A Cambridge Approach to Improving Education
Governments should avoid the temptation to "cherry pick and policy borrow" from successful education systems, the architect of the overhaul of the National Curriculum in England has said. Tim Oates CBE was speaking at the launch of A Cambridge Approach to Improving Education (front page continued on p3).
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A view from... (p3)
Science teacher Deep Ghataura - who has just completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Assessment and Examinations run by Cambridge Assessment and the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education - offers a personal view on assessment literacy.
Ed tech - mirage or reality? (p6)
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology in schools, but the results have been mixed. So is ed tech a mirage or a reality? Education experts Geoff Stead and Joe Nutt argue for and against using technology in education.
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