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News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid) (2015)
Digital Artefact
(2015). News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid). [Web]

Karen Lowing began her research in 2010 in a study called ‘Ane Instruction for Bairnis to be Learnit in Scottis: A Study of Scots Language in the Scottish Secondary Classroom’. Lowing took as her subjects staff and pupils at two south western seconda... Read More about News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid).

How should fracking research be funded? (2015)
Journal Article
Davies, R. J., & Herringshaw, L. G. (2016). How should fracking research be funded?. Research Ethics, 12(2), 116-118. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016115605871

The use of hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) to extract oil or gas from shales is a subject of controversy. There are many scientific questions about the risks associated with the technique, and much research remains to be done. ReFINE (Researching F... Read More about How should fracking research be funded?.

Using iPads as a learning tool in cross-curricular collaborative initial teacher education (2015)
Journal Article
Naylor, A., & Gibbs, J. (2015). Using iPads as a learning tool in cross-curricular collaborative initial teacher education. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 41(4), 442-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2015.1081718

Mobile technologies are becoming more and more prevalent in learning environments. This means that teacher education must keep pace with the use of mobile technologies. Baran (2014) argues that the ‘greatest added value of mobile learning vis-a-vis P... Read More about Using iPads as a learning tool in cross-curricular collaborative initial teacher education.

Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany (2015)
Journal Article
Page, T. M. (2015). Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 41(2), 180-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2015.1011900

Over the last decade the introduction of professional standards and competences in Initial Teacher Education for Secondary teachers in England, France, and Germany has provided the cornerstone of education reform in all three countries. The precise n... Read More about Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany.

STEMing the growth of primary science (2015)
Journal Article
Dockerty, K. (2015). STEMing the growth of primary science. Primary science review : the primary science journal of the ASE, 11-13

Kelly Dockerty looks at the implications for teacher training and the findings of the CBI report Tomorrow’s world: Inspiring primary scientists.