Kevan Collins What can neuroscience tell us about education? This question elicits a wide range of responses from teachers, neuroscientists and educators – from the pessimistic “Nothing. What can a brain scan tell a teacher about what to do with…
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Brain science and education: seeking the right connections
Tagged with: evidence-informed practice, Kevan Collins, learning games, neuroscience, neuroscience and education, Research matters, spaced learning, uncertain reward
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Posted in Uncategorized
How did Shanghai win this year’s Education World Cup?
Chris Husbands It was Finland. Before that it was Singapore. A long time ago it was West Germany. Now it is Shanghai. If there were an Education World Cup, Shanghai would currently be the holders. Shanghai’s performance in the 2012…
It’s half-term; do you know where your teacher is?
Karen Edge In my house, our teacher of importance is my partner. He is a late-entry, career-changing primary teacher in an inner-London school. As our son is still in nursery school, my partner remains the teacher-of-note in our family. He is OUR…
Tagged with: extreme work, half-term, Karen Edge, teacher work-load, work/life balance
Posted in Karen Edge, Leadership and management, Teachers and teaching assistants
Posted in Karen Edge, Leadership and management, Teachers and teaching assistants
Addressing the bigger picture on teaching assistant interventions
Peter Blatchford It is good to hear the positive results from new studies, funded by the Education Endowment Foundation, showing that interventions carried out by teaching assistants (TAs) with small groups helped improve children’s results in the 3Rs. In fact…
How class continues to drive the equality gap in England’s adult skills
Andy Green The latest OECD Survey of Adult Skills (SAS) generated much commentary on the relatively poor level of adult skills in England – particularly the revelation that on both literacy and numeracy tests young people scored no better than…
