Scottish Learning Festival News

Here is a further list of seminars that have their associated presentations added to this site:

• A1A: Improving Scottish Education 2: Pre-school to Early Primary
• A2E: Healthy Minds – Moray Mental Health Framework Pilot Project
• B1H: Curriculum for Excellence: Vocational learning through SQA’s National Qualification Group Awards
• B3A: Developing Financial Awareness Accredited through Youth Achievement Awards
• C1B: Curriculum for Excellence – Making the Change with Critical Skills
• CD41: HMIE: Excellence in Equality and Diversity Education
• D1A: Numeracy across Learning: The Experiences and Outcomes in Practice
• D2B: Working in Partnership to Reduce Childhood Obesity
• E1Y: Interdisciplinary Project, 3-15, with the Main Focus on Science and Technology
• G2D: 16+ Learning Choices: Progress so far…….
• J1C: Shared Responsibility – International Partnerships and Developing Global Citizenship
• L2A: Recognising Achievement
• L2G: Curriculum for Excellence and the Relationship to PRD and CPD with a Focus on Distributed Leadership
• L2H: A Tapestry of Learning: Teaching for Understanding (TfU) and AifL
• N1I: Sciences: The Experiences and Outcomes in Practice

If there are any more, they will be posted on their respective seminar descriptor pages.

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Here is an additional  list of seminars that have their associated presentations added to this site:

• B2D: Glow in the Classroom: Personal Reflections of Changing Practice using Glow
• C1B: Curriculum for Excellence – Making the Change with Critical Skills
• C2F: Podcasting and Pre-service Teachers
• D2B: Working in Partnership to Reduce Childhood Obesity
• G1B: Exploring Conflict and Child Soldiers in the Classroom – Why and How Should We Approach this Topic?
• J1D: Environmental Sustainability: Good Practice and Ways Forward
• J1I: Taking an Interdisciplinary Approach in Secondary Schools – Schools’ Global Footprint
• L1A: Making the Experiences and Outcomes Glow
• N1G: Religious Education in Roman Catholic Schools: The Experiences and Outcomes in Practice

More to follow.

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Please find the slides from Ferre Laevers’ keynote presentation about using an experiential approach at all levels given at SLF 2009 on his seminar page. 

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Returning in 2009, Conference in Pictures was a pictorial gallery capturing the meaning behind the words at SLF.  A selection of images made during SLF 2009 are now available to view on the SLF website.

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Please find the slides from Carol Dweck’s keynote presentation about developing ‘Growth Mindsets’ at SLF 2009 on her seminar page. 

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To save you hunting about – here is a list of seminars that, so far,  have their associated presentations added to this site:

• Assessment Developments Around the World and their Relevance for Current Scottish Developments
• StaffWise: Staff Wellbeing in Scottish Education
• Sharing Standards and Expectations: Practical Approaches to Moderation for Excellence
• Excellence in Partnership – Skills Development Scotland
• A Global Perspective on Education: Key Messages from OECD PISA
• Use of GLOW as an Authority-wide Networking tool for Science Teachers
• Job, Education and Training (JET) Programme

More to follow.

A few more presentations have been shared by presenters via www.SlideShare.net.

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For a reminder of  just how good they were, see the video of the performers from Knightswood School who took to the stage in the Clyde Auditorium last week.

Introduced as an example of what the Curriculum for Excellence can achieve in practice, they performed before the first keynote speech by Fiona Hyslop, MSP (also available on the video page of the SLF website).

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Keynote speech and interview with Professor Ferre Laevers now available on SLF website.

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Keynote speeches by Fiona Hyslop and Carol Dweck now available on SLF website.

More to follow soon.

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Remember to check-in with TeachmeetSLF09 that gathers from 6.00pm till 9.00pm Wednesday 23 September at BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DA

Short presentations, chat and social networking (in person) will be happening.

Twitter #tmslf09

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