September 19, 2018
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Comments Off on A Lesson in Structural Inequalities
Yesterday I realised a some-what hard hitting truth that I thought I already knew. Personal bias is everywhere. It is as instinctual in humans as our sense of survival. Whether we like to admit it or not, favouritism is more present in our lives than we would like to admit. Be it a favourite friend […] Continue reading
September 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Effective Learning and Teaching: What Does it Look Like?
Everyone can remember certain things from primary school, whether it be a single lesson or a full topic, but why do we remember them? We remember them because they were fun. I don’t remember learning how to subtract one number from another, other than I had a Heinemann workbook to help me. What I do remember […] Continue reading
September 14, 2018
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Comments Off on What made my decision
What made my decision of career path was a school placement I attended in my 4th year of high school. Seeing the way the teacher worked with their students an dhow she influenced them inspired me to aim for the same. watching teachers in a variety of placements has shown me many different styles and […] Continue reading
September 13, 2018
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Comments Off on My Path to Teaching
Since buddying the primary ones in my seventh year of primary, I have known I wanted to be a primary teacher. In my third year of secondary, I had the opportunity to do work experience at a school. This confirmed to me primary teaching was the career path I wanted to follow. I loved building […] Continue reading
September 13, 2018
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Comments Off on A 20 year old dream…
It was 1998 and my ultimate goal was to become a teacher. My Primary 6 teacher at the time was inspirational, developing my skills, teaching, encouraging and enabling me to help others. He had a thirst for life and was always singing songs, reading us adventure stories and I loved going in to school. Since then […] Continue reading
September 8, 2018
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Comments Off on International Baccalaureate Online Unit
What is an International Baccalaureate (IB) education? The IB Organisation have formed their educational programmes to ensure that all learning is student centred, challenging, with a strong emphasis on human values. These programmes focus on ten core values which are hoped to be seen in an IB student. Through these values, it is hoped that […] Continue reading
August 30, 2018
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Comments Off on International Baccalaureate Online Unit
Reflective Activity 1 The International Baccalaureate (IB) is an educational programme for children aged 3-19 which aims to provide a broad and international education. Similar to Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), the IB aims to provide an education which supports students in gaining the skills and knowledge to allow them to be successful in society. An […] Continue reading
August 12, 2018
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Comments Off on Introduction to International Baccalaureate
This post covers my reflections upon the first online module for the International Baccalaureate elective, comparing the IB Programme to the Curriculum for Excellence. Reflective Activity 1: How do the IB aims align with the main aims of CfE? The aims of CfE focus upon providing students with the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary in […] Continue reading
June 10, 2018
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Comments Off on Moving on
I always knew I wanted to teach. This, I now know, is due to the pleasure I get from seeing others succeed and the knowledge that I helped them achieve their best. After transferring from MA Education to MA English lit. I decided to use the skills I had gained through the MA Education program […] Continue reading
March 11, 2018
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Comments Off on Ljubljana- Here I come!
I sit here, in my comfortable house in Scotland, where I am surrounded by what I would call ‘the norm’. However, it is all about to change as on Friday I go on an 8 week adventure to Slovenia! The reason I am going to Slovenia for 8 weeks is through our course module at […] Continue reading
February 19, 2018
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Comments Off on Evolutionary Experiences
My learning experience (so far) has been examined under a microscope, with the results below. You’ll also learn a little on behaviour (but only if you are eager to)! When a word in a dictionary ‘spots’ a new reader: Hello, my name is Floccinaucinihilipilification.Nice to meet you – what’s yours? The reaction when the reader … Continue reading “Evolutionary Experiences” Continue reading
February 13, 2018
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Comments Off on Scientific Literacy
Scientific literacy is the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for everyday experiences, for example decision making. Scientific literacy allows a person to read or hear an article or newspaper online and decide on its validity. A literate person should be able to evaluate the worth of certain scientific information based on […] Continue reading
February 12, 2018
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Scientific literacy “stands for what the general public ought to know about science” (Durant 1993, p. 129) and “puts emphasis on the understanding of science and technology by those who are not, and do not expect to be, professional scientists and technologists” (Hurd 1997). In order for any scientific advancement the people must have a […] Continue reading
January 31, 2018
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Comments Off on Tinder for Kids?
Technology is a part of our everyday life, I am using my laptop to write this, with my phone sitting beside me, in a café with a TV in front of me, with music playing from a computer into various speakers and surrounded by people using all sorts of tech. In todays society, not being …
January 29, 2018
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Comments Off on How has home helped me?
Looking back on my time at university so far, I have realised that my accomplishments have came from myself and my choices. After completing my first semester I now know that the decision to stay at home was right for me. Prior to beginning University I felt anxious at the prospect that a lot of my …
January 23, 2018
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Comments Off on Reflection of semester 1
Semester one was not what I was initially expecting. I thought it would of been about getting to grips with Curriculum for Excellence and Pedagogical studies, not a direct focus on working collaboratively and values, as I thought these things were “common sense”. However, the fact that we did these modules and worked with social […] Continue reading
November 26, 2017
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Comments Off on Outdoor Learning
I am a huge fan of outdoor learning! I think my passion has mostly stemmed from my experiences working in a nature nursery, where I saw many of the benefits of the outdoor environment for my children. Unfortunately, I see much less outdoor learning taking place in school. So, what is outdoor learning? Well the … Continue reading Outdoor Learning → Continue reading
November 11, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths, statistics, studying medicine in Dundee……..
After a fantastic lecture from Dr. Ellie Horthersall about maths, statistics and medicine in Dundee I felt inspired to write a blog post and look further into the statistics of the public health sector. Ellie trained as a doctor and now lectures at the University of Dundee as well as working in the pulic health sector […] Continue reading
November 4, 2017
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Comments Off on Analogue Clocks: Pointless and Confusing?
Living in a digital world, I ask the question: do we need to teach pupils how to read an analogue clock in schools? Although most of us have converted to digital clocks in our online, digital world with our smartphones, computers and televisions; we cannot deny that our encounters with analogue clocks are not completely […] Continue reading
October 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Should schools promote Scottish tradition and culture?
Having been in different primary schools, I believe that although Scottish history is taught in primary school often Scottish tradition is not thoroughly explored. Scottish Culture lies at the centre of life in Scotland (Scottish Government, p.3). Scottish culture is very well known about and respected in other countries and is why Scotland is an […] Continue reading
