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Author: Fusive Created: Wednesday, November 09, 2005
A blog about different aspects of education
Research evidence about “Brain Based Learning” identifies “neuromyths”
By Fusive on Sunday, July 30, 2006
Over the last ten years “brain-based learning” has been a subject of considerable interest to teachersa. Neuroscience is informing the education industry about brain disorders (eg. ADHD and Dyslexia) there is precious little evidence for the current enthusiasm of basing classroom practice on a so-called neuroscientific basis. So says new Scottish Research.
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Helping young people to improve investigative, reasoning and writing skills
By Fusive on Friday, July 28, 2006
It is increasingly clear we get what we teach to young people – rote learning in, rote writing out. A recent study finds that, if teachers are not careful, students relay on their teacher’s and textbooks interpretations of historical events rather than think of working out their own interpretation of an issue by looking at different source documents
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Sixth formers & parents underestimate University Debts
By Fusive on Sunday, July 23, 2006
The average sixth-former expects to leave university with debts of just over £6,000 - less than half the average amount graduates actually owe, research showed today. Parents were not much better at estimating the financial burden of going to university, with the average parent expecting their child to accrue debts of £7,080. Parents say that they are willing to deprive themselves of holidays in order to put their child through University
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Teachers are cheating by helping pupils to get good grades in GCE coursework
By Fusive on Saturday, July 22, 2006
A letter from a teacher revealed that, in order to reach the government target “A-C” pass rates there was no other choice for him but to cheat by helping pupils turn out good quality work. In addition, teachers spend hours coaching pupils for the exam (nothing new there, then)
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Sir James Dyson to fund a school for inventors and engineers.
By Fusive on Friday, July 14, 2006
Said to be open in two years, it is reported that Sir James Dyson, the vacuum man, is willing to spend millions investing in Britain’s first specialist design and engineering school, which he wants to train, inspire and educate future generations of inventors and engineers.
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Teachers to refuse to apply sunscreen to avoid abuse claims. Have we gone mad in this country?
By Fusive on Monday, July 10, 2006
Who would be a teacher in this climate of pupil power and threats to teachers. As pupil bad behaviour and untrue allegations increase, support for teachers is almost non-existent. There has been a report this week that teachers have been advised not to put sunscreen on pupils for fear of exposing themselves to allegations of child abuse.
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Evidence that After-School programs improved achievement and attitudes amongst disadvantaged children
By Fusive on Sunday, July 09, 2006
There is now strong research evidence that children growing up in economically disadvantaged circumstances are less likely to achieve well at school than their more affluent peers. A recent American study evaluated different kinds of after-school care for impoverished children and found that after-school programs had significant effects on the children’s school achievement.
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Parents, research shows it’s not the money you have but the quality time you spend with your children & your relationships that count.
By Fusive on Wednesday, July 05, 2006
It has long been known that parental involvement in their children’s education makes a big difference to their academic progress, and a major review of research on parental involvement found that the impact of parents on pupil achievement was, in fact, far greater than that of schools in the primary years, and was still an important factor at secondary level. The most crucial factor was the extent and quality of parental engagement with their children at home.
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2006 and still stereotyped career aspirations for boys and girls
By Fusive on Sunday, July 02, 2006
Of all the research reports in education being studied by the NERF what seemed to surprise them most was the high level of young people who still have gender stereotyped vocational aspirations for future studies in further education.
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Drugs and young people –some interesting facts and figures
By Fusive on Thursday, June 29, 2006
Mental Health problems are increasingly being linked with drug abuse, which damages many young people’s chances of success at school. You won’t be surprised about the groups that are at risk, but you may need to be looking at who your children spend time with.
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