Oxford Mail, 21/06/2013, Fran Bardsley A conference was held in Oxford on Saturday aimed at putting the fun back into reading for children. Local representatives from the National Union of...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Education academics must demonstrate their practical relevance if they wish to save their discipline, argues John Furlong, Professor of Educational Studies in the Department of Education. In an article published...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Deccan Herald, Vimal Chander Joshi, 13/03/2013 Article on India’s future leaders includes comment from Hem Borker, DPhil student in inclusive education in the Department of Education comments on studying at...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Huffington Post (UK), 26/11/2012, Press Association A poll [by YouGov] for Oxford University showed the majority (64%) of people surveyed supported teaching Christianity to pupils so they could understand English...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The Guardian online, Catherine Walter, 18/09/2012 Dr Catherine Walter, a lecturer in applied linguistics in the Department of Education, writes: ‘The straightforward, pre-planned teaching of grammar in English language teaching...
Monday, September 24, 2012
Times Education Supplement, Helen Ward, 20/07/12 An Oxford University study has found that teaching times tables by rote could have a detrimental effect if children do not also learn...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The Times Educational Supplement (Scotland), p. 16, Unattributed, 20/04/12 An interview with Ian Menter, professor of teacher education and director of professional programmes at Oxford University, who has joined Oxford...
Friday, April 27, 2012
Nursery World , 02/04/2012, Sandra Mathers and Rosanna Singler A two-page article written by Sandra Mathers, from the Department of Education at Oxford University, and Rosanna Singler, from the Daycare...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Oxford Mail, In Brief, 20/04/2012, p.21, Unattributed Estate agencies are more interested in knowing what school prospective employees went to than where they obtained a degree, according to researchers from...
Friday, April 20, 2012
The Guardian, p. 8, Jeevan Vasagar, 29/03/12 Spending more than two hours a night doing homework is linked to better results in English, maths and science, according to a study...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
BBC News Online, Judith Burns, 20/03/2012 Research carried out by Oxford University suggests that Ofsted's grading system is too broad to provide parents with a detailed measure of the quality...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
BBC News online (Education), Sean Coughlan, 14/03/12 Article on boosting class sizes in primary schools notes that John Howson, a research fellow at Oxford University’s Department of Education, has described...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012