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Diversity Timeline, Pam Carroll, 2010
This resource is an activity for use with Primary (Key Stage 2) and Secondary (Key Stage 3) school pupils. It consists of sets of fact and question cards tracking the diverse peoples coming to Britain from the first millennium to the present day.
23.06.10
Article published to Multiverse
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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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Identifying Components of Attainment Gaps
The resource is a standalone report produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, which is designed to increase understanding of a number of factors affecting pupil attainment at the end of Key Stage Four. The report uses data collected as part of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) project. The research explores if the LSYPE data can be usefully combined...
09.06.10
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Achievement and Inclusion in Schools and Classrooms: Participation and Pedagogy BERA 2008
This paper discusses the relationship between educational achievement and inclusion and considers what conceptual approaches might support an examination of this relationship.
19.05.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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National Survey of Parents and Children: Family Life, Aspirations and Engagement with Learning 2008
This research report presents the findings of a national survey of a representative sample of 2572 parents with resident children aged 0-19 and 1154 children aged 10-19 in relation to providing “insights into family attitudes and dynamics...so that the relationships within the family could be explored in depth”. The report aims to aid understanding of the complex relationships between parents and...
13.05.10
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Engaging public support for eradicating UK poverty
This publication is one of a series of review articles (or ‘Round-ups’) for public consumption for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Written in September 2009, it examines various aspects of attitudes to poverty in the UK, drawing upon a range of findings from the JRF ‘Public Interest in Poverty Issues’ Programme, for which the author is Programme Advisor. This review examines public...
12.05.10
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What role for the three Rs? Progress and attainment during primary school
The resource looks at patterns of attainment of primary school pupils in England in Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments. The researchers monitored a group of children from birth onwards and went on to analyse the pupils’ National Curriculum Standard Attainment Test scores. They looked for evidence of fluctuations and stability in progress across the Key Stages. Amongst their recommendations is that...
29.04.10
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Teachers TV Traveller Girl
This video is part of the How am I different? series of Teachers TV programmes. It portrays the educational experiences of a ten year old Traveller girl of Irish heritage.
16.04.10
Article published to Multiverse
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The Teaching Challenge: Ade Adepitan MBE
'The Teaching Challenge' is part of a Teachers TV series in which celebrities and experts go into classrooms to see what they can bring to education. This series demonstrated that some 'out there' thinking and a passion for a topic can really engage children. This programme focuses on Olympic champion Ade Adepitan MBE, as he teaches 12-year-olds the fundamentals of wheelchair basketball. He is...
02.04.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Equally prepared for life? How 15-year old boys and girls perform in school
This report uses data from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to explore gender differences in educational experiences. Student background, attitudes and characteristics are all seen to influence performance. Despite the fact that girls tend to outperform boys in school, boys are more likely to go on to earn more and hold positions of political and economic power....
17.02.10
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Effective Teaching of Able Pupils in the Primary Classroom
This is a report describing a small scale study and its findings, from the Oxfordshire Effective Teachers of Able Pupils Project. The report outlines the setting up and development of the study clearly, before reaching ‘tentative’ conclusions. It is divided into nine main sections, following a brief preface and introduction, and ends with a page of useful references. The author uses a variety of...
16.02.10
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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
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Key Stage 2 Science - Engaging Girls with Practical Science
The resource is a short video in the now familiar Teachers TV format. It focuses on an English primary school which had identified that girls were less motivated and enthusiastic than boys regarding their learning in science. The video examines what the causes of this may have been and follows the school’s attempts to rectify matters.
05.02.10
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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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Boys who dare don't care: unwanted men, the performing arts and perplexing disruptions to the male teacher discourse
This paper, presented at BERA 2009, focuses upon boys’ perceptions of male teachers as role models to encourage greater participation in the arts. It is highlighted from the evidence, however, that male role models are not required and that “the wrong kind of man will not do”. What is underlined is a set of key characteristics for the teacher who is ‘better than good’.
28.01.10
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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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Gender in the UK: Girls in a mixed school
This is a 15 minute Teachers TV programme which has been made to examine the position of girls in a school where they are in the minority. Positive measures have been put in place to soften the impact of this imbalance, as it is presumed that these girls are often disadvantaged by this situation.
11.12.09
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Building Futures: Developing trust – A focus on provision for children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds in the Early Years Foundation Stage (DCSF, 2009)
This guidance, published by the DCSF in 2009, is aimed at practitioners working across the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The guidance materials, which consist of a booklet and a DVD-ROM, encourage reflection on the quality of the provision made in EY settings for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) children and their families.
20.11.09
Article published to Multiverse
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Moving forward together: Raising Gypsy, Roma and Traveller achievement (2009)
A set of National Strategy guidance materials to support teachers in promoting the progress and achievement of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils and in meeting their statutory duties in terms of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.
19.11.09
Article published to Multiverse
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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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