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I hadn’t heard anything about schools in Scotland until recently, when I’ve read two fascinating articles about what’s going on there. I’m starting off by posting those two articles, and I hope readers will contribute more.
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Here are my choices for The Best Resources For Learning About Scotland’s Schools:
Why Scotland doesn’t have a national curriculum is from The BBC.
Scottish Schools Focus on More Than Just Tests is from The New York Times.
@Larryferlazzo Education Scotland also explains the principles behind our Curriculum for Excellence http://t.co/oZliAFq8Dz
— Kenny Pieper (@kennypieper) July 11, 2013
@Larryferlazzo You will also enjoy this youtube clip form Keir Bloomer, one of the originators http://t.co/nAyl2D5i6j
— Kenny Pieper (@kennypieper) July 11, 2013
England vs Scotland: Competing school reform visions is from The Washington Post.
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You may be interested in this http://www.pedagoo.org/ a site originally set up by a bunch of Scottish teachers. Now UK wide membership.
For a local feel from my local education authority https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/sharingourlearning/
Thanks, John!
iTunes U has a collection of materials produced by Education Scotland, our national body.
How about http://www.insidelearning.net/ for a collection of podcasts?
http://edutalk.cc open to anyone podcast and Internet radio, based in Scotland.
http://www.scotedublogs.org.uk aggregator of Scottish Blogs
Hi Larry,
two more to consider from our Local Authority:
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/fa/CurriculumSupport/
and
http://www.youtube.com/user/FCEducationServices/
Here’s a Twitter list of what our Falkirk Schools are up to:
https://twitter.com/IsITswitchedon/falkirk-schools
And a Scottish Government blog on Education matters:
http://engageforeducation.org/
Thanks