Archive for November, 2009

Nov 19 2009

Building the Curriculum 4: Skills for learning, life and work

If you haven’t read Curriculum for Excellence 4: Skills for learning, life and work then I would certainly recommend it.  I found it to be a very useful document which covers not just the school sector but everyone involved in lifelong learning.
It sets the context:
To meet the aspirations of Curriculum for Excellence, there will need to [...]

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Nov 11 2009

Writing research proposals

Published by christine irving under Education

Something of interest from the Library and Information Research Group (CILIP) which I as a member of  the committee am invovled in the Scottish workshops and thought some of you may be interested in.
Are you interested in doing some research?
Would you like to improve your success rate for your research proposals?
Do you have a great idea but [...]

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Nov 05 2009

The ‘Google Age’

tfpl blog has a posting about Government information in the Google Age in relation to a seminar at the British Library on 2 November they attended.  The event was co-organised by CILIP’s Government Libraries and Information Group, SCOOP and The British Library.
The comments that struck a cord with them also struck a cord with me such [...]

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Nov 02 2009

Building the Curriculum 4: Skills for learning, life and work

Thanks to Carol Stewart for alerting me to
The new Building the Curriculum 4: skills for learning, life and work  policy guidance is now available online.
The publication is part of a series of Building the Curriculum papers and is intended to further support planning, design and delivery of the curriculum in pre-school centres, schools and colleges. It sets [...]

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Nov 02 2009

Scotland’s History Online

The Scottish Government announced last week the launch of an online portal which aims to “raise [the] profile of Scottish history at home and abroad”.
Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop said:
Not only will this site be an outstanding resource for pupils and teachers integrated to the new Curriculum for Excellence, it will also help inform all Scots [...]

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