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ESRC studentships 2012

8 February 2012

ESRC studentships are available. Students need to apply before 17th February 2012.

Teaching with immersive gaming

30 January 2012

Speaking at the Learning Without Frontiers conference in Olympia, London on January 26th, Dr Paul Howard-Jones, Neuroeducationalist at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, suggested dopamine is the reason kids love computer games.

Teaching and learning argumentation through chemistry stories

20 January 2012

A new resource for chemistry teachers has been produced by Professor Sibel Erduran, Graduate School of Education and Dr Aybuke Pabuccu a Visiting Fellow from Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey.

National curriculum review update

16 January 2012

The Expert Panel's report on the National Curriculum Review has resulted in The Secretary of State deferring the introduction of a new curriculum for one year.

Report of the Expert Panel on the National Curriculum Review

19 December 2011

The Department for Education has published the Report of the Expert Panel on the National Curriculum Review.

New professional development resources for inquiry-based science teaching approaches

29 November 2011

The Bristol project has produced several professional development resources including Science Teaching Advanced Materials: frameworks for supporting argumentation in Science Teaching and Learning, and, Assessment and practical inquiry in scientific argumentation (APISA) project: A professional development programme for secondary science teachers.