Just like many teachers, we publishers are also getting to grips with best practice from South East Asia. Pearson recently sponsored and attended the White Rose Maths Hub Bar Modelling Conference - here’s what we learned!
The Pearson research team are working with the UCL Institute of Education to conduct a study into the impact Abacus is having in schools.
Last year, Nick Gibb (the Schools Minister) announced that the mastery approach to teaching maths is set to become a standard fixture in England’s primary schools.
Mastery is a word we are hearing a lot at the moment, and it’s often linked exclusively with mathematics teaching practices from high performing jurisdictions, like Shanghai.
#LearningFirst Bath Spa ‘Show & Tell’ 22nd September 2016 was an opportunity for teachers from a variety of settings to come together, to share good practice and their school’s experience of their journey to a life beyond levels.
In this guest blog post Vicki Shotbolt, CEO of Parent Zone, writes about the new guidance on digital safeguarding that has come into effect this term, and explores what schools should be doing to ensure children are kept safe online.
If you are feeling confused about how you should be teaching for mastery in your school then you are not alone! Many schools are experimenting. And whilst this is exciting, it can be equally daunting … ‘same day intervention’, ‘variation theory’, ‘CPA’, ‘bar modelling’, ‘conceptual fluency’, ‘two part lessons’ … the list goes on.
Hot off the press! Our webinar series is continuing into the Autumn term with two free webinars on 13 and 14 September on 'Moving forward from SATs in Reading: Getting children comprehending deeply'.
What are the most important things we can do to ensure excellent progress in reading for all children? What role does a reading programme play in that progress? UCL Institute of Education have been working with the research team in Pearson to find out. Here, researchers and authors of ‘Which Book and Why’ Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin reflect on the project so far.
