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A network for anyone teaching languages in Primary. An MFL Ning. Ning? It’s a small scale social network. Create your own Ning for anything. These two words somewhat leapt out, off the page, into the soul from this article Education: Expand academy model into the primary sector, says thinktank. from the Guardian this morning. Apparently it comes from a book by these guys. The full report is here. I’m sure [...] I was reminded of this extraordinary talk today by an article in today’s Guardian by Emma Brockes. A brain of two halves. A fascinating article from Successful Teaching relating teaching to Jill Bolte Taylor’s experience of recovering from her stroke. Teaching vs Stroke Recovery Ah! Well put. I’m sorry but workaholism just isn’t a great idea. Phil Beadle in the Guardian. Charles Leadbeater is the man of the moment. A video from 2005 Which chimes with this chap. Clay Shirky Back to the UK, Charles Leadbeater’s 21 ideas. From the Innnovation Website What’s Next? – Page [...] An interesting piece in the Guardian this morning. Education: Early-years writing lesson ‘do no good’. Amazingly it needed the invocation of the ‘Freedom of Information Act’ for this little gem to see the light of day. Dialogue! What dialogue? Only Idealogue. Fascinating article in today’s Guardian about the research of Kathy Sylva – Professor of Educational Psychology at Oxford University. ‘For a poor child, not going to pre-school was like tying their hands behind their back for the rest of primary school.’ Guru of the Playgroup Link to Jim Knight speech here. A rather underwhelming notion of ICT ‘basics’ appeared in this speech. ‘We need to ensure that all children are trained in the basics: using a word processor, managing a database, editing a website.’ And teachers are ‘guardians’ of a subject that children more readily understand than we do a [...] Spotted this one on Ewan Macintosh’s Blog. Sir Ken Robinson Listen to his speech at the RSA. The World Turned Upside Down This poem mentioned on Doug Dickinson’s Blog is worth a read. The Things We Steal From Children By Dr John Edwards If [...] |
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