Session Summary: Being given the role of subject leadership within a school can either inspire or overwhelm colleagues. There was plenty of advice early on in the session which focused on vision, philosophy and leading by example. It was also evident that colleagues...
Session Title: Can we really help our students to become independent learners or are there too many constraints? Session Summary: Clearly a popular topic, a number of people were chomping at the bit to get the discussion under way this week. When proceedings did begin...
Topic of Discussion: Social media in the classroom - what are the must have tools and the dos and don'ts? Summary of Discussion: Well the vote seemed to be close until the last few hours and this topic certainly get everyone buzzing! We started off with a quick discussion...
Session Title: Is it possible to measure successful learning without an exam-driven approach? Summary of Discussion: At a time when the government is bringing a different point of view to assessment, the question triggered a lively discussion and raised quite a few...
Session Title: Why are some subjects considered more academic or worthy than others? Is there anything we can do to redress the balance. Session Summary: Wow! What a fast paced discussion this week. Due to a bit of confusion there were, at one point in the week, two...
Published originally at lkm consulting, with permission from Laura McInerney (@miss_mcinerney) In today's blog, Laura McInerney - LKM Policy Development Partner - discusses how the power of Twitter may yet provide teachers with a representative voice in government...
Session Title: Will the EBacc divide Academic and Vocational Education or provide personalised pathways? Session Summary: A really emotive discussion, which started with a definition of the EBacc. The Government have decided that certain subjects make up the EBacc
Session Title What's the purpose of education? Are we heading in the right direction? Summary of Session An extremely difficult hour to summarise given the frantic pace of the tweets! There was certainly a feeling that the purpose of education is much more than simply...
Session Title The potential damage of funding cuts on Sports Colleges and their associated schemes. What will this mean to teachers? Session Summary The discussion was about the place of physical education in schools. It was about the past experiences of teachers and...
