The SATE Podcast has great interviews, training and author readings to support English teachers! From The Scottish Association for the Teaching of English.
What does Scotland expect from its qualification system? What do teachers want? What are employers after? More importantly: what do young people need?
2020 has exposed many things. There was uproar when teacher judgement was yoked to statistical modelling by the exam boards. It was accompanied by a bad smell of injustice and inequality. Was 2020 a peculiarity? Have we simply seen 'how the sausage is made'. Is the system broken, or does it just need a little tinkering?
Join our panel to call Time's Up! on the current methods of granting qualification. We will ask whether the current system needs to be met with revision, reform, or revolt.
Featuring:
Participants from Exam Scot (@examscot (https://twitter.com/examscot))
James McEnaney (@MrMcEnaney (https://twitter.com/MrMcEnaney))
Harold Raitt (@Mr_Raitt (https://twitter.com/mr_raitt))
Isabelle Boyd (@isaboyd (https://twitter.com/isaboyd))
Sammy McHugh (@MsSammyMcHugh (https://twitter.com/MsSammyMcHugh))
Andy Leask (@AndyLeask (https://twitter.com/andyleask))
More guests TBC.
Our panel will hopefully respond to the SQA Revisions to the 2021 qualifications, and the publication of the Priestley report into 2020.
5 Oct 2020
Beyond Burns: Teaching Scots in the English Classroom
Join Laura Green from the Scots Language Centre (https://www.scotslanguage.com/) for this free CPD supporting English teachers using Scots in their classroom. Joined by special guest, Bruce Eunson, the Scots Language Coordinator at Education Scotland.
Learn what Scots is - and what it isn't! Explore why teaching Scots is important, and in many cases, essential. Look into practical approaches to support learners writing in Scots at BGE, reading Scots through to the Senior phase, and gaining Scots qualifications such as the SQA Scots Language Award.
This session will run for 45 minutes, and will include opportunities for participants to ask questions and debate!
20 Aug 2020
Using Fiction to Teach the Holocaust: What Does the Research Say?
This is a recording of a free online twilight session which was delivered by Dr Paula Cowan and Professor Henry Maitles of the University of the West of Scotland.
Focusing on the findings of Holocaust educational research, they examine their implications for classroom practice in using fictional sources to teach the Holocaust.
Particular attention is be given to young people’s understanding of current antisemitism and to teachers’ use of fictional sources in teaching the Holocaust. Reference is made to the new IHRA Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust.
7 Aug 2020
Exams 2020: Sound and Fury?
There has never been a results day like it in Scotland. In 2020, when exams were cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, students received grades based on teacher estimates, and a controversial moderation exercise carried out by the SQA.
Some claim that the resulting grade adjustments were necessary to maintain the credibility of the exam system. Others claim that moderation has resulted in a disproportionate downgrading the results of students from poor socio-economic backgrounds at a higher rate than others. Are teachers biased? Are students suffering due to statistical modelling? Is this ‘sound and fury signifying nothing’, or an opportunity for reform?
In this discussion 'critical friends' and 'sympathetic critics' alike will try to sort out the truth from the myth, and potentially propose some solutions.
18 Jul 2020
Decolonising the Curriculum with The Anti-Racist Educator Collective
Join us for a session exploring the decolonisation of the English curriculum and putting anti-racism into practice.
We will be joined by members of the Anti-Racist Educator collective, Mélina Valdelièvre and Navan Govender. Learn how to ask critical questions about old texts, and about new inclusive practices for your classroom.
2 Jul 2020
Preparing for Probation: ABCs for NQTs
With a focus on English teaching, but suitable for all! Worried about what to expect on your first day, your first week, your first year teaching? Unsure about what you need to know, where to sit in the staff room, even what to wear!
Featuring a panel including those who have just finished their first year teaching, some old hands, mentors and lecturers involved in initial teacher education.
30 Jun 2020
Introduction to the SATE Podcast
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