Category: SIOE
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A year in a blog
I took over editorship of the SIoE blog at the start of this academic year with an idea of what I wanted it to be: a forum to debate current or controversial issues in education; a forum to share teaching innovations and our creative classroom practice; and a forum for us to learn more about […]
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The poetry of reflection
We love poetry and we love teaching. But is it possible to combine the two? We came across an article in the Times Higher Education (Illingworth, 2022) that did just that, and decided to try it. This post describes our experiences of using poetry to widen the horizons of our trainees, showing them how they […]
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The bigger picture: taking a systems approach to encouraging research use in education
This post originally appeared on the BERA blog and is shared here with BERA’s kind permission: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/developing-a-systems-based-approach-to-research-use-in-education Whilst it is not always easy to see the tectonic plates moving, a culture shift appears to be occurring in English schools towards widespread engagement with research (Department for Education, 2022). Yet, when we consider the development of […]
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Shaping South Yorkshire
Last week the Princess of Wales launched the Shaping Us campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of early childhood experiences in how we develop physically, socially and emotionally. The campaign starts from the premise that: “The way we develop, through our experiences, relationships, and surroundings during our early childhood, fundamentally shapes our whole […]
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Issues and Answers: Teacher Recruitment and Retention
COVID 19 showed us more clearly than ever the importance of education and why we need to protect it. We have not only seen how hard it is when teachers and their pupils cannot be together but also how much it matters that we address the disruption to learning this has created. We have also […]
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Executive Summary of Sheffield Hallam’s Institutional response to the Initial Teaching Training Review
You can read Sheffield Hallam’s full response to the ITT review – SHU Response to ITT Market Review The story of Sheffield Institute of Education and our response With over 100 years of experience, we are one of the largest providers of teacher professional development, we work with over 600 partners, and we are home […]
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Fixing the educational divide: speaking out for a more effective curriculum
This Spring a parliamentary report, ‘’Speak for Change,” made a compelling case for why the ability to articulate ideas confidently, to influence others and to collaborate with peers matters. It also offered practical strategies schools could use to encourage these skills among pupils.
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Why we need to look after new teachers: now more than ever
In the Doncaster Opportunity Area, of which I am deputy chair, we have seen large numbers of people losing their jobs because of Covid-19. This is having a huge impact on lives, communities and, of course, children. So what has been the effect of this on new teachers starting this year? As you would expect, […]
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The research gap- why does some evidence gain influence in education while some disappears?
There are some ideas that seem to catch alight as they move around the education profession and the wider public. One of these is ‘the word gap’.
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‘Doing data differently’- now open for visitors!
One thing that we’ve learned from the current pandemic – if we didn’t already know it – is that data can be powerful. And of course, it’s not just data but visualisations of data that make a difference. Just a fortnight ago heat maps of COVID-19 infection in different regions and graphs showing projected numbers […]