From Simon Goorney, Physics PGCE 2020 cohort: So it’s a rainy Sunday in October. I’ve just sat down in my favorite warm café to prepare for the week ahead. But I’m not planning any lessons or wondering how to motivate Adam to do his homework. Instead I’m reading...
Following on from our PGCE GREEN conference in January...On Monday 26th April, we are contributing to the University of Manchester School Governor Conference. It has the theme 'Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change'. There are a few places left for governors...
Post by George Vallis: Science PGCE (2019/20)I was part of a group of trainee science teachers from the class of 2019/20 who began to grapple with how to further embed environmental sustainability into our lessons. We decided to use our pupil voice assignments...
We're linking here to a stimulating blog post by an MIE researcher, Deborah Ralls, focusing on the missing voices of young people through the pandemic, and calling for changes in policy and practice. We would welcome debate that includes more young people as active...
The attached report by Remi Joseph-Salisbury at The University of Manchester is based on interviews with 24 teachers across schools in Greater Manchester. It will be one of the reference points for our development of a response to Black Lives Matter within our PGCE...
Trainees' completion of the PGCE course this year demanded a celebration, and the circumstances required that this take place on Zoom. The PGCE 2019-20 Cohort and staff of over 200 assembled to celebrate on Friday 12th June, with a magnificent send off including...
Making post-GCSE decisions during the Covid-19 Crisis: The need for actionA blog post published today, Thursday 14th May by Professor Ruth Lupton (University of Manchester), Dr Stephanie Thomson, Professor Lorna Unwin and Dr Sanne Velthuis, highlights the difficulties...
My name is Georgia Grant and I currently work as the lead support of medical needs (Physical and Sensory SEN Pathway) at Manchester Academy School. I completed Secondary Science (Biology) PGCE at The University of Manchester in 2019, following Human Biology...
Science trainees worked in three Partnership schools at the end of September as part of our 'Collaborative Teaching Day'. In each school they had the chance to team teach a class, with a focus on finding out what young people already knew and understood about a topic...
Great day in three of our inner city partnership schools in Manchester and Salford for our 80 science trainees last Friday, all teaching a lesson in a group - NOT introducing new ideas, but instead finding out a lot about what young people already think about...
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