
Fiona Hyslop Keynote Speech SLF 2009
Fiona Hyslop discusses Scottish Government priorities in education and the development of Curriculum for Excellence. Also includes a question and answer session.

Fiona Hyslop discusses Scottish Government priorities in education and the development of Curriculum for Excellence. Also includes a question and answer session.

Professor Ferre Laevers from the University of Leuven makes his keynote speech at the Scottish Learning Festival on Thursday 24 September 2009.

Professor Carol Dweck discusses how to develop a 'growth mindset' instead of 'fixed mindset', based on psychological research undertaken with students.

Adam Ingram Keynote at Healthy Food in Schools conference – Celebrating Success and Rising to the Challenge

Video of Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, launching the experiences and outcomes - an essential component of Scotland's new curriculum - on 2 April 2009 in Stirling.

This video shows Audrey Gibson and a pupil from Larbert High School, Falkirk Council, talking about the Young Enterprise programme. They talk about how this is used throughout the school from creating board games to running a business. The programme is aimed at increasing the confidence of pupils in a working environment and developing their career skills.
Alan McLean is a Principal Psychologist with Glasgow City Council. He is well known for his work on the ‘motivated school’ and on motivating learners. In this video excerpt from the HMIE Good Practice Conference in 2008 he talks about motivating all learners.
Linda Clarke, class teacher at St Margaret's RC Primary School, describes how the project has taken her out of her comfort zone and caused her to to examine and improve upon her practice. She says lessons are bound to be more interesting if teachers themselves are challenged and not just left to do the repetitive classes year in, year out.
A compelling insight by The Scotsman showing the lead role LTS has in the successful delivery of a number of programmes of work, including the launch of Scotland’s new curriculum guidance.