A set of digital resources that explore how empire, history, and culture have shaped 19th century canonical works, and what this means for how we teach them today.
Resources
Shared Resource: Confident Questioner’s Guide
This guide, produced by the charity Sense About Science, with input from Hamish Chalmers at the Department, provides key questions that teachers and other education stakeholders should ask when assessing claims about new educational initiatives.
Supporting oral language development in Early Years education
A conceptual framework of oral language support, and a collection of resources on current research and audit tools that measure the quality of language support.
Marking and Mark Schemes
Resources on the importance of marking reliability, problems in producing it and ways of making assessment more reliable, including through good mark scheme design.
Understanding Formative Assessment & Giving Good Feedback
Resources on the importance of formative assessment and how to give students good feedback.
Future-Oriented Learning for Inclusive Science Education
Resources for science teachers and secondary pupils to support lessons about timely and pressing issues related to science and society.
Argumentation in Science and Religious Education
Resources for students to engage in argumentation in the context of science and religious education.
Learning to Teach Nature of Science in Early Years Education in the United Arab Emirates
Resources to teach nature of science for early years teachers.
Supporting the Teaching of Scientific Methods in Practical Science
Resources to foster effective teaching, learning and assessment of practical science.
Webinar: Environmental English Teaching
New environmental directions in the teaching of literature.