Tackling Underachievement
One of the biggest issues facing schools is the problem of under-achievement. According to a recent report 30,000 young people leave school each year in the UK without any qualifications. There are...
View ArticleIs there still a place for rote learning?
I’ve been thinking about this issue quite a bit this week since the issue arose in #NIedchat on Twitter. The discussion was focussed on the contention that Northern Ireland’s education system produces...
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It’s time to change KS3.
Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithereen/ I have just returned home having watched a Christmas show preformed by the pupils of our local primary school. It was a great occasion for the...
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“Arrive safely in July.”
The title of the blog post is a quote from a teacher I met on the OLTE programme. I’m not sure if this was an off-the-cuff remark or if it was something that he says to all his colleagues but it has...
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