Trends shaping education 2016

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Four-dimensional education: the competencies learners need to succeed

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Assessment isn’t the big, bad wolf of education – our perception of it is the problem

In the current education debate, I believe assessment is unfairly judged. It is easy fodder for persecution because it is misunderstood and often carries negative connotations with students, teachers,...

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Classroom Fad or Fix? We investigate homework

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Classroom fad or fiction

What is it? It depends who you speak to. For some, homework is a way to develop students' independent learning skills and ensure they have understood – and then consolidate – work from the clas...

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A beginner’s guide to: Katharine Birbalsingh

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Best known for: Appointed Chair of the Social Mobility Commission in October 2021, Katharine Birbalsingh first shot to fame following a speech she delivered at the 2010 Conservative Party Co...

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SATs or autism won't shape my son's life

Tales from the frontline

I have a son who's 11 and has been doing his SATs this week. He's a bright little boy and he also has autism. He's got a sense of logic that would give Mr Spock a run for his money, combined with a so...

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Gearing up for the new careers guidance strategy

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With the Department for Education about to publish a comprehensive careers strategy (expected post referendum), articulating the careers provision responsibilities of each and every school from primar...

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