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Submit ReviewIn this second episode on assessment, we hone in on how to make the most out of assessments and ensure they are achieving what you set out to do.
Once again, our host is Senior Brand Marketing Executive from the Press and producer of the Brighter Thinking Pod, Adam Steele. He is re-joined by Simon Child, Head of Assessment Training at the Cambridge Assessment Network, and co-course Director for the Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Studies: Educational Assessment at the University of Cambridge. And Brooke Wyatt, Senior Manager, Assessment Training at the Cambridge Assessment Network.
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High level summary of Dylan Wiliam’s work
Embedded Formative Assessment, Dylan Wiliam
Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint
community.org.uk/professional-development/gswafl/index.html"> Getting Started with Assessment for Learning guide
Cambridge Assessment Network on Twitter - @AssessNetwork
Cambridge Assessment Network LinkedIn
Sign up to the Cambridge Assessment Network newsletter
Cambridge University Press Twitter
Cambridge University Press Instagram
Email us at educationmarketing@cambridge.org
This is a 3-part episode on everybody's favourite subject: assessment.
In this first episode, we discuss the main principles that underpin good quality assessment and the questions you can ask to determine if your assessments have worked.
Our host for today is Senior Brand Marketing Executive from the Press and producer of the Brighter Thinking Pod, Adam Steele. He is joined by Simon Child, Head of Assessment Training at the Cambridge Assessment Network, and co-course Director for the Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Studies: Educational Assessment at the University of Cambridge. And Brooke Wyatt, Senior Manager, Assessment Training at the Cambridge Assessment Network.
Show notes
High level summary of Dylan Wiliam’s work.
Embedded Formative Assessment, Dylan Wiliam
Cambridge Assessment Network on Twitter - @AssessNetwork
Cambridge Assessment Network LinkedIn
Sign up to the Cambridge Assessment Network newsletter
Cambridge University Press Twitter
Cambridge University Press Instagram
This episode is about managing behaviour by developing students' skills of conflict resolution. We discuss what positive peace is and how you can apply the dimensions of peace-keeping, peace-making and peace-building in schools.
Our host this week is Senior Brand Marketer at the Press and Producer of the pod, Adam Steele. He is joined by, Professor Hilary Cremin, Peace Education Research Professor at the University of Cambridge. And Hema Mistry, Education Manager in the Teaching and Learning Division at Cambridge Assessment International Education. Show notes Brighter Thinking Blog
101 Days to Make a Change, Roy Leighton, Emma Kilbey, Kristina Bill
Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group (CPERG)
What skills do students need to learn in order to flourish in IB sciences? Furthermore, do the courses the teach skills that students need for higher education and the world of work?
Your host for this episode is Senior Marketing Executive for science titles at the Press, Tamsin Hart.
She is joined by two special guests. Brenda Walpole is an author from our IB Diploma Biology series. Brenda has taught IB for around 25 years at a UK school and she is also a teacher trainer.
Andreas Tsokos has taught physics and maths for 32 years and is an author from our IB Diploma Physics series.
Show notes
Association for Science Education
Brighter Thinking Pod Episode 27: Improving Maths Skills in the Science Classroom (with ASE)
Biology for Cambridge IGCSE™ Maths Skills Workbook
Chemistry for Cambridge IGCSE™ Maths Skills Workbook
Physics for Cambridge IGCSE™ Maths Skills Workbook
Ronald Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) “Star Wars Programme”
How do you promote positive learning behaviours inside, and outside, the classroom?
Our host for this episode is Laura Kahwati, Education Manager for Thought Leadership at Cambridge Assessment International Education.
She is joined by Dr Simon Ellis, a Freelance Educational Consultant who provides training and consultancy support to schools on behaviour for learning. Prior to this, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University where he taught on the Master's in Education programme and the National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination course.
Show notes:
Behaviour for Learning: Promoting Positive Relationships in the Classroom, by Simon Ellis, Janet Tod
learner-wellbeing.pdf"> Cambridge Assessment International Education - Education Brief: Learner Wellbeing
promoting-a-positive-school-climate-education-brief.pdf"> Cambridge Assessment International Education - Education Brief: Promoting a Positive School Climate
Welcome back to this two-part episode on neurodiversity. In this second part, we discuss strategies for making schools and societies more inclusive spaces.
Our host again for this episode is Head of Teaching & Learning Strategy at Cambridge Assessment International Education, Paul Ellis. He is rejoined by our two special guests.
Professor Amanda Kirby is a neurodiversity campaigner, medical doctor, academic, researcher, and entrepreneur. She is the CEO of a fast-expanding tech and health/educational profiling company – Do IT – and chair of the ADHD Foundation in the UK.
Lauren Woods is Assessment Accessibility Advisor at Cambridge Assessment International Education. She is a former member of a school leadership team with fourteen years’ school-based experience, and has coordinated provision for and supported students with special educational needs and disabilities.
Show notes
ADHD Foundation, Umbrella Gang Comics
Professor Amanda Kirby LinkedIn
Professor Amanda Kirby Twitter
education-brief-inclusive-education.pdf"> Cambridge Assessment International Education, Education Brief – Inclusive Education
In this two-part episode, we look at neurodiversity, inclusive education and how teachers can help all students to flourish in the classroom. In this first part, we define inclusive education and neurodiversity, and discuss their importance when considering your class.
Our host for this episode is Head of Teaching & Learning Strategy at Cambridge Assessment International Education, Paul Ellis. He is joined by two very special guests.
Professor Amanda Kirby is a neurodiversity campaigner, medical doctor, academic, researcher, and entrepreneur. She is CEO of a fast-expanding tech and health/educational profiling company – Do IT – and chair of the ADHD Foundation in the UK.
Lauren Woods is Assessment Accessibility Advisor at Cambridge Assessment International Education. She is a former member of a school leadership team with fourteen years’ school-based experience, and has coordinated provision for and supported students with special educational needs and disabilities.
Show notes
Cambridge Assessment International Education
Theo Smith and Amanda Kirby, Neurodiversity at Work
Paul Ellis, Amanda Kirby and Abby Osborne, Neurodiversity and Education
Children and Families Act (UK)
EU Charter of Fundamental Human Rights – Article 24: The rights of the child
United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 4
education-brief-inclusive-education.pdf">Inclusive Education - Education Brief by Cambridge Assessment International Education
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory
Harvey Blum, ‘Neurodiversity: On the neurological underpinnings of geekdom’ – The Atlantic
How important are maths skills to life?
Our host for this episode is Cambridge's own Tamsin Hart. She is joined by Richard Needham, past Chair of Association for Science Education (ASE) and member of project teams for the language of mathematics in science and other ASE projects. And Tom Rainbow, an Education Support Specialist who works for the Advanced Maths Support Programme.
Show notes
Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring – baseline assessments
Association for Science Education (ASE)
Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP)
Biology for Cambridge IGCSE™ Maths Skills Workbook
Chemistry for Cambridge IGCSE™ Maths Skills Workbook
Physics for Cambridge IGCSE™ Maths Skills Workbook
Cambridge University Press Twitter
Cambridge University Press Instagram
Email us at educationmarketing@cambridge.org
What are the objectives of education and how best can we prepare students for the future?
Our host for this episode is Paul Ellis, Head of Teaching and Learning at Cambridge Assessment International Education. He is joined by the co-authors of Thrive, a book that looks at the purpose of schools in a changing world. Valerie Hannon is Co-founder of the Innovation Unit and the Global Education Leaders Partnership, and Consultant Advisor to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Dr Amelia Peterson is part of the founding faculty of the London Interdisciplinary School and holder of a PhD in Education from Harvard University.
We also hear from four school leaders who feature in the book. Andy Moor, CEO of Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust. Brooke Moore, District Principal of Enquiry and Innovation at Delta School District. Kim Ondrik, Principal of Mill Bay Nature School. And Rae Snape, Head Teacher of Milton Road Primary School.
Show notes:
Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring – baseline assessments
Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World
Tom Sherrington, The Learning Rainforest
laudato-si.html"> Encyclical letter, Ludato si’, Pope Francis
uk.org/">Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS)
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson
Cambridge University Press Twitter
Cambridge University Press Instagram
Email us at educationmarketing@cambridge.org
Heads down, pens at the ready - we're back for part 2 of What Makes a Good Essay?
Our host again is Brand Marketer and Producer of the pod, Adam Steele. He's joined by Adrian Ravenscroft from the previous episode and Dr Clair Rawlingson, an assessment professional who has worked as an A Level examiner, Team Leader and Principal Examiner, as well as a Cambridge International Teacher Trainer. And Liz Keeble – the Chief Operating Officer of The Karalius Foundation, which delivers inclusive and innovative curriculum designed specifically to target disengaged pupils.
Show notes
Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring – baseline assessments
Cambridge Brighter Thinking Blog
Cambridge University Press Twitter
Cambridge University Press Instagram
Email us at educationmarketing@cambridge.org
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