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A more collaborative learning design is transforming Arabic MOOCs
Eileen Kennedy and Mustafa Habib. In February 2019 UCL ran its first Arabic MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) on the Edraak platform, which provides free online learning in Arabic. One year later, we are about to launch the second run…
Left out in geography lessons: let’s tackle the subject’s diversity problem
Hafsa Garcia and Alex Standish. The outcry over Professor Danny Dorling’s suggestion that geography was for ‘posh’ but ‘dim’ students has furthered the discussion in the community about the lack of diversity within its student and teaching body. However, it is disingenuous…
Whiteboard jungle: how can we help teenagers navigate adolescence?
IOE Events. The debates are back for 2020 and this time we took a look at the teenage years, asking What if… the world really did revolve around teenagers?. As far back as Socrates, adolescents were marked out and criticized by…
Better together: why teacher education needs universities as well as schools
By Clare Brooks and Jo McIntyre. For a decade, national teacher education policy has focused on increasing the number of teacher training places in school-led programmes and diversifying the range of providers, and decreasing the involvement of universities. The idea that universities have…
How can we help more deprived students to choose courses that will lead to higher earnings?
The IOE’s new Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO) launches its website today, along with a new blog. Here, Gill Wyness. the centre’s deputy director, shares its first post Getting more students into higher education (HE) is an…
'Too many tests for no good reason': what do parents really think about primary assessment?
Alice Bradbury. The debate about testing in primary schools is usually dominated by teachers and unions – who decry the pressures associated with statutory test – and the government – who argue testing is necessary to hold schools to account.…
Are mental health problems among teachers on the rise?
More teachers are reporting mental health problems – but wellbeing may not have changed
Holocaust Memorial Day: the kindertransport reminds us that we need more compassion for refugees today
Lord Alf Dubs wrote this piece for UCL’s Centre for Holocaust Education. Until I left Prague for the UK on the kindertransport in June 1939, I lived in Prague with my parents. The Germans occupied Prague in March 1939. My father, who…
Why mindfulness can have surprising effects on academic performance
Sebastian Boo. Mindfulness is a popular approach for boosting well-being. Intuitively, one would expect this technique to help students do better in their university studies. However, my new research finds that, while mindfulness promotes wellbeing in all students – surprisingly,…
‘Stuck’ schools: are Ofsted judgements stopping them from getting out of the rut?
Bernie Munoz-Chereau, Melanie Ehren and Jo Hutchinson. A few days ago Ofsted announced that they are seeking a ‘judgement-free approach’ to stuck schools. These schools have been consistently judged less than good for over a decade. Ofsted believes that these Grades…
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