the SPrED project realised its aim?

Building

connections

Layers of shared dialogue?

Layers to SPrED:

Ripples of participant dialogue?

1. The individual – self-reflection

2. Within home school

3. Between local home schools

4. Individual dyads - Between exchange partners

5. School dyads - Between exchange schools

6. Between whole group – all individuals, all schools

7. Between classes of students

Building relationships for learning

Developing shared curiosity

Developing shared purpose

Observing others’ practice

Meeting other learners

Seeing things

differently

Exposed to new

ideas

Capturing ideas

“I’m going to steal that”

Developmental

conversations

Reflection

“It’s not about the

project anymore,

it’s about the

relationships”

Ingredients for nurturing

relationships

Importance of the informal

Shared space

“Being silly

together”

Can we create more ripples?

How keep connections alive?

Where next?