A new approach to Additional Learning Needs designed to make fairer and more transparent the support available to children and young people in Wales is working its way through the education system. But, as Nanna Ryder explores, the changes are not as equitable as they might seem… Education in Wales is currently going through some major policy…
Natasha Young shares her ideas on active learning and participatory approaches in Higher Education informed by her work as an early years’ lecturer at UWTSD’s Childhood Youth and Education Institute. Natasha has significant experience working in the early years sector which informs her teaching and research interests in her current lecturing role. Her interests include…
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…
The events of the past year have been challenging for everyone, least not educators who have had to adapt to new ways of working and respond to a number of different barriers to learning. But so too has the pandemic presented opportunities, and as we emerge from our battle against COVID-19, Yr Athrofa and its…
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our education system has been profound and we’re all adapting to new ways of working. Here, Linda Kelly explores the extent to which college students have engaged in online learning…. My current intake of students were mostly born after the year 2000. They are the digital generation. They…
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…