Teaching - the latest

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A review of current issues in teaching and research, primarily from English National Curriculum and IB perspectives.Currently this is a news site but from Sept 08, I hope to develop Action research projects and puublish results.Please add comments through the blog www.teachingthelatest.blogspot.comCopyright Ben Winter

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National Reports

Primary Review

Interim reports

Children's Plan

Rose Review

Every Child Matters

Teachers TV

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Williams review of maths teaching

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Ofsted

MAY 08OFSTED praises systematic phonics

Blog - post comments here!

Research

Action research guidelines

action planning

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CARP

advice for new researchers

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Online Sources

Technology

Brit Jrnl Ed Tch

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SCRE

BPS

interestsTTL term 1 2008

John B

Understanding by Design

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Alternative assessment

Tracking / Afl

Colin B

Enabling creativity in Children

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IBLP

Exploring new ways to teach

Drama as a context for learning

Mantle of the Expert

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Dorothy Heathcote

Structuring Thinking Skills in the Classroom

Anthony

Raising awareness of intermational Ed

Anne W

Ben W

Learning styles

visual learning

technology for learning

Bath - body of knowledge

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Education forum NZ

Topical topics

Creativity

NCAction

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LTS

Creative thinking skills

Paper and pencil boosts creativity

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Thinking Skills

DFES

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Visible Thinking

Paul Ginnis

Sample activities

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Gregorc

Learning styles illustrated

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DeBono

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Aspects of learning

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Blooms

mustiple intelligences

planning matrix

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QCA

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Visual thinking

Independent learner

Saskatchewan

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General

personalised learning

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AFL

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Teachers TV

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For visual learners look at teachers TV videos of issues in teaching

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Hot tips

internet safety

Byron Review Reoprt, pub 28.04.08

learner attributes

Guy Claxton's 8 attributes

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G&T

DFES

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Defined

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"talent spotting"

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characteristics

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G&T WISE, Teachernet

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Brightonline

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This website was created primarily for the use of schools in the Brighton & Hove 'Excellence in Cities' cluster while its 'Gifted & Talented' strand was active during 2004-6, working with children from Years 5-7.

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London G&T

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London Gifted & Talented develops high quality programmes which challenge learners and support teachers. We believe that all learners are entitled to be stretched and challenged, and that the most effective gifted and talented provision is rooted in daily learning and teaching. At the heart of our programmes are cutting-edge e-resources and online tools. These are also available on this website.

Teacher resources

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Practical approaches to gifted and talented educationWhether you are a co-ordinator, a teacher or a parent, Teacher Tools provides a range of resources and advice on all aspects of gifted and talented education.

Teachers TV

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Other

finding the brightest

differentiation

Internationalism

IPC

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motivation

pedagogies of engagement

the motivated school

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Homework

H/W banned???

curriculum design

george lucas

tech

ICT in ELT

web 2.0 teacher videos

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News

Tech

US

ESchoolNews

Scandinavia model for USA?

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A delegation led by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) recently toured Scandinavia in search of answers for how students in that region of the world were able to score so high on a recent international test of math and science skills. They found that educators in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark all cited autonomy, project-based learning, and nationwide broadband internet access as keys to their success.

15.05.08 Key ed tech trends - 1:1

UK

BECTA

Press releases

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learners and technology

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General

BBC

archive

57% UK parents want private

25.03.08 Long holidays to end?

10.03.08 homework ban?

08.02.08 Is 5 too soon?

13.03.08 Innovation nation

31.03.08 Diplomas to replace A levels by 2013

21.05.08 Schools not turning green

7.09.08 Balls hints at end of SATS

22.5.08 some GCSE exams had answers on back

25 July 2008 Tests - do we still need them

Guardian

02.08.08 Teaching children philosophy

archive

14.03.08 Work life balance

18.04.08 too many govt initiatives

14.03 self eval distorts schools

25.03Boardgames boost maths

26.03.08 NUT slams NMTBuzzcocks

knowing how to know

27.05.08 Just the Jab

Nat Curric constrains teachers

20.05.08 OFSTEDing happiness?

TES

archive

21.03.08 Primary maths champs

14.03.08 Masters entry

Y6 SATs trauma

8k sterling for primary maths experts

21.03.08 Testing hinders happiness

DCSF/ex DFES

07.03 Masters entry

Spectrum

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International Education

teacher magazine

unwrapping the gifted

Primary

Primary Teacher Uk

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15.05.08 piecemeal green approach

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Secondary

IBO news

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IB World

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setting up google alerts

Legend

see here for colour key

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• red - updated w/b 26.05.08 • orange - updated w/b 02.06.08 • yellow - updated w/b 09.06.08 • Green - completed w/b 9/6/08 • Blue - completed w/b 16/6/08 • Indigo - completed w/b 23/06/08 • Violet - completed w/b 30/06/08 • •

bibliography

New books

Gardiner

Recommended Book List

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Bibliography for Teaching the Latest groupCraft, Anna, Gardner, Howard, & Claxton, Guy (2008). Creativity, wisdom, and trusteeship: exploring the role of education. Corwin Press. Gardner, Howard. (2006). Five minds for the future. Harvard Business School Press.November, Alan C. (2001). Empowering students with technology. Thousand Oaks Press. November, Alan C. (2008). Web literacy for educators. Corwin Press. Wiggins, Grant P. & McTighe, Jay. (2007) Schooling by design: mission, action, and achievement. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.Wiggins, Grant P. & McTighe, Jay. (2005). Understanding by design. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Journals available in School

TTL - Suggestions for the group

Delicious

google docs

Agenda/minutes

Mon29.08

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Talk about Gardner's chapter 4 - we talked about the conflict between the restrictions between creativity andd the confines of the educational system. John liked the fact that the chapter gave lots of value to the almost essential stage of being an expert - valuing the position of the creator within society.Ben liked the idea of a creativity continuum on which everyone can be found.Anthony's online resources - We linked Anthony's list of journals subscribed to by BPS on the Patana web to the map and we added a bibliography of suggested reading as notes.in the news - Ben...also allocate buzzwords to people to keep updated - google alertsBen asked if there was any interest in maintaining the news side of the site. Colin's Diigo....postponed to next time

Mon 13.1008

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Follow up research interests of MA/Phd Patana Staff - ask Jackie for detailsHot tips - ask John to include in newsletterColin's Diigo