Supported by Sue Leydens opinions, Professor Barry Hymer illuminates the purpose and limitations of labels given to children in the classroom.
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Supported by Sue Leydens opinions, Professor Barry Hymer illuminates the purpose and limitations of labels given to children in the classroom.
Reports need to say more than "Could do better"... Frank Butt from Langley School in Norfolk explains how doing away with paper reports could be the solution.
Technology opens up a world of new and exciting tools for students, but it can be ineffective if not integrated correctly. Craig Kemp explains the 4 big mistakes when integrating technology.
How many times have we heard that schools are awash with data or what gets measured counts? There are schools who are utilising authentic assessment in a variety of individualized ways and achieving 'good' results too. Read more here.
Motivation, ownership and engagement through learner led research has meant children own their own progress. Read more about the work of Stephen Heppell and his project research here.
John Hattie, Doug Lemov, Jenny Thompson all feature in this article written by Ian Leslie who explains the importance of educations revolution.
Have we moved away from the industrialized form of education that pumps out cookie-cutter students with the same knowledge and skills? Diana Laufenberg says personalization only comes when students have authentic choice over how to tackle a problem. Read her views here.
Eric Marcos has found that demonstrating learningthrough online videos in this way is a better fit for learners who might not have done well in a traditional setting. Read more about how these passionate visible learners are teaching each other here.
Policymakers are being forced to rethink the role of such assessments in public education as growing resistance builds to traditional testing. Not all countries have such high stakes testing but serve to develop children who are deeper thinkers instead; Finland is one such example. Students, parents and teacher unions voices as stakeholders should be included in educaton policy. Read the implications here.
