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By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
I had a colleague once. He was a Geography teacher, which might explain the following anecdote. Jim – that’s not his name, but it will do – held of a number of beliefs. Firmly. Some of these related to gifts from his students at Christmas, the end of the school year and, if the chance arose, at...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
There have been a few changes here and there in education over the last few decades. The biggest change was the introduction of the internet and computer devices into the classroom. Other than that, it has been mostly little tweaks here and there. Until now. There is a chance that virtual...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
There are certain classes that need to be offered in high school for the betterment of all students and they have nothing to do with subjects currently covered. Whether you are a parent or a teacher, you realize there are not enough courses offered for students in high school that will help them...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
I thought Jo Brand’s battery acid joke was quite funny. But not harmful. It’s unlikely to inspire a revival in British Leyland’s business and anyway the burny stuff is quite hard to get hold of. At least, I assume so. I’m not a hundred per cent sure of that, because I know that if I look up...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Having a career as a teacher definitely has its merits. Being able to shape the minds of the youth that are slowly coming up and will eventually be replacing us in society someday is an important job to have. The opportunities presented us to possibly change the future through interaction with...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
In recent weeks and months, the response from anybody in government to any criticism of its record with education has tended to be that there are now a greater number of good and outstanding schools than ever before. It’s become Theresa May’s stock response at PMQs, and now Michael Gove is...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
In another education case of ‘what comes around goes around’, oracy is now being hailed as vitally important in the classroom. Nick Gibb, Schools Minister, has been talking up oracy after the national media picked up a story regarding a primary school in Bradford that has banned words such as...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
If there is one thing that teachers, parents and – of course – pupils have discovered now all phases of GCSE reform have gone through is that exams are getting tougher. The challenge has been ramped-up in several ways. First of all, in terms of the number of GCSEs that students now have to sit....
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
We live in a digital world. There can be denying that technology has become all-encompassing. However, a massive irony exists today in UK education. At a time when technology is everywhere and we are constantly looking forward to the next advancements, the method of assessment that our education...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
Back in the days when Assessment for Learning was the ‘in thing’ and a real buzzword in education circles, self-assessment and peer assessment were all the rage. The benefits of both are fairly obvious: self-assessment forces the student to take more responsibility for – and have a greater...
