When teachers and researchers collaborate

By Rowan Frame, Naomi Hennah and Michael Seery2018-01-16T12:19:00

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One teacher’s story about deploying digital badges

A collaboration between a school teacher and a university researcher allowed chemistry education research to be adapted and deployed in class. Naomi Hennah used Michael Seery’s digital badges to support practical skills and scientific language fluency, and she is now looking at how badges can support science clubs and pupils sitting external qualifications

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