http://www.explorerkids.org Exploring Facts and Science Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:56:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the recent news that AQA is thinking about assessing girls by their coursework and boys by their performance in exams, it is interesting to think about what your own preferences might have been when you were at school. As a man, it is suggested that I would have excelled if ... http://www.explorerkids.org/would-you-prefer-to-sit-exams-or-take-coursework-64 AQA, one of the largest exam boards in Britain, is reportedly looking into the possibility of tailoring its assessments in order to play to the different strengths exhibited by children of different genders according to national trends. The idea is that boys would be given the chance to take part in ... http://www.explorerkids.org/aqa-assessment-plans-open-debate-on-coursework-and-exams-62 Michael Gove, the UK’s new education secretary, has announced arrangements to revise planning laws in order that groups of parents, teachers and charities can begin founding new academy schools. Those interested in the scheme may register their interest with the government as of today. Gove explained that more than 750 parties ... http://www.explorerkids.org/gove-invites-applications-for-new-academy-schools-60 When you’re a child in school, the last thing you expect is for a Hollywood actress to be deciding on how you are taught. Well for some children in America that thought has become a reality as Goldie Hawn has pioneered a teaching method which makes use of breathing techniques ... http://www.explorerkids.org/goldie-hawn-is-the-new-advisor-on-education-58 Student funding has always been a controversial issue with plenty of people suggesting that students should not be entitled to any loans while others suggest that they should be entitled to more. Well now, a think tank called Policy Exchange wants to see change to tuition fees. Policy Exchange has said ... http://www.explorerkids.org/a-change-to-student-loans-56 Next year, there will be fewer trainee teachers in Scotland because it has been announced that 1,500 teacher training places are to be cut next year. This move has been agreed as a way of dealing with unemployment among teachers and to make time to create jobs for those already ... http://www.explorerkids.org/trainee-teacher-numbers-set-to-fall-54 The subject of sex education in schools has always been controversial. And now a recent study has revealed that children who are taught about sex and the risks involved are more likely to start having sex. A lot of these will not use contraception and will therefore risk pregnancies and ... http://www.explorerkids.org/the-controversial-issue-of-sex-education-52 It seems as though our children’s futures could be under threat as universities announce that they have been hit hard by budget cuts. The government announced an extra reduction in education funding at the end of last year and this has seen universities lose out on a further £135 million. ... http://www.explorerkids.org/universities-see-budget-cuts-50 With the increasing number of immigrants becoming citizens of the United Kingdom, our education system has introduced classes to help them develop their understanding and knowledge of what it "means" to be British. These lessons were made compulsory 7 years ago, and in that time the results from the students ... http://www.explorerkids.org/inspectors-find-gaps-in-the-teaching-of-new-citizenship-classes-48 It has only been 10 years or so since I sat my A levels, but my, how things have changed! In my GCSE day (oh how I hate to use that sentence!), we had to take the core subjects (English, Maths, all the Sciences) as well as History, Geography and ... http://www.explorerkids.org/high-grades-in-soft-subjects-decieve-students-46