Defining contemporary adaptive learning 

with Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith

 

Join us for a thought-provoking series of five interactive webinars exploring the key themes from 

Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith’s Contemporary Adaptive Teaching discussion paper. 

 
 
 

Designed for educators, school leaders, and policy influencers, each session will delve into a different theme central to creating a modern, inclusive, and insight-driven classroom.

 

Each webinar will focus on one of the five core themes and feature:

  • Insights from pioneering schools already embedding data-driven approaches, inclusive strategies, and powerful digital tools. 
  • Real-world examples of adaptive teaching in action. 
  • Collaborative breakout sessions for attendees to engage in structured discussions around key questions. 
  • Opportunities to contribute directly to the final iteration of the discussion paper — shaping both the broader research and your own reflective practice. Your voice matters: Breakout discussions will not only help refine the final version of the paper but also offer practical takeaways to enhance your teaching strategies.
 

Dates and Themes:

  • Friday 27th June, 12:15pm - Intervention questioning 
  • Monday 7th July, 4pm - Inclusion through design
  • Tuesday 26th August, 9:30am - Deliberate autonomy
  • Thursday 2nd October, 10am - Data informed teaching 
  • Tuesday 21st October, 4pm - Equity as a mindset

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Session one: Intervention questioning

Hear from Arion Lawrence, Assistant Headteacher at Carterhatch Junior School, on how they're using Nearpod to support intervention questioning.

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Session two: Inclusion through design

Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith and Aran Tebbutt from Grange Park Primary discuss 'inclusion by design' - how we create learning environments that support the needs of all learners.

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Session three: Deliberate autonomy

Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith discusses what autonomy means in today's classroom with factors like AI and automation, increased SEND needs and teacher training and retention.

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Session four: Data informed teaching

Demetris Michael from Hazelbury Primary school, part of Connect Education Trust, joins Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith to discuss how tools like Nearpod can support data informed teaching.

 

Download the discussion paper

Explore how data-driven insights, inclusive strategies and powerful digital tools like Nearpod

are transforming the modern classroom in this discussion paper from Dr. Fiona Aubrey-Smith.

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