A Curriculum for Excellence provides us with a singular opportunity to radically transform our secondary school curriculum. It seems to be taken as a fact in education that change should be something that evolves over time “Evolution not revolution” - I’ve used the term myself on many occasions. But there are times when evolution just [...]
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I had a very interesting and rewarding day yesterday visiting Dunbar Grammar School and Musselburgh Grammar School, concluding with a visit to Ross High School to meet a group of teachers from the cluster.
I know the common perception is that secondary schools are significantly behind primaries in the implementaton of formative assessment but I saw enough [...]
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I attended two separate events today which demonstrated the professional community we are building in East Lothian.
The first of these was a cluster in-service day at Preston Lodge High School. The theme for the day was A Curriculum for Excellence and it was great to see teachers working together from so many backgrounds.
I was privileged [...]
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I can recommend the blog of three Primary Teachers from East Lothian who are seconded for two days a week to promote A Curriculum For Excellence within East Lothian.
The Learning Team approach is key feature of how we intend to take forward professional and curricular development in our schools.
Here’s what they say about themselves:
All About Us…..We are:
Sheila [...]
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I’d been planning to write this post a little later in this series about disciplinary and inter-disciplinary learning but needs must.
In yesterday’s post I reflected upon the constricting and enabling features of how we deliver disciplinary learning in secondary schools. Even the strongest proponents of disciplinary learning would agree that the current system does not actively [...]
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