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Graham Samuel Maxwell - Spotlight Speech SLF 2009
Graham Samuel Maxwell gives an overview of key issues in educational assessment with a consideration of ways to reform policy and practice for the future.
- Posted on 23 October 2009 under Scottish Learning Festival, Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as Queensland, curriculum development, assessment.
OL Festival 2009 - Bruce Robertson
As Chair of the Outdoor Learning Strategic Advisory Group, Bruce Robertson invites delegates to share their vision for outdoor learning. Particularly important is his outdoor learning should be an entitlement for all children in Scotland with all teachers playing a key role in that learning. He shares examples of best practice and policy development in Aberdeenshire, where he is Director of Education.
- Posted on 27 August 2009 under Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as learning outdoors.
OL Festival 2009 - Emerging themes
A number of important messages emerged from the main speeches, in the workshop sessions and in delegate feedback. These included the idea that young people had an entitlement to learn outdoors; that outdoor learning should be inclusive, should take place in the local area as well as in residential settings, and should not be dominated by a risk averse approach to health and safety. The benefits for health and wellbeing and in youth justice programmes are highlighted. Many commented on the need for teacher training and CPD in outdoor learning for all practitioners and the need to form strong partnerships outside the school.
- Posted on 27 August 2009 under Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as learning outdoors.
OL Festival 2009 - Fergus Ewing's evening address
Fergus Ewing speaks with great pasion about the many opportunities for outdoor learning in Scotland. He identifies many benfits of outdoor learning; health and well being, working with others, and the success of outdoor learning programmes in reducing criminal offending. He describes the lasting impact of childhood experiences of outdoor learning and the "door to another world" that must not be closed.
- Posted on 26 August 2009 under Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as learning outdoors.
Outdoor Learning Festival 2009 - Seminars
Heather Reid presents the feedback from delegates in the seminar sessions, seeking to define a vision for outdoor learning in Scotland. A number of delegates share the main topics of discussion from their seminar groups.
- Posted on 21 August 2009 under Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as learning outdoors, curriculum for excellence.
Outdoor Learning Festival 2009 - Eddie Broadley
Drawing on personal experience of the benefits of outdoor learning, Eddie Broadley stresses the importance of empowering young learners rather than restricting them with an overanxious approach to risk. Seeing Curriculum for Excellence as a unique opportunity to change the way people learn, he urges teachers to form strong partnerships with other organisations to deliver a broader curriculum.
- Posted on 21 August 2009 under Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as learning outdoors.
Outdoor Learning Festival 2009 - Heather Reid's Keynote part 3
Heather Reid presents feedback from a seminar which involved delegates to the Outdoor Learning Festival developing a vision for outdoor learning in Scotland.
- Posted on 21 August 2009 under Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as learning outdoors, curriculum for excellence.
Outdoor Learning Festival 2009 - Heather Reid's Keynote part 2
Heather Reid talks about the ways in which outdoor learning can support the development of the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence.
- Posted on 21 August 2009 under Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as learning outdoors.
Outdoor Learning Festival 2009 - Heather Reid's Keynote part 1
Heather Reid speaks about the Scottish landscape, the opportunities it provides for outdoor learning, and the possible benefits of this approach.
- Posted on 21 August 2009 under Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as learning outdoors, curriculum for excellence.
Learning together
Effective self-evaluation is a key driver of school improvement. This HMIE compilation film presents some of the work undertaken by 6 schools (Dunbar Grammar, St Luke's High, Cumnock Academy, Portree Primary, Cross Arthurlie Primary and Prospect Bank School) in the area of self-evaluation. Headteachers, staff and pupils discuss strategies used to open up learning in order to improve the quality of learning experiences for young people. Approaches considered include direct observation, feedback from learners and staff, and the use of quantitative data.
- Posted on 17 June 2009 under Dimension 1: Learning, Journey to Excellence, Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Dimension 1: Learning, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
- Tagged as Illustrative, HMIE.