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October 27, 2015
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A Helping Hand – Working Together

An approach to learning. A learning style. Currently evolving. The sharing of knowledge. Expressing views and ideas. Assisting and helping. Working together. Collaborative Learning. Collaborative Learning is an ongoing and widely debated topic in Scottish Education and a learning style encouraged and discouraged. It is an approach to learning and a way of working together and sharing ideas, building […] Continue reading →

October 26, 2015
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Reflections Reflection

I sat for a considerable amount of time just trying to get my head around the fact that I was about to write a reflection on the theme of ‘reflections’. The word reflection can mean one of two things. When something is a reflection of another it provides a mirror image of what you are seeing. […] Continue reading →

October 25, 2015
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The History of Brain Development Over the 20th Century.

The Physical Child – Brain Development TDT 1902 – Julius Bernstein proposes membrane theory for cells. 1904 – Thomas Elliott suggests that autonomic nerves may release chemical transmitters. 1905 – John Newport Langley coins the phrase “parasympathetic nervous system”. 1909 – Harvey Cushing is first to electrically stimulate human sensory cortex. 1913 – Walter Samuel […] Continue reading →

October 23, 2015
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~ Languages in Primary 1+2+3+4……

Languages are wonderful and diverse and according to the website ethnologue there are 7,102 known living languages in the world. This made me smile to myself. Then I realised that I only really knew smatterings of phrases from a mere … Continue reading → Continue reading →

October 23, 2015
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Stress and teaching

Yesterday it was reported by the BBC that teachers are stressed and being ‘reduced to tears’. I wanted to explore this topic further being a MA1 student studying Education at the University of Dundee. Dr Bousted reported in a TES article teachers were being told “stress is increasingly being regarded as par for the course and […] Continue reading →

October 22, 2015
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Development of my learning

Watching this video; really made me think about how effect my note taking is during lectures and then what I do with them when I come away from the lectures. I wrote out a mind map based on this video which I have now been using for the past week when studying or coming out […] Continue reading →

October 22, 2015
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Our importance in the Physical Child

We have learnt that we, as teachers, mainly focus on cognitive development due to being conscious of role expectations. However, physical and cognitive functioning are closely linked. However, this factor is not always appreciated with young children. We, as teachers, need to consider all aspects of a child’s development as we look at the children […] Continue reading →

October 22, 2015
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What is school really about?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/22/school-nick-gibb-term-time-holidays Whilst reading through some articles on ‘The Guardian’ website I found something that I thought would be useful to share with you. This article states that ‘Schools Minister Nick Gibb’s lack of flexibility over term-time holidays is not in the interest of children’. The article focuses on the topic of school holidays and whether […] Continue reading →

October 22, 2015
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What challenges/ opportunities you may be faced with when marrying the personal vs the professional presence on social media?

Should we just have one account? Or two accounts one for personal aspects and the other for professional side? The GTCS states that you shouldn’t share any information with a student unless it would be shared in a school setting. This therefore makes you consider who you accept to be friends with online and what information you let […] Continue reading →

October 22, 2015
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Changing Education Paradigms

Right from the word go this animation narrated by Sir Ken Robinson was engaging, taking me on the journey through education, diving deep into the errors we have created in the design of our current education system. It never struck me how old fashioned schooling is structured until now. But we must move on from […] Continue reading →

October 20, 2015
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Managing My Learning

Activity 1 Complete the table below to identify and reflect on those factors and plan actions for each. Recognition/ Reflection Action What helps my learning? How can I utilise this? Discussing the topic with others Set up a study group of like-minded peers Engage with the online community Using colours for key words in […] Continue reading →

October 20, 2015
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Term-Time holidays. Yes or No?

Yesterday, I woke up to my usual routine of eating my breakfast whilst watching Bill Turnbull and Louise Minchin. They were discussing term-time holidays with Jon Platt who took his 6 year old daughter to Florida on a once in a lifetime family holiday, to which the school charged him £120 for doing so. Refusing to […] Continue reading →

October 19, 2015
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Professionalism and The Online World

Social media is an extremely modern and useful tool for primary teachers but only if it is used in the correct way. We must learn to keep our personal and professional uses of social media separate if we can not behave in a way that is appropriate because if we fail to do so then […] Continue reading →

October 18, 2015
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National testing is it really the right thing to do ?

I am deeply perplexed to hear of the recent news that the First Minister announced regarding the reintroduction of National Testing. I find it difficult to understand exactly how this can be achieved under the new curriculum. With 5 levels within Curriculum for Excellence(CfE) that span the early years up into senior phase, I […] Continue reading →

October 18, 2015
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Professionalism and social media

We are living during a time ruled over by the internet and a whole host of forms of social media, this is both exciting and daunting, especially when starting out on a professional career. Social media can be incredibly useful as it allows for rapid spread of information, we find out about global events at […] Continue reading →

October 17, 2015
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Plato’s Theory of Forms

Plato was inspired by his tutor, Socrates. He admired Socrates method of asking questions about established ideas. Socrates never wrote anything down, therefore, anything we know about him comes in the form of dialogues, written by Plato. Students were encouraged, by Socrates, to think deeply about the topics they were discussing. He enjoyed approaching powerful […] Continue reading →

October 16, 2015
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The benefits of active learning and co-operative working

To me, active learning is a skill we should all be working on to improve. It is one thing taking notes in lectures but for me, and I’m sure many others would agree, the information doesn’t always go into my head and stay there by the time the lecture has finished. An effective way to […] Continue reading →

October 16, 2015
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The benefits of active learning and co-operative working

October 15, 2015
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Active Learning

Active learning is defined as “a process whereby students engage in activities, such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving that promote analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content.” As a student at University, active learning is something I need to become more aware of. I always write notes in lectures and tutorials, which is […] Continue reading →