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Education for Citizenship. What on earth is this – could it be any use. |
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By Fusive on
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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I was quite bewildered as to what Education for Citizenship would possibly be. Would this be like saluting the flag stuff like the Americans ? Surely not. No, it turns out to be nothing like that at all, and though looking at some evaluation studies I can see some point in certain aspects, I can’t really see how this more than woolly curriculum as it is developing, can meld our children into respectful citizens (in fact, some of the issues seem determined to foster rather selfish ideals.)
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Teaching sentence combining likely to improve children’s writing skills |
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By Fusive on
Sunday, May 28, 2006
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A systematic review of literature on the teaching of grammar identified a particular technique as likely to improve writing skills. If teaching time is limited, the researchers suggested that using the time to teach techniques such as sentence combining would help children write better, rather than teaching formal grammar which they say there is little proof of it improving writing skill in young children.
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Do you think grammar should be taught formally in schools ? Is such teaching effective ? |
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By Fusive on
Saturday, May 27, 2006
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I have found reports of two research reviews about grammar teaching. The two reviews had some rather controversial findings and want ministers to review National Curriculum guidelines about the teaching of formal grammar teaching. At the moment, younger primary children are required to learn about nouns, verbs and pronouns, and older primary school pupils learn all major parts of speech as well as the grammar of complex sentences.
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Its Adult Learners’ Week. Is this an outdated concept ? |
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By Fusive on
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
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Adult Learners’ Week is when events are staged all over the country to celebrate Adult Learning and Learners’ achievements. But, there have been major changes in priorities in further education and money for leisure provision has gone –and support for learners over 19 cut (at least that’s how it seems to have ended up).
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Parents should support children in working hard at school |
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By Fusive on
Sunday, May 21, 2006
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The Chief Inspector of Schools (the head of OFSTED) Maurice Smith has said that parents should make sure that their children do not stay up late watching TV and do not look scruffy going to school. He says that parental support was important for children and schools’ success.
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School dinner companies lose money following Jamie Oliver’s wake-up call |
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By Fusive on
Friday, May 19, 2006
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It seems that the contract catering industry has take a huge loss following behaviour and attitude changes set in motion by the work of celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver. Some contracts for school meals are not attracting tenders as companies say they can’t make any profit on the current monies offered.
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Bad news about vocational training – time to get the 14-18 system mess right |
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By Fusive on
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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Research at the Centre for Economic Performance has concluded that rigid teaching styles in schools up to 16 are leading to poor life chances for 50% of young people who do not go to university. They then fail to reach the standards of skills and employability that is now taken for granted in other industrialised countries.
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