Something puzzled me about the Edge Foundation’s financial statements lodged with the charity commission. Read the rest of this entry »
More On Edge Accounts
June 17, 2009 by kelvinthroopEdge Accounts – Interesting
May 20, 2009 by kelvinthroopFollowing the discussion here on the Edge education foundation and their enthusiasm for purely vocational education, I decided to take a closer look. Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Mail Determines Reality
May 17, 2009 by kelvinthroop[BPSDB]The Daily Mail, it would appear, has taken on itself the right to decide not only what is taught in school science lessons but also the nature of reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Double or Triple?
April 3, 2009 by kelvinthroopInteresting discussion here on school science education. Part of it discusses the merits of the combined science double award versus the three separate sciences. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Dolan Struck Off
March 26, 2009 by kelvinthroopI read in today’s Metro that Alex Dolan has been struck off by the General Teaching Council (GTC) for a year for secretly filming pupils’ bad behaviour for a television documentary. This sounded so much like the Angela Mason case that I thought the Metro had simply got the name wrong but no – there is a second case of secret filming. Read the rest of this entry »
Ditching Evolution
March 7, 2009 by kelvinthroopI have just read Paul Rees’ article “Are textbook references to Darwin close to extinction?” His concerns are the lack of reference to evolution and references to the scientists such as Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel, whose work lay the foundations of evolutionary thought. Read the rest of this entry »
Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence
January 9, 2009 by kelvinthroop[BPSDB] If you work in a school you have doubtlees heard about “learning styles” and “multiple intelligence”. Your pupils may well have filled out questionaires to determine whether they are Visual, Auditory or Kinesthenic learners. Read the rest of this entry »
OFSTED to Ban “Boring” Lessons
January 5, 2009 by kelvinthroopWelcome to the new term! And better make your lessons interesting because I see from today’s Guardian that OFSTED is blaming “boring” lessons for poor discipline and results. Read the rest of this entry »