IOE Events. Our latest IOE debate looked at the start of the educational journey – the early years. What would we need to do in order to secure world-leading early years provision? The answer from our panel is one that…
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The early years – moving beyond ‘splashes of colour here and there’
Tagged with: baseline assessment, early childhood education, school starting age
Posted in Childhood & early education, Education policy, IOE debates
Posted in Childhood & early education, Education policy, IOE debates
Schooling for refugee children: how MOOCs support teachers in the world’s most challenging situations
Diana Laurillard and Eileen Kennedy, UCL Knowledge Lab More than half the world’s refugees are children. Most of these children will spend their whole childhood away from home, with little access to education. In the context of the Syrian crisis…
Tagged with: MOOCs, refugee children, teacher education
Posted in International development, Teachers
Posted in International development, Teachers
Despite the government’s best efforts, there has yet to be any reduction in teachers’ workloads
John Jerrim. Five years ago, when results from the TALIS 2013 survey were released, there was one thing that particularly caught the attention of education policymakers, unions and school leaders – teacher workload. This study revealed how lower-secondary teachers in…
Tagged with: international comparisons, TALIS, teacher workload
Posted in Education policy, International comparisons, Teachers
Posted in Education policy, International comparisons, Teachers
Schools in England are more likely to receive regular reports of cyber-bullying than those in any other country in the TALIS study. How worried should we be?
John Jerrim. There has been a lot of talk recently about the harm caused by social media and that young people are experiencing ever-greater levels of cyber-bullying. These relatively new phenomena have implications for teachers and schools, who often have to…
How satisfied are teachers in England with their pay? It depends upon the perspective you take
John Jerrim. Pay is a key concern of teachers in England. It is one of the key aspects of their employment conditions, with previous research suggesting that pay is closely linked to the recruitment and retention of teachers. At the…
Tagged with: TALIS, teacher pay, teacher recruitment, teacher retention
Posted in Education policy, International comparisons, Teachers
Posted in Education policy, International comparisons, Teachers
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