Education and social care are built on strong working relationships and being responsive to one another’s needs. But life is about so much more than that. Here, university lecturer and doctoral student Paul Darby reflects on the power of professional love and its many manifestations… I have recently been talking to my early years students…
COVID-19 has changed the way we think about education, and opened to question many long-held practices. Parents’ evenings are one such thing but, explains Janet Hayward, there is an innovative new approach ready and waiting for schools willing to try something different… It’s no breaking news that the COVID-19 Pandemic has forced schools to work…
Ongoing changes to Wales’ education system are being made against the backdrop of collaboration and policy co-construction. In this insightful blog, Yvonne Roberts-Ablett reflects on her own involvement in the curriculum ‘Pioneer’ process and calls on others to join in the educational reform movement… ‘Co-construction’ is rapidly becoming a key phrase in education in Wales.…
In this blog, the first in a series looking at how student-teachers are supported through their journey to becoming a qualified teacher, Laurence Thomas reflects on the benefits of effective mentoring for all those involved… As student-teachers’ second placement approaches (Professional Teaching Experience, hereafter ‘PTE 2’), we celebrate the role of the mentor at this…