September 24, 2015
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Comments Off on Gender Discrimination
For me, personally, gender discrimination was a big issue whilst growing up. I wasn’t aware of it at the time but since learning about Gender with Jill I realise how serious it can be. I always loved football growing up. Ever since my dad dragged me along to my first Dundee match at the grand age […] Continue reading
September 24, 2015
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Comments Off on STEM cpd (Part 2)
This evening I attended the second part of the STEM cpd, following on from last week’s visit to the Verdant works. This time we had the opportunity to try out an activity or learning idea that we might use with a class. I chose to make a loom: I was able to try out some of […] Continue reading
September 24, 2015
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Comments Off on Male/Female…. did it matter?
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. I personally never felt being a female effected my education. I was always in a mixed group for classes and spent just as much time building bridges from junk as I did going to a calligraphy group. Interacting with boys in the […] Continue reading
September 19, 2015
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Comments Off on Sociology
One of our TDT’s this week was to watch this clip from RSAnimate: This video discusses the fact that our education system remains very much unchanged from when schooling became available to all, whereas our children and the needs of our society have changed greatly. I was particularly interested in the part about […] Continue reading
September 17, 2015
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Comments Off on Reflecting on STEM cpd
This evening I was fortunate enough to attend a cpd course held at the Verdant Works which encouraged us to explore the possibilities of this setting for STEM based learning and lessons. The course was open to a wide range of teaching professionals including postgrads and high school teachers and so this was a good […] Continue reading
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