Scottish education is the subject of fundamental reform. In Where Next for Scottish Education: Every learner Matters? Professors Christopher Chapman and Graham Donaldson at the University of Glasgow’s Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change argue the case for change. Here, they summarise why they believe the time is right for ‘bold thinking and risk taking’.Continue reading “Education in Scotland – where next?”
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Every Dundee Learner matters launch
Every Dundee Learner Matters, a new effort to improve the quality of education for all children and pupils, will be driven forward by the sharing of ideas and expertise between the city nurseries and schools. The children and families services committee will hear on Monday June 21 that the strategy has been developed out ofContinue reading “Every Dundee Learner matters launch”
Education survey finds encouraging results for collaborative practices
The Network for Social and Educational Equity undertook a survey of educational professionals in the west of Scotland. The survey is part of work we are doing to evaluate the effectiveness of the West Partnership Regional Improvement Collaborative, Scotland’s biggest RIC in terms of the number of schools and pupils. It gave us a snapshotContinue reading “Education survey finds encouraging results for collaborative practices”
Every Dundee Learner Matters
Dundee, together with researchers from the University of Glasgow’s Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, is to launch a major new strategy aimed at improving the quality of education for all children and young people in the city. Developed by a group of experienced head teachers, the two-year initiative will be evaluated by the universityContinue reading “Every Dundee Learner Matters”
Covid-19 Pandemic – an update
The Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) team is currently developing plans to support teachers and colleagues with their collaborative action research (CAR) activities. We realise these are extremely challenging times and that teachers will have many priorities, especially while schools and their local authorities restructure their work to meet the ends of learnersContinue reading “Covid-19 Pandemic – an update”