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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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7th Annual SENCO Update Conference
This is a significant annual conference for SENCos that took place just before the election. Any comments attributed to government staff will therefore apply to the policies and approaches of the previous administration and may not apply in future. There has, however, been much cross party agreement on the developments in this area.
18.06.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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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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Play at IT
A collection of materials arising from a project on the assessment and provision of assistive technology (AT) for pre-school children. It includes case studies, links to online and downloadable resources, fact sheets and a positive evaluation report.
14.05.10
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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The interaction between behaviour and speech and language difficulties: does intervention for one affect outcomes in the other? Review conducted by the Nuffield Speech and Language Review Group
This is a systematic review of the research literature, using the EPPI protocols. The literature was searched in a thorough, explicit and replicable way, thereby reducing any bias which might occur in a more ‘narrative’ review. Full technical details are available. The research context shows that there is considerable overlap between children with speech language and communication difficulties...
11.05.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Techshare Mobile 2010 - Technology on the Move Conference
The RNIB Techshare Mobile 2010 - Technology on the Move conference will take place at the ICC in Birmingham on Tuesday 15th June 2010. This event is sponsored by Vodafone, Research in Motion (RIM) and Intel.
29.04.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Teachers TV Travellers in education : Inclusion
This 15 minute video showcases two grant- funded educational projects that were developed to encourage schools to become more inclusive environments for Traveller children.
16.04.10
Article published to Multiverse
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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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Personalised Learning at Primary - Pupil Leaders
This resource is a Teachers TV programme which examines one school’s approach to personalised learning. It is a small rural school with only two classes, where personalised learning is considered to be essential because of the range of age and ability in each class. The head-teacher, describes how the children are “participating in their own learning journey”, and autonomy and independence is...
15.04.10
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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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Digital participation, digital literacy, and school subjects: A review of the policies, literature and evidence
The clearly stated aim of this thirty-page document is to “provide a critical introduction to the policies and research on the subjects of digital literacy and digital participation, seeking to show what they mean for classroom practice". Published in 2009, the document forms a recent addition to Futurelab’s Digital Participation project, a research and development programme which models, trials...
23.03.10
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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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KS3 New Visions - Waingels College
This Teachers TV programme explores an approach to learning and teaching at one school which encourages pupils and staff to work together, with a view to developing their school’s transformation away from a ‘one size fits all’ curriculum. An important component of this is the introduction of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Opening Minds curriculum with Year 7.
18.02.10
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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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Making Good Progress in KS2 and KS3 English
These leaflets, published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families in 2008, identify the characteristics of pupils who are making slow progress in English, in both Key Stage 2 and 3. Investigations, which involved the interviewing of hundreds of teachers and pupils, are summarised and actions that can be taken in order to remove barriers to progress are identified. These resources...
15.02.10
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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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