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Dr Nick Turner encourages us to think again about FE: and the challenges and opportunities it offers teachers.
Halloween resources on the Education Platform
In this blog we share books that are available on the Platform that teachers can use around Halloween!
Understanding the ‘how’ of transformation
In their new book, Michael Anderson and Miranda Jefferson look to the future: how might education be transformed for the better. Here they digest some of their ideas, drawn from observation of education systems across the globe.
Adapting Ánimo: Learning Spanish through the medium of Welsh
Cardiff University's Sian Edwards shares the process of adapting Ánimo into Welsh and how the resource encourages a plurilingual approach to language learning.
How Intoart supports people with learning disabilities to be visible, equal and established artists
Ella Ritchie shares how Intoart supports young people and adults with learning difficulties to develop their own practice into artists and designers.
Teaching history in schools: Lasting impact and change
Josh Garry suggests how teachers can best engage with their pupils to create a lasting impact and real change in the way that history is taught in our schools.
Audiobooks have helped people get through lockdown – and listening definitely isn’t ‘cheating’!
Amy Flinders from Listening Books shares how audiobooks have helped people through the pandemic and discusses how listening isn't cheating.
5 reasons to use magazines in lessons
Looking for a break from textbooks and worksheets? Julie Murray puts forth the argument for using magazines to give your lessons an extra burst of inspiration.
National Poetry Day 2021 resources on the Education Platform
In this blog we share our top 12 unlocked poetry books to use in your teaching for National Poetry Day 2021.
Four lessons from five years of creating school libraries in Africa
Book Aid International’s Head of Programmes Samantha Thomas-Chuula shares what she’s learned over five years of working across Africa to create school libraries.