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Two cheers for this well-researched book. If I were still a head of department in a school I would buy a copy or two to lend to interested colleagues, especially NQTs, despite my criticisms.
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You’re going on a journey now, so document it. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay
Looking on the bright side, if you have started teaching your classes online, or setting work for your pupils online, this forced closure of many schools is a great opportunity to carry out some research.
Read MoreHow do you find out what main themes are coming through your qualitative research data? In short, how can you see the wood for the trees? This is the issue which this book addresses
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This is a timely guide on how germs spread — and how to teach good practice to children.
Read MoreA short account of a talk about Eye Gaze, which helps teachers to know what pupils with PMLD are looking at, and what they are ignoring.
Read MoreJournalism in the field of AI: is it biased?
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Research reading, by Terry Freedman
What do we know about the pedagogy of teaching Computing? Do teachers spot students’ misconceptions? Can general principles of instruction be applied to the teaching of Computing? Plus other interesting questions.
Read MoreThe Edusummit conference has a different format from most. This is a report on the conference, which will be publishing a call to action and an ebook of papers in the near future.
Read MoreHere in England the Government, in its quest to put Computing on the map, did its best to make sure the rest of the map was blank – by getting rid of qualifications that lots of students took (especially girls).
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Robot made of Lego, at John Lewis, Photo by Terry Freedman
The Science of Learning: click on the cover to view the book on Amazon (affiliate link)
This book aims to solve the difficulties teachers face in accessing educational research through the approach of presenting each research study as a double-page spread.
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The Scream, by Terry Freedman (with apologies to Munch)
How vulnerable are schools to viruses and so on? Here are the results of a survey, plus some comments on the role of the ed tech leader in the school.
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Why do many people seem to be addicted to their smartphones? This book explains how we get drawn in to constantly checking for updates, and suggests what we might do about it.
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Digital News Report 2019 from Reuters
The Reuters Institute’s report on Digital News 2019 has just been published. Here are a couple of extracts.
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This article details the steps that a few of us in ISTE, ITTE, TPEA and others have taken to investigate whether the ISTE Standards for Computer Science teachers, and their list of Computational Thinking Competencies, could be adapted for use in the UK. There’s also an opportunity for you to give us your opinions if you wish to.
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Research, by Terry Freedman
A new guide on engaging with evidence has appeared. Here is a quick evaluation of it.
Read MoreThis is a book that dispels a few myths about how we learn, and explains why our intuition is not always our best friend.
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Here are several research reports on kids’ behaviour online.
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Educational research reading, by Terry Freedman
In the latest Ofsted annual report, teachers using an evidence-based approach is something that “strikes” the Chief Inspector. But what is remarkable about it?
Read MoreThis article contains details of 8 reports and 4 sets of resources concerning e-safety.
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