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BBC News - What next for Scotland's educators? - 0 views

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Scotland curriculum reform teacher development

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  • Earlier in the year, Dirk van Damme, the OECD's head of educational research, said of Scotland: "Too many leave school without qualifications or skills that matter in the labour market." He invited Scotland to take stock. "An egalitarian education culture is definitely not enough," Mr van Damme said. "The egalitarian and optimistic education culture in Scotland may even help to conceal the real issues," he said. Ministers hope improvements may come from an inquiry into what teachers are taught.
  • Earlier in the year, Dirk van Damme, the OECD's head of educational research, said of Scotland: "Too many leave school without qualifications or skills that matter in the labour market." He invited Scotland to take stock. "An egalitarian education culture is definitely not enough," Mr van Damme said. "The egalitarian and optimistic education culture in Scotland may even help to conceal the real issues," he said. Ministers hope improvements may come from an inquiry into what teachers are taught.
  • Under the radical change, rolled out to all secondary schools in August, teachers and pupils are now free to choose much of what they learn. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote The old system was good if you wanted school leavers good at producing widgets” End Quote And children will find out more information for themselves on the internet, rather than passively taking in information from teacher or a textbook. Supporters believe lessons will become livelier, more thoughtful and up-to-date. Others are worried that learning may become more modest and more hit and miss.
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  • "The new curriculum will encourage them to think for themselves, the key thing you need in a fast-changing modern world."
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The Press Association: Teacher training 'must be improved' - 0 views

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Scotland teacher development pre-service teachers

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  • Teachers Without Borders on 02 Feb 11
     
    The system for selecting, training and developing teachers must be changed if Scotland is to produce results to compete on the international stage, an education expert has said. Graham Donaldson said the country already had an education system widely recognised as high quality, yet it was still failing to compete with countries such as Finland and Australia.
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Teachers afraid to broach human rights in class - News - TES - 0 views

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  • Teachers Without Borders on 01 Feb 12
     
    Scottish teachers are too scared of upsetting parents to teach human rights, worrying new research has found. Student teachers said they feared that "all hell would break loose" if they taught pupils about emotive human rights issues. Meanwhile, students who did want to cover human rights during their teaching practice were actively discouraged by qualified teachers who were concerned that it was "controversial".
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