The TV series ‘Adolescence’ has received a lot of attention on and offline since it first became available to watch. It tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who brutally murders a female classmate and explores important issues including adolescents’ social media use, misogyny and gender stereotypes. Following announcements from the streaming service to make […]
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Curricular principles and approaches: A collection of curriculum-themed articles from Impact, the Chartered College of Teaching’s termly journal
Teacher development and leadership: A collection of curriculum-themed articles from Impact, the Chartered College of Teaching’s termly journal
Curriculum design in context: A collection of curriculum-themed articles from Impact, the Chartered College of Teaching’s termly journal
Approaches to assessment: A collection of curriculum-themed articles from Impact, the Chartered College of Teaching’s termly journal
Beyond the subject: A collection of curriculum-themed articles from Impact, the Chartered College of Teaching’s termly journal
Jane Green MBE FCCT, Founder and Chair of SEDSConnective Introduction As a former assistant headteacher who focused on supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), I have long been concerned about attendance and attainment among neurodivergent children. The co-occurrence of physical health challenges linked to hypermobility for this population is not well […]
Eight in 10 learners say that technology makes it easier for them to participate at school (Pearson, 2024). Schools that have recently adopted new technology are seeing improved confidence and independence for all students, including those formally identified as having special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, across the UK, assistive technology is still a […]
This research summary was produced as part of a project funded by The Comino Foundation. Original research article Connolly V (2023) Less Can Be More: Rethinking The Use Of Time In Schools. The Buckingham Journal of Education 4(1): 73–92. Introduction Policymakers and researchers have repeatedly disregarded teachers’ calls for increased non-contact time, or […]
This research review was produced as part of a project funded by The Comino Foundation. According to the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development, and Learning (PEDAL) at the University of Cambridge, most students beyond early childhood age do not currently have the opportunity to learn playfully in school. However, evidence suggests […]
This research review was produced as part of a project funded by The Comino Foundation. In many countries including England, Australia and Germany, the secondary school curriculum has traditionally been carved up into subjects delineated by their knowledge, modes of inquiry and discursive practices. In turn, this has implications for the notion of ‘subject […]
This research review was produced as part of a project funded by The Comino Foundation. In Europe, teachers are increasingly expected to take an active role in curriculum design (de Almeida and Viana, 2023), being variously positioned as curriculum developers at the macro, meso and micro-levels. The officially prescribed core or intended curriculum sits […]
This research review was produced as part of a project funded by The Comino Foundation. The transition from primary to secondary school is often regarded as one of the most challenging periods in students’ educational careers (Zeedyk et al. 2003) and can be a particularly difficult and stressful period for some students (Kwarikunda et […]
Lewis A Baker, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK Introduction The purpose of this article is to justify the engagement in developing a teaching philosophy statement and to scaffold the writing process. For those already familiar with such documents, this article will argue for the value of revisiting a teaching philosophy […]
Introduction Agency, defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as ‘the ability to take action or to choose what action to take’ (n.d.) refers in an educational context to the ability to determine one’s own learning goal and the process of pursuing that goal (Vaughn, 2018). Agency may be used in a moral, social, economic, or creative […]
In order for educational research to understand and represent a diverse range of experiences from different groups, it is important that educational research practices are inclusionary. Inclusion is an important consideration at every stage of the research process (research design, data collection, analysis and reporting) to ensure that the voices of underrepresented groups in particular […]
Introduction Promoting pupils’ conceptual learning is one overarching goal that teachers might have in order to help pupils understand mathematics in a way that goes beyond just following a technique to reach an answer. The objective to support pupils’ conceptual mathematics learning can be accomplished through evidence-based practice where teachers learn with and from each […]
Introduction ChatGPT, or Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, is a natural language processing (NLP) artificial intelligence (AI) system, a machine-learning system that has been trained on a massive dataset of text from the internet, including books, articles, and websites (Bessette, 2023). As a large language model (LLM), ChatGPT uses machine learning algorithms to analyse this data […]
Introduction The evaluation of information is a key skill associated with modern independent learning. Indeed, it is fundamental to Callison’s (2014, p. 23) principle, distilled from the literature, that ‘analysis skills must dominate student use of the internet’, in particular. Even in the age when most information materials took paper form, source appraisal was invariably […]
