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

at Leicester and UN

August 26, 2019
by Jean
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Getting to know your new group

Before you start the FDLT course we’d like you to introduce yourself to the group on these Padlets. Leicester group Padlet. UN group Padlet.  There is no need to have a Padlet account of your own to post onto the … Continue reading

August 12, 2019
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Some reading before you start the course

Here are some suggestions for pre-course reading: Bates, B. (2016). Learning theories simplified : … and how to apply them to teaching. London: Sage. Have a look in particular at the sections on Vygotsky, Bruner, Dewey, Piaget and Skinner.  This … Continue reading

August 5, 2019
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Curriculum documents

Throughout the FDLT and BALT courses you will often need to read and refer to curriculum documents.  These are some of the key documents: For Early Years: This is a link to the page where you can access and download … Continue reading

July 30, 2019
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Changes to QTS tests

You might have seen in the media recently that the one of the parts of the teacher training application has changed: the QTS skills tests in English and mathematics.  The government statement says: “To support this, the government today announced … Continue reading