Never, more than now, are we called upon to examine the role of schools in the lives of young people, their parents and society in general. It is when an institution is under stress that we need to examine what it is for, what it does well and what, if anything, makes it indispensa...
I was 17 when I attended my first concert (Darts – someone paid for that; Buzzcocks – I paid for it). For years, certainly into my 22nd year I graded all the concerts I attended. Two marks: one for my perceived notion of how ‘good’ the band were (even then, a problematic conc...
The subject guide is like the Bible of all IB teachers. Teachers use it to plan the lessons, to design the assessments, and to grade students. By reading it, you would know how you are going to be assessed and graded. It's important to know these before the assessment. You don't ne...
THE LOUGHBOROUGH Schools Foundation is celebrating a great set of GCSE results with 11 boys of Loughborough Grammar School's 129 GCSE students achieving at least 8s or 9s in nine or more subjects and 60 per cent of all results were graded 7-9 (the equivalent of A*/A). Impressive GCSE re...
Furthermore, when I set non-graded activities, the students are more likely to work together because of the quiz experience. I initially worried that, because the students could work together, they would all get perfect scores. This has never been the case--I still ...
If you want to teach primary or early years you will also need a GCSE grade 4 or equivalent in a science subject, as well.[2] Some teacher-training providers may allow equivalency tests but you need to check with each program to find out more. Until 2017, GSCEs were graded on a ...