Posted on 03/05/2011 10:17 am by Simon Davidson
Project overview
The current project of the inquirers.org team is a research project on the traits of successful people, and how they relate to their educational experience and learning from life outside schools and colleges.
The research question is
What are the traits of successful people?
- What are the underlying common traits that lead to success?
- Are they different in different fields/cultures
- How do they link to curriculum outcomes and other effects of education?
This will be developed into a book and proposals for educational reform. The main authors are Simon Davidson and Lindsey Ferrie.
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Gove determined to reform GCSEs from 2015 after baccalaureate retreat | Politics | The ... - 1 views
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Gove climbs down...
BBC Radio 4 - Four Thought, Series 2, Gerard Darby: Science and Creativity - 2 views
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"Creativity is just as vital in science and engineering as it is in art and drama, argues Gerard Darby. Yet the present education system is undermining young people's natural creativity, he says, and is in urgent need of reform. He highlights some novel approaches, and explains why this matters both for the individuals, and for our wider society and economy. "
10 Elements - Digital Learning Now - 0 views
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The 10 elements of high-quality digital learning, as set out by the National Education Reform team in 2010. I really like these!
Science ~ Assessment Resources ~ Project 2061 ~ AAAS - 0 views
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"Welcome to the AAAS Project 2061 Science Assessment Website The assessment items on this website are the result of more than a decade of research and development by Project 2061, a long-term science education reform initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Here you will find free access to more than 600 items. The items: Are appropriate for middle and early high school students. Test student understanding in the earth, life, physical sciences, and the nature of science. Test for common misconceptions as well as correct ideas. This website also includes: Data on how well U.S. students are doing in science and where they are having difficulties, broken out by gender, English language learner status, and whether the students are in middle school or high school. "My Item Bank," a feature that allows you to select, save, and print items and answer keys. Intended primarily for teachers, these assessment items and resources will also be useful to education researchers, test developers, and anyone who is interested in the performance of middle and high school students in science."
http://digitallearningnow.com/site/uploads/2014/03/Roadmap-for-Reform.pdf - 1 views
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More on the 10 elements of high -quality digital learning.
inquirers.org - for thinking about learning - 0 views
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a website/blog by Lindsey Ferrie & Simon Davidson (author of "Taking the PYP Forward"
How Spelling Keeps Kids From Learning - The Atlantic - 0 views
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It’s like making children from around the world complete an obstacle course to fully participate in society but requiring the English-speaking participants to wear blindfolds
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Unlike many other languages, English spelling was never reformed to eliminate the incongruities. In a sense, English speakers now talk in one language but write a different one
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By contrast, languages such as Finnish and Korean have very regular spelling systems; rules govern the way words are written, with few exceptions. Finnish also has the added bonus of a nearly one-to-one correspondence between sounds and letters, meaning fewer rules to learn. So after Finnish children learn their alphabet, learning to read is pretty straightforward—they can read well within three months of starting formal learning, Bell says. And it’s not just Finnish- and Korean-speaking children who are at a significant advantage: A 2003 study found that English-speaking children typically needed about three years to master the basics of reading and writing, whereas their counterparts in most European countries needed a year or less.
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