by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | Interview Techniques, Marketing Yourself, New Job, Temporary Work, Top Tips
Starting a new job? If you are at all a career-minded individual, then you’ll know the benefit of making the right first impression, this is even more important during that first week on the job. Rest assured, during this time your co-workers, line managers,...
by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | Education, Teachers
A ‘growth mindset’ and a ‘focus on learning’ is changing the relationship between learning in schools and performance in schools. Chris Watkins states that present views of learning are “teaching is telling, learning is listening, knowledge is subject matter...
by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | Marketing Yourself, Temporary Work, Top Tips
So, you have just finished your university degree! You have celebrated with friends and family, it is only now you are realising you’ve spent the last seventeen years or more in a formal educational setting. Now, you are given the most daunting task in your young...
by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | Education, PGCE, Teachers
So, you have decided to complete your PGCE, first thing you need to consider – it won’t be easy. In fact it is a hard and intensive course, especially when you consider the academic requirements alongside working on the job, it can be quite a daunting prospect. Of...
by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | Education, Teachers
Everyone seems to have an opinion on teachers and teaching, from what makes a good/bad teacher, how to teach, what to teach, why teach – the list is endless. Below we explore some of the most common misconceptions and why we believe they’re misconceptions....