Category Archives: CPD Einstein: “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant but has forgotten the gift.” Tonight we take a look at some stories from this week’s news and discuss a report by Julie McCulloch, Ewan McIntosh and Tom Barrett and…  Tonight we are delighted to talk to Mairi McAra, Education Adviser for the Scottish General Teaching Council. Mairi talks about her work in supporting and developing new teachers through the auspices of the world’s oldest GTC. Link to www.gtcs.org.uk for information about The Standard for Full Registration, Professional Recognition and Professional Update. Contact the Professional…  Apologies for some dodgy sound moments over the last two episodes, we think there must be a world wide conspiracy against Skype or something, (or, perhaps we should campaign for rural communities to get better broadband access). Hopefully this won’t detract from your listening pleasure too much. In this episode Steve and Jay discuss one…  Tonight Steve and Jay discuss events from this week in education and beyond including… The sad demise of teachers.tv which is switched off this week – follow this link before the 29th April http://www.teachers.tv/help Academies march on – does the increase in academies mean an eventual shift away from public education, are they fair? http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/apr/26/academies-lacseg-funding-bonus-schools…  This week Jay is back on board after dodging Steve’s slings and arrows of football misfortune in the last episode. The regular pundits are joined by Graham Thompson, Director of the Scottish Centre for Studies in School Administration (SCSSA) who talks passionately and sensibly about the benefits of evolutionary improvement in education and the need… |
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