The Schools' News Service

Raising the aspirations of students in the classroom “The aspirations of an individual teenager can be a major limiting factor on achievement.” Such a statement is explicit within the National Strategies Inclusion programme which looks for the development of positive behaviour for learning. Indeed the whole emphasis of Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning is [...]

How can students be shown the value of Science? If you ask your students what jobs or careers focus on Science, you can get an immediate understanding of just how highly they regard the subject. It is an important point, because if they answer “Frankenstein” then the chances are that they hold Science in low [...]