SSAT | Subjects & Curriculum. By SSAT On · Add Comment Subject support is at the core of the SSAT’s membership offer. There are many types of support, including subject radars, online resources, publications and events. Online subject networksSSAT hosts lively online forums for the following subject areas: geography, history, literacy, mathematics, MfL, numeracy and science. SSAT subject radarsSSAT’s subject radars bring subject teachers and leaders the latest developments in subjects and how they are being applied in schools. Radars are available in English, literacy, geography, history, mathematics, science, MfL, numeracy, and design & technology. You’ll find more information on each subject area using the grid below. The arts homepage. Arts information The computer science homepage. Computing The science homepage. Science The STEM homepage. The MFL homepage. Modern Foreign Languages The religious education homepage. Religious Education The mathematics homepage.
Mathematics The literacy homepage. Literacy History Geography. Library. 30 Ways to Promote Creativity in Your Classroom. This article provides teachers with an abundance of easy-to-implement strategies for promoting creativity in their classroom. I tried to pull out some of the best strategies that I would like to use in my own classroom. 1. Use emotional connections. Research shows that the best creativity instruction ties into the emotions of the learner. For example, giving students a project that ties into solving an issue within their community (ex: homelessness) can help sprout creativity since students can make an emotional connection to the topic. 2. Creativity flourishes in a "congenial environment," in other words, creative thinking needs to be shared and validated by others in a socially supportive community. 3. . - Heightening Anticipation- make connections between the classroom and students' real lives. - Deepen Expectations- brainstorm and create opportunities to solve a novel problem - Keep it Going- find ways to extend learning opportunities at home or in the community 4. 5.
Topics In Education. Discount Textbooks for College at CengageBrain: Buy Cheap Textbooks, eTextbooks, eChapters and Online Study Tools. For best results, search by ISBN An ISBN is the 10 or 13 digit number, usually printed on the back of a book with a bar code, that serves as a unique identifier for the book. Searching by ISBN is the best way to search because it will get you the exact title and edition that you need. Many professors include the ISBN on their syllabi or in their course management system. If you don't have the ISBN, try a title or author search.
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On the 5th of September, Michael Gove delivered a speech on the importance of teaching. This is a our tribute to what we see as the importance of Mr Gove. If you haven’t heard his speech, you can read it here. In it, Mr Gove outlines what he sees as four attacks on teaching: “(the belief that) teaching is a depressing and demotivating activity — and that the profession is suffering reputational decline”“a denial that teaching can make any real difference”“the sidelining of the teacher from the activity of learning”“(the belief that) teachers can’t be trusted — that they need outsiders at every turn to monitor, police and approve their activities” So far, so laudable (that’s a ‘d’ in there, honest).
Recently we read a post that talked about Mr Gove’s speeches following a particular pattern. So what happens in classrooms when teaching is marginalised? What were your thoughts when you read that? The sad thing is that what happens when teaching is marginalised is far more subtle than that. Google. 50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About. Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved.
Yet as with anything related to technology, new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers. Here, we’ve compiled a list of some of the tech tools, including some that are becoming increasingly popular and widely used, that should be part of any teacher’s tech tool arsenal this year, whether for their own personal use or as educational aids in the classroom.
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Read More Filed under: Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Grades K-5, Lesson Plans, Special Features, Web Resources | Comment » Read More Read More. Learning Zone Broadband Class Clips - Video and audio teaching resources for primary and secondary school teachers. Effective School Discipline. As a general rule, the more school discipline issues that you handle directly and on the spot, the higher your status will be amongst your pupils. Use assertive discipline , raise and lower your status at will, create a positive learning frame and learn to create rapport on a regular basis, and in the long-term, most of the behavior management problems that you encountered at the start of your teaching career will disappear.
This is because, in time, the children that you teach will come to know what to expect, both from you and your lessons. You will have established firm boundaries, in terms of school discipline, so that the pupils will have no need to go in search of them. After a few terms or a year or two in a school, your 'reputation' amongst the pupils that you teach will have spread. Both staff and pupils will at some point make a judgement about your ability as a teacher and you will feel settled and 'accepted' by all. Are there some people who are unsuited to teaching? Downloads for EBT | Geoff Petty. These downloads give more detail, or examples to support the chapter in the book, they are not intended to stand alone. Some give word files that you can use in your own teaching or training, but you will need to read the chapter in ‘Evidence Based Teaching’ to understand how to use the ideas.
Some downloads appear in more than one chapter, and some chapters do not have any downloads. You are free to make use of this material in any way you like, but please reference it to www.geoffpetty.com with the date you downloaded it. Chapter 2 Teaching method gameEricsson (excellence is learned, not innate)Feuerstein (intelligence can be taught) Chapter 3 Chapter 8 Feedback proformas Chapter 10 Same and different tables (graphic organisers to try) Chapter 12 Jigsaw arithmetic ( how to use the jigsaw teaching method) Chapter 19 Learning Teams (learners systematically helping each other)Sadler on feedback (good feedback is informative)Assessment or Feedback proformas (download these, but design your own) Lifelong Learning - www.lifelonglearning.co.uk. Directory of School and Educational Suppliers. Resources. Welcome to the Campaign for Learning's resource centre. Campaign for Learning's Resources Publications The Campaign for Learning’s publishes a range of books and resources with Southgate Publishers including training and coaching materials and booklets for families.
For more information visit: Free downloadable resources For free downloadable resources linked to family learning and workplace learning visit the Family Learning Festival website and Learning at Work Day website. Free training offers We regularly offer free training and resources linked to our current projects. Education World: The Educator's Best Friend. FETN - Further Education Tutorial Network - Making Tutorial Matter. Quality assurance system. The Quality Assurance Agency, on our behalf, assesses the quality of education in English higher education (HE) through a number of processes. These processes comprise the quality assurance system. Overall the system is designed to secure the quality of teaching and the standard of awards in higher education institutions (HEIs). Current processes From 2011-12 the system includes: Institutions own internal quality assurance systems and processesThe UK Quality Code for HEInstitutional reviewAll institutions take part in this review carried out by the QAA approximately once every six years.
UK Quality Code for HE The UK Quality Code for Higher Education (the Quality Code) sets out the expectations all providers of UK higher education are required to meet. It gives all higher education providers a shared starting point for setting, describing and assuring the academic standards of their higher education awards and programmes and the quality of the learning opportunities they provide. What is quality assurance?
Quality? Standards? Sounds dull... Not at all! If you are confused by terminology and acronyms, and unsure how quality assurance relates to you and your course, then this is the place for you. On this page you can access a range of resources that help bring quality and standards to life. To find out more about quality assurance, why it's important, and how students can get involved, watch our short videos: What is quality assurance? The UK Quality Code for Higher Education (the Quality Code) is used to assure the standards and quality of higher education in the United Kingdom. Higher education providers who have met or exceeded the UK expectations for quality and standards in their most recent review by QAA are eligible to display the QAA Quality Mark, subject to terms and conditions.
Podcasts You can listen to the following podcasts to find out more about various aspects of quality assurance: Why have these resources been developed? Back to the top. Handouts. See "No need to take notes — they'll be on the website" The Internet and Virtual Learning Environment may or may not radically change teaching, but the technology which has probably made most difference in the past fifty years has been cheap, on-site, duplicating copying and printing. Among other things, it has radically changed student expectations — and the more conversant teachers become with computers and printing, the higher the expectations get. Handouts are an integral part of the teaching and learning system.
That is to say, they make a difference to other elements in the system: they are not neutral add-ons, because their very existence (or non-existence) has an effect on the process of the class. Give out a comprehensive handout at the start of the class: why should anyone stay to hear you say it when they can read it? They may be reading it rather than listening anyway. So using handouts or not, and their form, is an act of class management, not simply of information-giving. English | Functional skills. Examiner report - October 2013 - Level 1 Reading PDF (101.8 KB) Download Examiner report - October 2013 - Level 1 Writing PDF (100.0 KB) Download Examiner report - October 2013 - Level 2 Reading PDF (97.1 KB) Download Examiner report - October 2013 - Level 2 Writing PDF (99.9 KB) Download February 2012 - E102 - Examiner report E102 - Level 1 - Reading PDF (140.9 KB) Download February 2012 - E103 - Examiner report E103 - Level 1 - Writing PDF (138.8 KB) Download February 2012 - E202 - Examiner report E202 - Level 2 - Reading PDF (136.1 KB) Download February 2012 - E203 - Examiner report E203 - Level 2 - Writing PDF (131.5 KB) Download February 2013 - E102 - Examiner report E102 - Level 1 Reading PDF (87.2 KB) Download February 2013 - E103 - Examiner report E103 - Level 1 Writing PDF (81.3 KB) Download February 2013 - E202 - Examiner report E202 - Level 2 Reading PDF (81.7 KB) Download February 2013 - E203 - Examiner report E203 - Level 2 Writing PDF (81.4 KB) Download Level 1 - Reading Level 1 - Writing.