A blog for students on the FDLT and BALT courses at the University of Northampton

at Leicester and UON

February 3, 2017
by Jean
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Thinking about teaching to the test.

You might be interested to here this short radio piece broadcast as part of ‘A Point of View’ on BBC Radio 4. Teaching to the test It asks you to consider some important larger issues that come from the current … Continue reading

October 21, 2015
by Jean
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Assessing Without Levels

You may have noticed that in mid September the ‘Commission on Assessment Without Levels: final report’ was published. It can be accessed here. At this same link you can access two videos where John McIntosh CBE, Chair of the Commission … Continue reading

February 23, 2015
by Jean
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Get Creative! (part 1 of 2)

Last week creativity was in the news as the Warwick Commission launched their report ‘Enriching Britain: Culture, Creativity and Growth’ and the BBC launched their ‘Get Creative’ celenration of the arts, culture and creativity across the UK. ‘Enriching Britain: Culture, … Continue reading

November 27, 2014
by Jean
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ECYP book group – first meeting

The inaugural meeting of the Education, Children and Young People Book Group took place on the evening of 24th November. The chosen book was ‘Goodbye Sarajevo,’ an autobiographical account of two sisters’ experiences growing up in the Bosnian War of … Continue reading

September 1, 2014
by Jean
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The Educators – Tony Little

On Wednesday 27th August Sarah Montague interviewed Tony Little on ‘The Educators’ on Radio 4. The programme is available on i-player and I will add it to Box of Broadcasts. As you can see from the programme blurb (left) Tony … Continue reading

April 30, 2014
by Jean
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the context…

When you are studying (ore preparing to study) education it can be useful to learn about the overall context. There was a useful review of the recent history of education last week on Radio 4. It was called Teachers vs … Continue reading

July 11, 2013
by Jean
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The National Curriculum 5 – 14

This week the latest draft of the National Curriculum has been published. you can view it or download it here: The National Curriculum Framework July 2013 You can respond to this document by completing the online response from by 8th … Continue reading