Archive for June, 2010

Study Days for MoE at Grimley and Holt CE Primary School

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

During the Spring Term, 2012 the staff and children of Grimley and Holt CE Primary School will be holding a Study Day for Mantle of the Expert. This day will give visitors the opportunity to:
• Learn to engage children for maximum pupil progress
• innovative ways to apply maths and literacy skills

Inquiry Conference – Preparing for the future of education

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

This conference was held at the Barnham Broom hotel, Norwich on Friday, 18th June, 2010. With more than 70 delegates from schools from around the country. The inquiry at the conference will focused on the future of education in light of the recent change of government and the cancellation of the New Primary Curriculum.

Outcomes for the Kent mantle of the expert project

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

This page documents some of the outcomes from the Kent mantle of the expert project, which ran from October 2009 and July 2010. The project involved 22 primary schools from the Dartford area. Each school included two project teachers who made a commitment to study the approach and trial it in their own classrooms.

New Heathcote Articles

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Dorothy Heathcote has recently published two entirely new articles on mantle of the expert for the NATD.

“Productive Tension. A Keystone in Mantle of the Expert”
“Internal Coherence. A Factor for consideration in teaching to learn”

Dorothy Heathcote is also presenting a keynote and leading a workshop at the Wales mantle of the expert conference in Abergavenny on 28th June. There are still a few tickets left, if you would like to attend please visit the conference webpage.