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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Education blog « Express &amp; Star</title><description>By Professor Kit Field, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Wolverhampton. </description><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/blogs/education-blog/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:30:43 +0100</lastBuildDate><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating a student art exhibition at Walsall Gallery]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/05/10/celebrating-a-student-art-exhibition-at-walsall-gallery/</link><description><![CDATA[It was brilliant. I’ve just had a fantastic day!  A get together with students from The University of Wolverhampton,Walsall Campus, their friends and family, writes education blogger Zoe Renilson of Walsall  Art Gallery.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/05/10/celebrating-a-student-art-exhibition-at-walsall-gallery/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[How interactive technology is changing the classroom]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/05/02/how-interactive-technology-is-changing-the-classroom/</link><description><![CDATA[If you walk into most classrooms in the UK today, you will soon notice the big screen in the middle of the room at the front.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/05/02/how-interactive-technology-is-changing-the-classroom/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:43:10 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The SEN green paper - support and aspiration]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/04/26/the-sen-green-paper-support-and-aspiration/</link><description><![CDATA[The Government has announced that it is making  £500,000 available to support the work of those who work with children who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, writes Professor Kit Field our education blogger from the University of Wolverhampton. ]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/04/26/the-sen-green-paper-support-and-aspiration/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:31:04 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: The classroom of the future]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/04/19/blog-the-classroom-of-the-future/</link><description><![CDATA[On Good Friday, I was asked to link up, through Skype, with a conference taking place in India writes Professor Kit Field.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/04/19/blog-the-classroom-of-the-future/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:28:23 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog – How reading for pleasure will lead to writing that is a pleasure to read]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/04/09/blog-how-reading-for-pleasure-will-lead-to-writing-that-is-a-pleasure-to-read/</link><description><![CDATA[Last week, writes Literacy Coordinator Mat Smith,  I shared one  of the issues raised by Pie Corbett at our recent Festival of Literature  at the University of Wolverhampton: that reading for pleasure seems to  be being taken away from children by the looming spectre of phonics. It need not be like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/04/09/blog-how-reading-for-pleasure-will-lead-to-writing-that-is-a-pleasure-to-read/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to read or learning to enjoy reading?]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/04/02/learning-to-read-or-learning-to-enjoy-reading/</link><description><![CDATA[There continues to be an enormous push on raising the levels of phonic awareness amongst children in Key Stage 1, but how is this impacting on our children and on their enjoyment of reading? writes education blogger Mat Smith.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/04/02/learning-to-read-or-learning-to-enjoy-reading/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:02:37 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to read and write: Who is it for and who should take responsibility?]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/03/19/learning-to-read-and-write-who-is-it-for-and-who-should-take-responsibility/</link><description><![CDATA[This week the press made a big thing about our children’s low levels of literacy, which set me off thinking writes Professor Kit Field of the University of Wolverhampton.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/03/19/learning-to-read-and-write-who-is-it-for-and-who-should-take-responsibility/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:28:46 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers like Peter Rippington go the extra mile for pupils]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/blogs/2012/03/06/teachers-like-peter-rippington-go-the-extra-mile-for-pupils/</link><description><![CDATA[


I didn’t produce a blog last week as I wanted to write about the value of school trips, but the awful coach crash in France meant I felt everything was too raw writes Professor Kit Field of the University of Wolverhampton.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/blogs/2012/03/06/teachers-like-peter-rippington-go-the-extra-mile-for-pupils/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:08:06 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Languages can open doors to students]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/blogs/2012/02/20/280151/</link><description><![CDATA[There has been a lot in the press recently about the place of vocational education and how it relates to academic education, writes education blogger Kit Field.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/blogs/2012/02/20/280151/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:50:29 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog - How do we encourage creativity in schools?]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/02/14/how-do-we-encourage-creativity-in-schools/</link><description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of weeks I have attended several events which have focussed on creativity in education, writes education blogger Kit Field. In some cases this has related to senior management teams and in others to pupils’ learning in the classroom.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/02/14/how-do-we-encourage-creativity-in-schools/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:21:50 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Primary pupils show a sharing philosophy]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/01/23/primary-pupils-show-a-sharing-philosophy/</link><description><![CDATA[﻿﻿Last week I was fortunate to attend a wonderful morning with about 50 primary school children, writes education blogger Kit Field.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/01/23/primary-pupils-show-a-sharing-philosophy/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do teachers really 'under perform'?]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/01/19/do-teachers-really-under-perform/</link><description><![CDATA[On Friday, I was interviewed by BBC WM radio about Michael Gove’s  proposals to make it easier to dismiss under-performing teachers, writes education blogger Kit Field.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/01/19/do-teachers-really-under-perform/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICT or not ICT? That is the question . . .]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/01/17/ict-or-not-ict-that-is-the-question/</link><description><![CDATA[The government are making sweeping changes to the way ICT and computing  are taught in UK schools, by ‘scrapping’ the ICT National Curriculum and  replacing it with computer science lessons, writes education blogger Gavin Rhoades.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/education-blog/2012/01/17/ict-or-not-ict-that-is-the-question/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:36:53 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Where have all the Heads gone?]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2011/12/19/blog-where-have-all-the-heads-gone/</link><description><![CDATA[Last week the National Association of Head Teachers  (NAHT) predicted   that there will be many schools without Heads in the next five years, writes education blogger Kit Field.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/education/2011/12/19/blog-where-have-all-the-heads-gone/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:13:27 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Putting examinations to the test]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/blogs/2011/12/12/putting-examinations-to-the-test/</link><description><![CDATA[Education blogger Kit Fields thinks now is a good time for the country to think about the purpose of examinations.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/lifestyle/blogs/2011/12/12/putting-examinations-to-the-test/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:57:36 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Education]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education blog]]></category></item></channel></rss>
