Professor Stephen Heppell’s keynote for the K12 online conference.
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MAJOR REFORMS TO SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY INCLUDING AN END TO COMPULSORY NATIONAL TESTS FOR FOURTEEN YEAR OLDS. But Ed Balls said that externally marked Key Stage 2 tests were critically important and would continue as the key source of information for parents and the public about standards in primary schools. ‘Key Stage 2 tests are a [...] A summary of the report here Key elements so far are – encourage student engagement – encourage online discussion – extend their learning – sense of ownership The report into the use of Web2.0 technologies at KS3 and KS4 to be found here. This report is for KS3 and KS4 but looking at the work [...] From Drake’s Takes A few choice words from the Guru by David Ward An article about Cliff Yates ideas for poetry teaching. Cliff Yates from the Poetry Class – This is just to say Poetry Class “taking the fear out of teaching poetry” National Poetry Day on October 9th – here Sats blight children’s memories of school. by Mark Gould in the Guardian. This echoes the Panorama programme from earlier this year. Do you remember the Sats monster? |
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