teaching

New Teaching Project Moves the Classroom to the Beach

Thousands of schoolchildren are to benefit from one of the biggest Teach on the Beach projects in the UK, being launched by the Ecover Blue Mile and Plymouth University based Natural Connections.

The programme will provide training in blue spaces for teachers across the South West of England. Among the organisations providing the training are the Eden Project in Cornwall and the Marine...

UK teenagers falling behind

UK teenagers are falling behind much of the rest of the world in reading, maths and science.

The latest report from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) found there has been ‘no change’ in the quality of the ‘core’ subjects despite above average investment in these subjects.

Singapore, Estonia and Poland are among countries which have made rapid...

New course improves teaching for autistic children

A new course for teachers and teaching assistants has been created in Plymouth to improve understanding and advance the techniques used to teach children with autism in mainstream schools.

Five talented teachers will be receiving their Post Graduate Certificate (PG Cert): Autism Spectrum Condition at a ceremony on Wednesday 17 July at Plymouth University’s Roland Levinsky Building....

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