October 2, 2015
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Comments Off on To assess or not to assess ?
The message of Child at the Centre (www.educationscotland.gov.uk) is clearly an easy one to pick up on and one that anybody working with children will be familiar with, albeit it being a tool for the early year’s workforce in self-evaluation it also embraces the essence of what educators should be doing within early years. […] Continue reading
October 1, 2015
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Comments Off on Maths and mindsets
This week we have been introduced to the Online Literacy Assessment (OLA) and Online Maths Assessment. These are diagnostic tools which we are able to access and use in order to identify any gaps or weaknesses in our understanding. This allows us to seek help if needed or put in some extra work to ensure […] Continue reading
September 28, 2015
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Comments Off on Gender in Schools
In my experience at school I feel that my gender did not have much of an impact. I was lucky enough to attend Primary and Secondary Schools that allowed their pupils to be themselves. Males and females were seen as equal. The only time there was any kind of separation due to gender was for […] Continue reading
September 25, 2015
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Comments Off on Social Mobility
Polly Toynbee’s Guardian article discussing social mobility brings a lot of debate. We are meant to live in an open and meritocratic society so in theory anyone should be able to change their social standing. We have an education system that is fair to all but there are hidden barriers to stop people becoming part […] Continue reading
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 23, 2015
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Comments Off on Study skills and time management
Reading the first chapter of the Study Skills book assigned for us I found some parts interesting but I do think some parts are not relevant to me e.g. Student accommodation, freshers week, financial issues, fitting in part time jobs. However having a browse through the book it will be definitely be a useful tool […] Continue reading
September 19, 2015
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Comments Off on Reflections on ‘Study Skills’ reading
‘The Study Skills Book’ by Kathleen McMillan and Jonathan Weyers is a book which includes lots of practical guidance and advice for those moving into the realms of higher education and university. I have found it an interesting and informative book so far and am sure that it will be a valuable resource as I […] 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
September 15, 2015
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Comments Off on Why Teaching?
Becoming a Teacher has been a lifelong goal and I can wholeheartedly say that I have enjoyed my whole learning experience, from nursery to now. This has given me the passion to help assist others develop a memorable school experience, motivating me to pursue a career in Primary teaching. Teaching provides an energising environment every […] Continue reading
September 8, 2015
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Comments Off on Is video freeing us to learn in the way we are meant to?
As part of our efforts to embed purposeful opportunities to explore and develop digital literacy skills in the on-going professional experiences of our MA students at Dundee University we have introduced the eportfolio via a WordPress blog. I talked about this in an earlier post however what I have done since is create and publish […] Continue reading
July 1, 2015
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Comments Off on Glow blogs syndication and a new eportfolio
Today I spent some time with John Johnston from Education Scotland (ES) looking at how we can use the syndication feature of WordPress in Glow Blogs to help set up a central sharing hub that would pull in the posts from our MA students new eportfolios. My motivations for this partnership approach with my colleague […] Continue reading
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