This booklet contains ideas for use with students who are beginning to build upon early understandings of number to do with counting, addition and subtraction. It is concerned with the basic requirements of flexible mental calculation as building blocks for the development of more complex operations in which...

This booklet contains ideas for use with students who are beginning to build upon early understandings of number to do with counting, addition and subtraction. It is concerned with the basic requirements of flexible mental calculation as building blocks for the development of more complex operations in which...

Establishing an effective learning environment in the classroom requires a clear understanding of different teaching strategies that make children active participants in their own learning.

This book explores...

Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the themes of knowledge transfer and Curriculum development. It focuses on exploring the experiences of South Devon College in their undertaking of extensive employer engagement. The aims were to drive knowledge and technology...

Craven College in Skipton, North Yorkshire is twenty four miles from Leeds Bradford Airport where there are significant employment opportunities covering a range of areas in a busy airport e.g. pilots, ground staff and a range of auxiliary services. The College, through partnership with Jet2.com, Multiflight, TUI...

In this resource from the DfE Standards Unit, students will learn to: use past examination papers creatively, explore, identify, and use pattern and symmetry in algebraic
contexts, investigate whether a particular case can be generalised further, understand the importance of counter-examples, develop the...

In this resource from the DfE Standards Unit students learn to use past examination questions creatively by selecting and using appropriate techniques and strategies to solve
problems involving numerical, graphical and algebraic manipulation. Most students will have solved problems such as these...

In this resource from the DfE Standards Unit, students use past examination papers creatively, analyse the demands made by examination questions, understand and use estimates or measures of probability from theoretical models, list all outcomes for two successive events in a systematic way and identify mutually...

In this resource from the DfE Standards Unit, students learn to use past examination papers creatively, recognise and visualise transformations of 2D shapes, transform triangles and other 2D shapes by translation, rotation and reflection and combinations of these. They develop their ability to generalise and...

This report describes an action research project by Gateway College and is published by LSIS. The project supported BTEC Level 2 students as a pilot group to develop their literacy and language skills by integrating literacy into their science learning. This enhanced both student language competence and their...

This document contains wide ranging information on developing environmental areas in schools, from the initial planning stages through to environmental activities and classroom resources for when you are up and running.

This paper begins by examining varying meanings of ‘professionalism’ in public policy contexts within and beyond education. These meanings are elaborated by examining empirical studies of teacher professionalism in the context of science teaching. Overall, the argument is made that policies aimed at supporting...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

The aim of this book is to explore the implications of different ways of thinking about the professional competence of teachers. It does so through case studies of competence frameworks used in a number of teacher...