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Is initial teacher training failing to meet the needs of all our young people?
This report offers a critique of the current secondary teacher training model in England by suggesting that it should adopt a framework of teacher education based on social pedagogy, similar to that of Sweden, rather than that which the author describes as the utilitarian, competency-based training operating today. The author, James Wetz, is writing on behalf of the CfBT Education Trust, a...
22.06.10
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"It would have been nice to know about that piece of software!" Preparing Early Years Practitioners for the challenges of embedding the use of ICT into their professional practice - what are the challenges?
The resource is a report on a TDA funded research project comparing Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) student-teachers’ and Primary student-teachers’ confidence with and knowledge of ICT appropriate for use in school.
27.05.10
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Exploring the Solar System
The BBC has archived sections from its TV programmes about the solar system and embedded them in this truly magnificent website. The site is arranged over seven sets of topics (sun and planets (9 topics); moons (19); other bodies (5); ‘highlights’ (8); space missions (37); astronauts (8); scientists (10)). Each of these 'sets' has its own page with hot links to the individual topics and a brief...
26.04.10
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14-19 Diploma ITT Strand 2 “with experience” programme: Evaluation of 2008/09 provision
The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) Quality and Inspection team were asked to undertake an evaluation of the Diploma ITT Strand 2 “with experience” programme in the first year of delivery (2008/09).
08.04.10
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The SALT Review: Independent Review of Teacher Supply for Pupils with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (SLD and PMLD)
The purpose of the Review was to investigate teacher supply issues relating to children with Severe Learning Difficulties and Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. The focus of the Review has been on the recruitment and retention of teachers, Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The report notes that the teaching population with expertise in this...
16.03.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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The Building of a New Academic Field: the case of French didactiques
This journal article traces the creation and development of French disciplinary didactiques, a cultural term coined by the French educational system. It may be of interest to those who are interested in drawing comparisons between English and French education systems and pedagogy.
09.03.10
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SEN Personalised Learning Task
This resource is a university based website which supports PGCE students undertaking the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Personalised Learning Task.
18.02.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Dilemmas of Difference, inclusion and disability: international perspectives
This resource is a conference paper prepared by Brahm Norwich, Professor of Educational Psychology & Special Educational Needs, School of Education & Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter, which was presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference in 2006.
05.02.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
The Myth of Racist Kids (Hart, 2009) - Discussion activity
Outline of discussion activity which aims to engage trainee teachers in considering the implications of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act (2000) and the importance of the monitoring and recording of racist incidents.
04.02.10
Article published to Multiverse
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Physical education for pupils with learning difficulties: Identifying good practice
This resource is a report produced by Estyn (The Welsh Schools Inspectorate) giving advice on the standards and quality of provision within schools for physical education and school sport for pupils with learning difficulties to facilitate the identification of good practice in this area.
29.01.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on children's cognitive and social development in Year 6
This a DCSF Research Brief which builds upon the original Effective and Pre-school Primary Project (EPPE) 3-11, which investigated children’s intellectual and social/behavioural development between the ages of 3-7 years (Sylva et al, 2004). The EPPE 3-11 extension follows up the sample to the end of primary school (age 11 years, the end of Key Stage 2). This Research Brief provides an overview...
25.01.10
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TDA 14-19 Diploma ITT Conference
The TDA 14-19 Diploma ITT Conference took place in Birmingham on 13 January. It provided an opportunity to consider recent developments, as well as to network and share expertise in provision for Diploma trainee teachers.
20.01.10
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Promoting Creativity in Initial Teacher Education; a study by tutors and students at Canterbury Christ Church University involved in the "HEARTS project"
The resource is a research paper that forms part of a much wider initiative, the Higher Education Arts and Schools (HEARTS) project, and specifically discusses the development of a collaborative project between the education faculty at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) and local schools. Entitled ‘Strangely Familiar’, the researchers aimed to demonstrate the impact of involvement in the...
12.01.10
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Teachers TV: Primary Management - Attainment and Inclusion...We can if....
This resource is a video produced by Teachers TV which focuses on attainment and inclusion in primary schools. The video demonstrates this focus through a case study at Highlands Primary School which is in the London Borough of Redbridge.
20.12.09
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Improving primary teachers' subject knowledge across the curriculum
This report summarises the evidence from inspectors of Ofsted’s subject survey programme during 2007/8 on the quality of teaching across the primary curriculum in all subjects. It excludes English and mathematics, but includes religious education, PSHE and citizenship. It focuses on aspects of good practice in teaching these non-core subjects and identifies good subject knowledge as a key factor...
10.12.09
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Initial Teacher Education Research Reports 2004 - 2006
This website presents a series of four research reports from the New Zealand Teachers Council and the Ministry of Education. These reports provide an evidence base for policy development in initial teacher education in New Zealand. Two of the reports can be accessed directly from the site, together with a summary of findings providing an analysis of these four research reports. The two other...
02.12.09
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Teachers TV: Special Schools - Teaching Independence
This resource is a video produced by Teachers TV which focuses on Teaching Independence in Special Schools. The video demonstrates this focus through a case study at Stephen Hawking School in London.
13.11.09
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Harnessing Technology Review 2007: Progress and impact of technology in education
This Becta review examines what research and evidence indicate about the current state of technology in schools and FE colleges. It identifies some positive evidence for the impact of ICT, but also demonstrates the increasing complexity and sophistication of ways in which technology use now needs to be considered. It draws heavily on its companion research summary (Kitchen et al.), but also on a...
10.11.09
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Meeting their potential: the role of technology in overcoming disadvantage and disaffection in young people
This review of evidence on how disadvantage and disaffection has impacted on young people's lives has been commissioned by Becta – a Government agency which has a remit to promote the effective and innovative use of information and communication technologies in teaching and learning. To this end, the review also considers what role ICT can play in raising young people’s aspirations and...
04.11.09
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Sci-tutors: Life Processes and Living Things: Variation, Inheritance and Evolution
Variation, Inheritance and Evolution are explicitly detailed in the Science National Curriculum. This article on the Sci-tutors website focuses on material that will be useful for introducing these topics to both primary and secondary trainees who may themselves have very different previous experiences with this subject. A PowerPoint presentation as a download provides some ideas for this...
01.11.09
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