A collaborative research project involving the Athrofa: Centre for Education and partner schools is helping to develop understanding of global competency and citizenship across Europe. Think Global, an Erasmus project designed to foster global competence in schools, brings together seven organisations, including schools, local authorities and universities, from Catalonia, Belgium, and Wales. The aim is…
Before the moment is lost, staff and student-teachers from the Athrofa: Centre for Teacher Education capture a positive development in practice… Imagine being a student-teacher in a global pandemic. Whatever was expected about life on an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programme has well and truly been re-imagined and re-invented – sometimes with very little notice…
It is well known that children’s formative years are crucial to their development in later life. But how well are we preparing our youngest learners for the world around them? Allison Jones investigates… In recent months, we’ve witnessed changes to education in Wales, albeit some temporary, potentially with the most significant yet to come. Curriculum…