Feb 02
Posted by: Rosemary, 02 February 2012
Creativity, Creation, and a Big Bang is a one-day conference on science and religion in the school curriculum. The conference, held by The Faraday Institute, offers an intensive and exciting programme for those with an interest in the teaching and learning of science and religion.
The conference is being held on Saturday 19 May 2012 at St Edmunds College Cambridge and costs just £20 including lunch (£15 trainees/HE students).
The keynote speaker is Professor John Hedley Brooke: ‘Newton, Science and…
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Feb 01
Posted by: Rosemary, 01 February 2012
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, has told the Education Select Committee that teachers will benefit from aligning themselves with professional associations: ‘They produce material on the curriculum and professional development, they have educational journals…they [all phases of educators] should be part of one fused profession’.
In advance of the session the Committee asked the public to suggest questions via twitter. More than 5000 tweets were received. All the questions were reviewed and a selection used to prepare for…
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