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Character education: A Caterpillar Process

18 November 2015

Continuing his new series of articles on character education, expert Matt Bawden discusses a method by which teachers might develop effective character-based resources for their subjects

Combatting the coastal school challenges

18 November 2015

A recent report has sought to shed further light on the challenges coastal schools face and the kind of leadership that is required to overcome them. Heath Monk explains

The problem of angry girls

18 November 2015

The figures suggest that girls are becoming more violent, but what is behind this and what can be done? Karen Sullivan advises

Teaching assistants: Providing outstanding classroom support

18 November 2015

The impact that teaching assistants can have in the classroom is widely acknowledged – but effective deployment and professional collaboration with the teacher is key. Co-author of a new book on outstanding classroom support, Jill Morgan, offers some advice

Managing a project – a route-map to success

18 November 2015

Middle leaders will often find themselves charged with driving a whole-school or whole-department initiative to raise achievement or close the gap. Dan Walton offers his advice on how to ensure yours is a success

Secrets to science CPD success

11 November 2015

Effective CPD is vital to the effectiveness of all teachers. With an eye on the STEM subjects, Yvonne Baker from the National Science Learning Network offers five steps to successful whole-school CPD strategies

The Association of Character Education

11 November 2015

Character education, as it has come to be known, is a key policy for the government and a key priority for schools. Among the recent developments has been the launch of new subject association for this area called ACE. Dr Tom Harrison explains

Tackling student stress and depression

11 November 2015

Teachers are not trained mental health professionals, but schools can play a role in supporting students’ wellbeing. Dr Stephanie Thornton looks at the challenges and offers some ideas

Neuroscience: A word of warning

11 November 2015

Is neuroscience in education the new ‘cargo cult’? In the second part of his two-part discussion, Matt Bromley says that if we insist on using neuroscience to explain common sense approaches to teaching, we face losing our own sense of professional judgement

Supporting Syrian refugee children who arrive in your school

4 November 2015

Receiving the children of Syrian refugees as they begin to arrive in the UK is a realistic possibility for many schools. It is likely that these children will face many challenges as they integrate. Educational psychologist Dr Joanna Mitchell offers a checklist for successful inclusion

Character education: Introducing virtue

4 November 2015

In a new monthly series of best practice articles exploring character education, expert Matt Bawden asks what aspects of character should be central to our education system and details a new DfE-backed pilot project to teach character through the curriculum

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Are you #NotQuittingTeaching?

4 November 2015

The retention of our NQTs is a key challenge facing today’s education system. Julian Stanley looks at some of the problems and introduces the #NotQuittingTeaching campaign

The place of neuroscience in the classroom

4 November 2015

Neuroscience theories are playing an increasing role in forming and explaining pedagogical approaches in the classroom – but should this be the case? Matt Bromley warns teachers against becoming obsessed with neuroscientific justifications

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Schools urged to join cultural challenge

4 November 2015

The Arts Council’s Cultural Education Challenge is aimed at bringing those working in schools and the arts together to deliver effective and inspiring arts education. Laura Gander-Howe explains

Creative writing and grammar

4 November 2015

The drive for creative writing and story-telling is essential in any school, but time must be made for the hard rules of English as well, argues Karen Sullivan
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