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Enhancing Access, Improvements for All: Working Towards ‘Inclusive’, ‘Accessible’ Research
Len Barton reminds us that the concept of ‘inclusive education’ is a slippery one: not so much an ‘end’, but a process of “responding to diversity” “listening to unfamiliar voices, “being open, empowering all members and about celebrating ‘difference’ in dignified ways”[1]. So too is ‘access’ complex and often contradictory. Sometimes what makes an event…
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Academic referencing: Wikipedia, Lenny Henry and the future of academic sources
Outside my university I was met with an advert for a fast food chain which was clearly focused on the student population. The advert boldly stated ‘you’re not allowed to use Wikipedia as an essay reference’. A statement which initially raised a smile in me but got me thinking, while ten years ago I would…
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A blueprint for the future? Counselling in Schools
Departmental advice for school leaders and counsellors March 2015 As a doctor of counselling and psychotherapy of some 27 years practice I was particularly interested to read the recent DfE report around counselling provision in schools. The report sets out to outline the Governments aspirations for counselling and mental health provision in schools for 2020.…
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When is an NQT not an NQT? Trials and tribulations for post-16 PGCE graduates
At the end of another phone call from a confused head teacher, I find myself pondering the challenge that our PGCE in Post-16 and Further Education graduates face as they take their first steps into employment. This stems from the disjointed management of our education system at Government level, where a 16 year old in…
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Universities, schools and a system in flux – looking back on Carter and looking forward to the future of Initial Teacher Education in England
Sam Twiselton (Director Sheffield Institute of Education) had the below entry posted on the BERA Blog in September 2015: In 2014 I was part of the Carter Review of ITT – an experience that was rewarding, intense and often stressful. I met a student teachers, mentors, heads, university and school based tutors, NQTs and RQTs;…
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Looking Forward and Looking Back – Professor Sam Twiselton
Welcome to the Sheffield Institute of Education blog. Challenging education thinking and practise in the 21st century The SIoE 2 years on I find it amazing that I can write ‘two years on’ in this subheading. It still feels like I have just arrived and that we, the new Sheffield Institute of Education, have only…
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