Collaboration between educators and suppliers
One educational body felt that much more
collaboration between education and suppliers
would be fruitful, particularly as new ways of
learning are developing fast and expectations of
schools are increasing.
Resources for staff development
Two suppliers chose to comment on the issue of ‘Find funding for pilots, so that
CPD for teachers. Their key point was the schools and suppliers can work
importance of enabling staff of subjects that together to develop a wide variety of
require specialist equipment such as science and new resources, including ICT, the
technology to attend appropriate training so that outdoor classroom, sustainable
they can ‘get the best out of the ICT investment’. environments and flexible learning
spaces. Include smaller companies
who can be innovative in particular
fields.’ NAHT
4.3
Education bodies and consultants
The work of teachers
Response to change and innovation Two points were made:
Three education bodies/consultants identified ‘It is essential that the burden of assessment and
response to change and to the speed of change as accountability be reduced, both by doing less of
critical issues. One expressed this as needing ‘agile them and by doing them more efficiently and
thinking...embracing the new but not abandoning intelligently.’
the best of the old’. Another applied this concept
to learning environments, stressing the need for ‘A key challenge is to create a sustainable model
adaptability and capacity to reflect ever-changing for teacher initial training and CPD that will be
scenarios. A third commented on the development scalable, nationally replicable and relevant to the
of software, for example recommending the whole workforce. Providing a range of
incorporation of some of the techniques of games accreditation to build on the Government’s
but ensuring that it is ‘academically challenging’. ambition for a Masters level profession, to provide
opportunities to achieve certification at all levels
One educational body summed up: through to Doctoral level.’
‘Governments will continue to tweak and change
the education system
_
they are all elected after all
to make life better for us and how we educate our ‘Time and money need to be
children directly affects the society we live in.’ provided to ensure a deeper
understanding of resources, how
they work and how they impact on
Priorities for education teaching and learning methodologies
Two consultants commented on the need to re- …It’s got to be more than software
promote the value of intellectual achievement. and hardware training and needs to
They saw contemporary culture as enshrining a too be a professional requirement for all
easy acceptance that all opinions are fine, no those starting now.’
matter how uninformed. National Strategies
A third proposed a stronger challenge to young
people on managing the transition ‘from the life Leadership
we live now
_
rampant consumerism...
_
to a life One respondent commented on the issue of
more like that that the Cubans live, where appropriate leadership: a style that can motivate,
resources are not easily available’. develop and lead staff and engage with pupils.
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