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Theme : learning
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The future of exams?
TOMLINSON CONSIDERS TOUGHER EXAMS Mike Tomlinson, the man charged by the government with drawing up plans for an English baccalaureate, is considering tough new tests for students wanting to enter top universities. The Times reports that elite universities find they are overwhelmed with candidates predicted to get three A grade A Levels. Further Reading in today's Times - page 1
from : matthewhorne
31st March 2003
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Class before the classroom
Here is an interesting story about the effects of social class on childrens learning before they reach nursery school. Is our education system too little too late for our poorest children? Click here to find out more.
from : matthewhorne
27th March 2003
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From astrology to algebra
Demos are involved in a pilot study in schools of a online portal which gives teachers access to interactive online materials from a variety of free and commercial providers. In case you couldn't work out how the test worked, the clue is that the symbols changes each time. To find out how the sum works, it is possible to use algebra.(10x + y) - (x + y) = Z10x + y - x - y = Z9x = THE ANSWER!So the symbols for multiples of nine will all be the same.Fun exercises like this have the potential to...
from : gillianthomas
27th March 2003
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NESTA, Demos and Brass Eye
We're currently doing some work with Nesta on how to learn from the projects they fund. This is one of them with impeccably cool credentials (ambient electronica fans are particularly directed to Boards of Canada - two shadowy Edinburgh dudes with laptops) More here
from : alistairdavidson
17th March 2003
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Book club with a difference
You might have come across this before but I like the idea. BookCrossing is a community that acts as a sort of distributed library where once people have read books they "release" them for others to read. Quite often people do this by leaving them in a public place (I found one on a park bench in Tuscany). A sticker inside the book allows the finder to trace the book via the website and chat with other people who've read it.
from : paulmiller
12th March 2003
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Quiet kids
According to this article in the Guardian (click here to read), children are not learning to talk as early as they used to. The usual culprits of 'too much television' and 'too busy parents' are blamed.But how much is this really the case? Might other factors, such as smaller family size, or more transient carer relationships also play a part? And is it really true that children are talking later. Might it also be that expectations of their performance in schools is higher, or even that...
from : gillianthomas
7th March 2003
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Connect with the creativity debate
A new website was launched this week designed to connect creative types to education and learning organisations. Click here to find out more or and click here if you want to visit the first every online community for creative learners set up by DEMOS 2 years ago.
from : matthewhorne
7th March 2003
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Leading change and systems thinking
ADVANCE TITLE INFORMATIONLeading changeA guide to whole systems workingMargaret Attwood, Mike Pedler, Sue Pritchard and David Wilkinson,Whole Systems Development. With forewords by David Fillingham, Director NHS Modernisation Agency and Will Hutton, Chief Executive, The Work Foundation.There is continuing government pressure on public services to 'reform' and change.Expectations of new forms and standards of delivery, joined-up practice and the reconnectionof services to users are high....
from : matthewhorne
3rd March 2003
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How network learning communities can help Rangers and Celtic fans love each other
Educational leadership academic John MacBeath writes interestingly on the prerennially controversial issue of faith schools in Scotland. Jack McConnell has suggested shared facilities as a way to break down the barrier. Hardly radical, but it's a start suggest MacBeath in the Sunday Herald
from : alistairdavidson
3rd March 2003
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Beautiful schools
check out the schoolworks game which guides kids round a virtual school, helping them to improve things along the way.
from : gillianthomas
28th February 2003
