Associate Professor of English Education, Dr Rachel Roberts, provides her thoughts on what can be done to reignite a love of English amongst our students today.
Children and young people have experienced significant disruption to their education over recent years, with teachers still reporting learning gaps two years on. Now with teacher strikes impacting classroom learning, Head of Assessment Services, Kristina Altoft explains how online tutoring can be an extremely successful aid.
We’re shortlisted for two BETT Awards for Transformational Impact and Collaboration with a School!
A new video by fantasy football pundit and influencer Holly Shand explores how maths has opened doors to a fun and exciting career – and she isn’t the only one keen to shout out about where maths has taken her.
Reading is an integral skill to life and one which we need to unlock in order to open many other doors to learning. We know that not all children learn in the same way and that many of them face barriers, especially in reading.
Research has shown that enjoyment of reading is key to future success. However, we also live in a digital age, where our pupils spend a vast amount of their time consuming information via digital and social media platforms. Although print is important, access to digital books on a range of devices can give children more opportunities to read.
By Les Hopper
The ease, accessibility and potential of digital learning is inspiring an ever-growing community of educators.
According to Pearson’s research, more than a quarter of teachers (26%) believe that the shift to online learning during the pandemic led to increased creativity in lesson delivery or content. We asked three Pearson National Teaching Award Winners to share what this looked like for them, and how edtech has impacted their long-term visions for teaching.
Danny Cuttell, Head of English at Pearson, explores why it is time add three new Rs to the English curriculum: realness, relevance and relatability.
A picture book is classed as one in which a narrative is combined with a visual element. This can take the form of wordless storybooks to graphic novels. Traditionally, there has been an assumption that these books are primarily geared towards younger readers, but increasingly, teachers and parents are seeing the benefit to academic attainment, mental wellbeing and inspiring reluctant readers to engage and take joy from reading for all aged children. And indeed, for adults.
