Dundee City Council will celebrate the first year of the Every Dundee Learner Matters (EDLM) strategy today with an event at The Steeple, bringing together local authority staff and educational practitioners who have worked together to improve the quality of education for all children and young people in the city. Every Dundee Learner Matters isContinue reading “Celebratory event marks first year of Every Dundee Learner Matters”
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Finding pathways to equity
Published today (15 July 2021), Educational Equity; Pathways to Success is a new book by the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change and the Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland researchers that looks at what can be done to promote greater equity in education. We spoke to the book’s authors and editors, Professors Chris Chapman and Mel AinscowContinue reading “Finding pathways to equity”
Launch of practitioner panel
This month, we launched the Network for Social and Educational Equity’s teacher practitioner panel, a group that aims to develop an ongoing relationship between leading practitioners in education, and researchers at the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change where NSEE is based. With more than 30 attendees from schools and education authorities across the westContinue reading “Launch of practitioner panel”
Fieldwork in the Covid-19 era
By Dr Jo Neary As with many organisations and their employees, the NSEE team has been working from home since March this year. While much of our work has carried on as normal, some things have changed. A lot of the work we do involves visiting schools and conducting face to face training or providingContinue reading “Fieldwork in the Covid-19 era”
NSEE Launches in Dundee
Raising achievement and wellbeing in Dundee – evidence-informed improvement
In Dundee, the Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) is working with Dundee City Council’s Education department to work with schools and local authority colleagues to increase collaborative working approaches and use data to raise educational achievement.
Boys falling behind in education around the world
By Dr. Gijsbert Stoet, Reader in Psychology, University of Glasgow Together with Professor David Geary of the University of Missouri (USA), we published a paper in the journal Intelligence about gender gaps in education. One of the interesting findings is that in the majority of countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment, girlsContinue reading “Boys falling behind in education around the world”