Posts Tagged ‘Educational research’
A Curriculum for Mediocrity ?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 28, 2010
- In: AiFL | capacity-building | change | future of education | GLOW | ICT | Inspection | LTS | Quality assurance | Research | sustainability
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Effective use of EVS in the classroom
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 19, 2010
Electronic voting systems (EVS) are something I’ve been interested in for some time now. Over the course of this academic year, I’ve had a small scale research project on the go with a couple of my first year classes. this was another collaboration with Glasgow University Psychology dept and was the subject of a recent [...]
Why top-down initiatives in education sometimes fail…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 25, 2009
- In: change | future of education | Leadership | Research
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An interesting letter in a recent edition of the Herald (Tuesday 23rd June) provides a much more objective view of the recent graduation of Scotland’s first teachers qualified to teach Mandarin, and the Confucius classroom ‘hub’ schools set up to further the teaching of Mandarin. In the letter, Prof. Stuart Picken argues that if Scotland [...]
Study visit to Finland – a reflective summary
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 30, 2008
- In: Finland | GLOW | ICT | Research | Teacher-researchers | teaching and learning | VLE
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Back in May I travelled to Finland on an LTS funded individual study visit. I’ve just written the interim report on my activities and observations, one of the conditions of funding. I thought I’d post it here as well for anyone who is interested in reading my thoughts on the trip and the possible impact on my [...]
Digital natives-the full story ?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 21, 2008
- In: Gaming | ICT | Research | teaching and learning
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For anyone who is interested, Marc Prensky has a blog… http://www.marcprensky.com/blog/ It has links to all his published work to date. Worth a look I think.
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