The increase in pupil persistence absence from school since Covid is prompting action in England and Wales – but Scotland has not got a grip on the school attendance problem because the equivalent data is not available, writes Emma Seith
‘Many of the considerations remain the same – for instance, location (campus or city centre); size; academic courses; style of teaching and assessment; cost/financial support; social life; and graduate opportunities. 'The additional factors to weigh in the decision-making process are language ...
Treasure Island and Sunset Song - to help secondary and primary pupils overcome an `inferiority complex' about their own culture.Recently, the SCCC has backed the use of the Scots language in schools and has called for a greater interest in teaching Scottish history.Yesterday Denis Stewart, a ...
But does that mean I think teaching should be a master’s-level profession? I’m not sure, as I’ve known lots of really good teachers who don’t have a master’s degree - but I do think it’s something worth considering. Adam Black is a primary teacher in Scotland who, in the ...
Why does Othello attack Iago in the play? What are some reasons for teaching The Merchant of Venice in schools? Why did Octavius and Mark Antony want to engage in a battle with Brutus and Cassius? Why does Othello strike Desdemona in the play?
and discrimination through social movements like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, there has been little improvement in the experiences of NHS staff between 2018 and 2022. Indeed, discrimination, as reported in the NHS Staff Survey, has been identified as the primary reason for staff leaving NHS hosp...
Yeah. You’ll have some Protestants that are in the same church, but the church ends up splitting over homosexuality. Even among Catholics, we some wonky priests and one wonky Cardinal, but the teaching is understood and you know someone’s dissenting from it and others are not. But you ...
In language teaching and learning literature,multimodalitydescribes communication employing diverse semiotic resources in texts not limited to alphabetically (or logographically or syllabically) encoded language. In reality, all communication is multimodal; however, professional awareness ofmultimodal communication...
I find it very interesting, but not all that surprising, that a study in Scotland found that teaching children about animal minds led to more knowledge aboutanimal sentienceand their ability to feel emotions. This is related to children showing more understanding and empathy toward ...
science teacher named John Scopes was arrested, tried, and convicted for teaching evolution, which was against the law in Tennessee. The sensational trial pitted famed lawyers Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan against each other in a contest that captivated the nation and highlighted an ...