What’s the idea? Remote online learning has become the new norm in light of the pandemic. But how appropriate is this for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the Early Years? This guide offers alternative ways in which educators can encourage learning at home without the use of IT. What does the […]
Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Children’s agency and the curriculum The curriculum is a vital part of education because it has such an important influence on what learners experience in classrooms during the school day. Research on curriculum aims, knowledge and control have been, and continue to be, central to what are known as […]
Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Migrant children with special educational needs This article was first published as part of a global conversation about the future of teaching. Migrant children, defined as children born in another country than the one they live in, currently constitute around four percent of the under-15 population in Europe (Janta and […]
Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging leaders to step up like never before. Senior leaders of government, healthcare, schools and business are in the spotlight – but the need for leadership does not stop with them. People everywhere can accept the challenge of leadership, the challenge to step up in their community, workplace […]
Online Learning ¬∑ Testing and spacing: effective learning strategies for the classroom Educational practices inspired and supported by cognitive science are increasing in popularity. This can be seen in the worldwide increase in both academic (e.g. Roediger and Karpicke, 2018) and practice-oriented publications (e.g. Surma et al., 2019). Apropos these developments, we highlight two […]
This is an abridged version of the introduction to Poverty in Education Across the UK, edited by the authors. Permission to publish this extract is granted by the publisher. Online Learning ¬∑ Poverty in education across the UK: a comparative analysis of policy and place Poverty and place matter to children’s education (Lupton, […]
Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Developing teachers’ confidence in enhanced e-learning at an all-through school Recent times have prompted profound change in education, specifically due to school closures and the migration to e-learning. This paper discusses the need to ascertain staff confidence in e-learning before discussing how e-learning provision may be enhanced. The majority […]
Education has faced profound and rapid change during the COVID-19 pandemic, with large-scale reactive measures introduced to ensure continuity of learning. While some schools have established integrated infrastructures whereby each student is expected to have, or is provided with a personal mobile device, the majority have relied on students utilising readily available home devices. Device […]
Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Continuous professional development and career progression in mid-career teachers Recent data suggests that even though there are some early signs of progress, teacher recruitment and retention are likely to remain an issue over the next few years. While teacher retention improved slightly in 2018/19, recruitment for the secondary sector […]
Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Supporting students to become self-regulated learners: teaching metacognition matters One of the authors of this article, Paul A Kirschner, featured in a webinar about ‘How Learning Happens’. We recorded the video for you to watch back. When a teacher announces the deadline for an upcoming test, students are instantly […]
Here and now Over the past 12 months, words like ‘lockdown’, ‘pandemic’ and ‘coronavirus’ have entered daily usage and we are now all too familiar with exponential curves tracing out the misery of lives and livelihoods endangered and tragically lost. It’s a similar story in most other countries around the world. It sometimes feels as […]
In recent times, nature has become the focus of many people’s attention, not least of our young people. The climate crisis and destruction of the planet due to human activity is, regrettably, familiar headline news. At the same time, particularly because of the lockdowns, we have become increasingly appreciative of the solace, reassurance, beauty and […]
When the country went into lockdown on 23rd March 2020, I can honestly say that I had never been busier. As Director of Technology for Learning for the Chiltern Learning Trust and on the Senior Leadership Team for Denbigh High School in Luton, my services had never been so suddenly in demand. I have long […]
The world is experiencing first-hand the critical role schools have in shaping and contributing to society. The unfolding, often unpredictable, developments of COVID-19 is testing society in a number of ways. COVID-19 is pushing educational systems to re-think and drastically change how schooling is provided (Sun, Tang and Zuo, 2020). With such a large and […]
This article was first published as part of a global conversation on the future of teaching. The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a well-documented spotlight on inadequate systems and infrastructure in education. Across the U.S., for example, student engagement has plummeted (Herold and Yettick Kurtz, 2020) as schools and districts navigate the transition to remote learning. […]
This articles was first published as part of a global conversation on the future of teaching. It’s been a tough year for optimists. Granted, it’s been a really tough year for everyone. But optimists have been hit pretty hard in all of this. Politics, the COVID-19 pandemic and the guilt and uncertainty around class closures […]
Watch this 2 minute video about effective approaches to online and digital learning. Dr Yue-on Ko is the Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. In this video, Dr Ko talks about sharing research and keeping in contact with schools during this time. Take some time to reflect […]
Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Multilingual thinking in multicultural classrooms Schools are microcosms of society, and as such they draw upon the multilingual and multicultural richness and heritages of the societies in which they are based, and of every individual that is part of their community at any one time. I have always been […]
Three years ago, I moved back to the UK, having worked internationally for seven years. Being an active educator on social media, I had read about a potential teacher wellbeing crisis and the impact of this for recruitment and retention. After taking on a role as deputy head in a small independent school in Northamptonshire, […]
Watch this 2 minute video about effective approaches to online and digital learning. Dr Kristen Weatherby is an Education researcher and consultant. In this video, Kristen talks about the benefits of education technology in today’s schools. Take some time to reflect on their perspective. Share your experiences with educators globally by joining the discussion […]
