EDUCATION AND TEACHING

Ideal Teacher?  What do you Mean?
This article is just to show that the notion of 'ideal teacher' is superficial, subjective and too complex to define anyway!


Working Class Underachievement in Maths: Teachers and Pedagogy
I attempt here to demonstrate that there is a link between teachers and the way Maths is taught in schools and the underachievement of working class children. 


Achievement Gap Between Middle and Working Class Maths Students
Working class students achieve less well in Maths than their middle class counterparts, and here are some thoughts about why that may be


The Origins of Reflection and Reflective Practice
I retrace here the historical origins of the commonly use practice of reflection today


Teacher Training Education to Undergo Drastic Changes
This article sprang to mind after hearing about the proposal made by our UK Education secretary, Michael Gove, to transform teacher training programmes by making them more 'hands on' and shifting away from university teaching


Unpopular GCSE Subject: Food Technology
This article explains that the unpopularity of Food Technology in the curriculum affects its uptake at GCSE.  It also explains that its non attractiveness has a lot to do with pre-conceptions that the subject is sort of 'non-intellectual'


International Schools: Teachers and Teacher Recruitment
This article which bore me when I read it, actually got me writing for Suite 101.  It is my first article!!!  I chose the topic according to a search I carried out on the Suite 101 website regarding the topics which had had less coverage.