Reflective Reading CPD: Engaging Students Through Unseen Texts

Reflective Reading CPD: Engaging Students Through Unseen Texts

Discover a practical, classroom-ready approach to engaging students with reading through Unseen Reflection exercises.

Do you teach English literature in a diverse secondary school or college? Are you looking for ways to encourage thoughtful, inclusive responses to unfamiliar texts and support students from a range of cultural and religious backgrounds?

In this FREE CPD session, led by the Empathy, Narrative and Cultural Values (ENCV) research team, teachers will explore the Unseen Reflection method -- a reflective reading exercise developed through research with inner-city Birmingham students, including Muslim learners. The approach helps students respond to unseen texts through emotion, memory, and thought, building confidence and fostering deeper engagement.

The session will be led by Professor Peter Morey, Professor Amina Yaqin, Dr Eva Momtaz and Dr Farah Nazir, with support from English Teacher Vanessa Havill (Joseph Chamberlain Sixth-Form College).

Participants will:

• Discover the research and theory behind the approach
• Take part in a guided unseen reflection exercise
• Consider adaptations for different classroom contexts
• Contribute to a shared bank of text extracts for future use

This CPD forms part of the ENCV team’s wider toolkit for reflective, inclusive literacy practice and is designed to be immediately applicable in the classroom.

Date: Wednesday 6 May
Time: 2.45pm–4:30pm
Location: Bell Vue Girls’ Academy – Library Space (in-person)

Address:
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Thorn Lane
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD9 6NA

For Sat Nav use: BD9 6SD

Belle Vue Girls’ Academy shares its driveway with several neighbouring schools, so traffic at busy times can be slower than expected. Participants are therefore welcome to arrive from 2:45pm to allow time to park, check in, have refreshments and network before the session begins.

This event is delivered by the ENCV research team, an AHRC-funded project based at the University of Birmingham and the University of Exeter, with support from National Literacy Trust Bradford, and hosted by Bell Vue Girls’ Academy.

Spaces are limited.

For enquiries, please contact the ENCV team at: [email protected].

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