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PROFESSIONALISING THE TEACHING PROFESSION-IS THE OLD MODEL OBSOLETE?
Time to move away from the Factory model of schooling, says Professor Mehta Comment Jal Mehta, an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is the author of the book “The...
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PERSONALISED LEARNING-REMEMBER THAT-WILL IT MAKE A COMEBACK?
It was a reaction against one size fits all teaching-placing the needs of individual learners at the heart of the system But dropped off the agenda Does it still have utility? Comment The term...
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CAREERS GUIDANCE IN SCHOOLS-IS THE POLICY SUSTAINABLE?
Almost certainly not according to the experts Comment ‘Schools now have a legal duty to secure independent careers guidance for all 12-to-18 year-old pupils. They can choose the type of careers...
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THE IMPACT OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD-SHORTAGE OF EVIDENCE
PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD What is their impact? Often insufficient evidence to draw firm conclusions In many developing countries private schools are offering education to some of the...
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THE SELF –IMPROVING SCHOOL SYSTEM-WHERE DO WE NOW STAND?
Where do we stand? Comment Education debates in this country are often lively and mostly polarised. The media thrives on, and to a great extent needs, robust argument and adversarial comment but has...
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OFSTED –HEADING FOR REFORM? YOU BET
Steve Munby, the Chief Executive of CFBT Education Trust, writing in the Daily Telegraph on 10 February, said that it is increasingly clear that Ofsted has become too open to political interference...
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IF INNOVATION IS SO IMPORTANT-WHY DONT WE INCENTIVISE IT IN EDUCATION AND...
Growth of output per head determines living standards and innovation determines the growth of output per head. So, what determines innovation? Innovation depends on creativity, new insights and...
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ARE WE GETTING THE OUTCOMES WE WANT FROM OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM ?
What is expected of the new Education Secretary.? The short answer is that she will be expected to ensure that the performance of our system, and the schools and students within our system, improves...
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NUDGE ,NUDGE-INSIGHTS INTO BEHAVIOUR SHAPING POLICY
Moves to harness insights on behaviour to shape policy and its delivery Persuading Ministers, and indeed departments, to change policy and do something differently is always a challenge. But...
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AUSTERE TIMES IN GOVERNMENT ? NOT REALLY. THE BONUS CULTURE SEES TO THAT
We know that savings have to be made and costs cut in public services, that we have to get more from less, and productivity has to improve, because that’s what we are told by Ministers. Strange then...
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