February 4, 2016
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Comments Off on SUII Seminar – Child Neglect: Arts-Based Practices
This year I have been involved with a Scottish Universities Insight Institute seminar series entitled ‘Child Neglect, Wellbeing and Resilience: Adopting Arts-based Practices‘. The programme team consists of academics from […]
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December 5, 2015
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Comments Off on Look around you!
You’re probably thinking how monotonous it is that I continue to repeat this, but maths is everywhere! Again. I will never lose the amazement or curiosity I have filled with, at the fact that maths is the fundamental principle behind the creation and design of many things – and, much to your shock, as you are […] Continue reading
November 17, 2015
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Comments Off on There’s no avoiding it – Maths is everywhere!
Throughout my inputs in Discovering Mathematics, I’ve been thinking a lot about the links between maths are other curricular areas. I’ve been making connections more and more between maths and other subjects and, I have discovered something about maths that perhaps I hadn’t thoroughly thought about before… It is everywhere. The idea to write a blog post […] Continue reading
October 25, 2015
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Comments Off on My Philosophy of Education – MA1
It is fundamental for any teacher to have their own philosophy of education, which is made up of their values and beliefs about learning, teaching and education, because this is an influential element of the learning, planning and reflecting process in the classroom, of which the teacher is responsible for. Education is a never-ending, lifelong […] Continue reading
October 24, 2015
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Comments Off on “One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world” – Malala Yousafzai
I’d like you to think back to your first years of education, a time when you were facilitated with materials such as pencils, pens and books. Something to write on, something to write with and someone to teach you how to write. Was this your introduction to an education? Malala Yousafzai, a teenage girl from […] Continue reading
October 2, 2015
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Comments Off on It’s a problem free, Philosophy, Hakuna matata!
My name is Abbie Kelly and I am currently at the University of Dundee. Where I study an MA Hons in Primary Education. I was able to gain my place on the course through determination, hard work and a drive to succeed. I understand I need all these skills in order to be an undergraduate. […] Continue reading
