Nick's Blog: Education

Wow, another year of record A-level and GCSE results. What a suprise!!! Okay, firstly I have no doubt that the students are bright and hard working. However, it is my opinion that these exams are getting easier. The A-levels are a...

In a previous post, I said "Before anyone says teaching is easy, believe me it is anything but easy." Since then I have had a few comments, mainly from non-teachers, that I would like to clear up. These include: ...

I have been taking part in the Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), Post Compulsory Education (PCE) teacher training course. The modules I took are listed below, any files I ahve made available are at the bottom of this post: ...

I have been taking part in the City and Guilds 7407 teacher training course, both Stage 1 and 2. I have listed the modules below and added a few of the documents I produced at the bottom, so long as they do not break any confidentiality...