September 22, 2014
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On Wednesday 17th September Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Newcastle Sugata Mitra was interviewed by Sarah Montague on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Educators. It is available on i-player and I have saved it to Box … Continue reading
September 1, 2014
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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
August 29, 2014
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On Wednesday 20th August in the radio 4 programme ‘The Educators Sarah Montague interviewed John Hattie. You can look the programme up on i-player and I will add it to Box of Broadcasts. You can read a commentary and discussion … Continue reading
August 10, 2014
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From Wednesday August 13th Radio 4 is broadcasting a series of programmes called ‘The Educators’. Each programme is on Wednesday at 4pm with a repeat at 12.15 am on Mondays. They can also be heard on iplayer and I will … Continue reading
May 13, 2014
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Plans and preparations are well under way for what we think is the first ever TA TeachMeet, here at the University of Northampton next Thursday (22nd May). The list of presenters is just being finalised and includes students on the … Continue reading
December 11, 2013
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Today the Ofsted launched the Annual Report for 2012 / 13. You can read the media coverage of this on various websites including the BBC website and the Education Guardian. You can download the report itself from the OFSTED website. … Continue reading
May 14, 2013
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Today Year 6 children take the Spelling, Punctuation and grammar test for the first time. Read what Professor David Crystal says about this here: David Crystal’s blog What is your experience of supporting children to learn and use grammar?
May 1, 2013
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Have you seen this article published in the education section of the Guardian today (1st May)? ‘State schools employ one teaching assistant for every two teachers’. The figures are taken from the DfE’s annual workforce survey of teacher and school … Continue reading