It’s been quite a day for education. To begin with, a heart-warming and brain-stimulating article by Sir Ken Robinson in the Guardian, on the Comment and Debate pages: Gove extols creativity, but he has no idea what it is On … Continue reading
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It’s important to understand that correlation is not the same as causality. Statisticians understand this, and so should teachers, parents and politicians, many of whom have traded on a false assumption about an inability to reach Level 4 in English … Continue reading
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Professor Celia Oyler‘s page on the Teacher’s College, Columbia University, website tells us that her ‘scholarly interests’ are classroom-based collaborative research on issues of social justice, equity, and accessible pedagogy; inclusive education and teacher education. Thanks to a recent Diane … Continue reading
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It’s finally arrived – the week of the SPaG tests – spelling, punctuation and grammar. Thanks to the Internet we’ve all been able to read some excellent blogs and articles which explain in great detail the pointlessness and dangers of … Continue reading
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There’s hardly a week goes by without Mr Gove and Ms Truss drawing attention to themselves with their latest wheeze or gimmick – and last week was no exception. Since they’re currently working in the field of education these specialists … Continue reading
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Readers who follow 3D Eye on Twitter might have seen a recent tweet with a link to Suli Breaks, whose performance videos include “Why I Hate School But Love Education” and “I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My … Continue reading
It’s been an interesting day for childcare minister Liz Truss – summoned to Parliament early this morning to make a statement about her intentions to raise the limits on the numbers of children that individual childminders can work with. Those … Continue reading
Reblogged from Love Learning….: A lot has happened in the past month. A blogpost turned into a letter, which turned into a petition, which ended up as a political football and I found myself thrust into a limelight I’ve found … Continue reading
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The story isn’t good. The Ofsted survey on PSHE education was carried out in 50 schools throughout the country. Even if you allow for statistical variations, this means that an inordinate amount of young people aren’t receiving the sort of … Continue reading
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Ofsted’s PSHEE Education report “Not Yet Good Enough” is depressing yet totally expected reading. Anyone who has specialised in this area of work, as we have, won’t be surprised by any of the findings but will remain alarmed and deeply … Continue reading
