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The Hansard transcript of the recent House of Lords debate on Education for 11 - 16 Year olds (Committee Report) repays careful reading for those reflecting on the future of the curriculum and assessment arrangements. The breadth of consensus and the depth of evidence underpinning this Report is striking. I am in agreement with the proposals of Lord Jim Knight, namely that we should focus on boosting learner and teacher engagement, reducing curricular prescriptivity, aligning learning better with the skills needed for the future and utilising extended project style assessments as part of a richer, broader assessment matrix. The successful development, implementation and expansion of EPQ over the past 15 years provides a helpful route-map for future development. It is significant that this model of innovation does not rest simply on curriculum or assessment reform, but embraces the contributions of ed tech, pedagogy and teacher professional development. It also leaves open the important question of whether change should be driven through restoring teacher trust or using accountability measures - a question we should discuss further. Rosie Clayton Alistair McConville Liz Robinson Phil Avery Sarah Fletcher Philip Holton Becky Francis Elizabeth Kelleher 🇮🇪🇦🇪 اليزابيث الين كاليهر Hayley White Kate Kibler Meredith Reeve Cranleigh School https://lnkd.in/eTvNdhe5

"Among the factors behind the decline in education quality are weaker social pressure to invest more and better in education, insufficient spending on school infrastructure, inadequate teacher training, and outdated curricula. Many schools in Europe and Central Asia lack access to modern resources like laboratories and digital learning tools. Limited adequate professional development opportunities for teachers often perpetuate traditional, lecture-based teaching methods that fail to engage students and foster critical thinking skills." Time and again, teaching and learning should progress with society and be research-informed. Great new paper and the blog by Ivailo Izvorski, Michael Lokshin, and Iván Torre

From the article: “Our aim should be to make education more engaging and relevant. This sounds so simplistic. Yet this has never been a stated goal of any education policy reform in the past half century. If we were to make this our driving goal, we would need to put much more emphasis on the art and science of teaching and learning and on the integration of learning and work. And we would need new ‘north stars’ or metrics for which to aim.”

🎓 Thought-provoking read on the challenges facing higher education today by Nicholas Ladany. The article emphasizes the need for reform in higher education institutions to prioritize student-centered approaches, teaching excellence, and curriculum relevance. It's time for a dialogue that drives real change in the industry to ensure access to quality education for all students. #HigherEducation #StudentCenteredLearning #EducationReform 📚

By regurgitating high-school curricula and ignoring the virtues, higher education is delivering a flawed product. https://loom.ly/3iz7xK0

Happy to share our new joint article with Pepka Boyadjieva: Bounded advantages of higher education regarding young adults’ participation in nonformal education. It has been published by the European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults: https://lnkd.in/dGwD4kUC

By regurgitating high-school curricula and ignoring the virtues, higher education is delivering a flawed product. https://loom.ly/3iz7xK0

Navigating the Changing Role of Para-Educators in Modern Education. https://nsl.ink/dci6

"The Global Education Reform Movement (GERM), characterised by choice and competition, test-based accountability, and a narrow curriculum, has dominated educational policies since the 1990s." - Pasi Sahlberg (https://buff.ly/4el2Fil) The GERM is a strategy fundamentally predicated on exerting control from afar in order to produce academic improvement. It implies that education is an academic endeavor. That is incorrect. Education is a function of expressing agency. Thus, the exacerbation of the gap is a predictable consequence of the exertion of control from afar. Closing the gap will require the support of agency.

I'm excited to share my latest article published on KSInsights, "Rethink or Sink: Our Shaky Education System". In this article, I touched on the pressing issues facing our education system today and highlighted the challenges that need urgent attention. Key Points: 1. Systemic Issues: Identifying the structural flaws in our education framework that are hindering progress. 2. Quality Over Quantity: Why quality education matters more than simply increasing enrollment rates. 3. Innovative Approaches: Exploring creative strategies and reforms to build a more robust education system. 4. Collaboration & Action: Emphasizing the importance of cooperation between government, educational institutions, and the private sector. Full article here: https://lnkd.in/gBMSnR9N #EducationReform #KSInsights #RethinkOrSink #EducationMatters