Video installation / documentary. ...

A video to celebrate forty years of research and teacher education at The Stirling Institute of Education.

In our interviews with staff and students, past and present, we sought answers to the fundamental question of 'What makes a stimulating environment for developing thinking and ideas about education?'.

The video was produced in 2 versions, for 3 different uses:

1. The 17-minute video 'Ideas everywhere' is designed as an installation to be played on a loop as a backdrop during events held at the Institute; the first public showing was at the 40th anniversary celebrations in June 2008.
2. Copies of the DVD have been sent to all past students as a memento of the 40 years, and to remind them of the Institute as a centre for continuing professional development (CPD).
3. This shorter 6-minute online version (above) is called 'Why teach?' and is designed for prospective student-teachers to view on YouTube and at the Institute's website.

'Ideas everywhere' was filmed over five days in the Stirling Institute of Education and at the interviewees' current places of work in Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh. It includes university archive material and observations of life in the Institute.