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Dr Albin Wallace Executive Director of Research and Development.
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Dr Albin Wallace Executive Director of Research and Development
“The Education Fellowship (TEF) was founded by Sir Ewan Harper CBE and Johnson Kane to deliver an excellent education to children of all backgrounds. We aim to create excellence in every area: an excellence flowing from our underlying ethos and values. An ethos that ‘goes beyond the expected’ and which is based on unremitting service to young people.”
Stuff • Hardware
A Call to Arms Michael Gove, BETT 2012 Eric Schmidt, Edinburgh 2012 Ian Livingstone, “Next Gen” Steve Furber, “Restart or Shutdown”
Do schools really need… Lots of new laptops Lots of new printers Lots of new IT suites Lots of new projectors Lots of new, expensive software? Hmmmm? Really?
Education is becoming… Smarter, Faster, More flexible, More connected, Less restrictive, More discerning,
Inexpensive networked, portable, personal devices… …including the ones they bring in
Educational quality assurance, • Evidence-based research, • Continuous professional development, • Justification in terms of learning outcomes
The Bottom Line Where is the evidence that this actually makes a positive difference to children’s learning?
Key Performance Indicators • Ofsted • Examination Results • Attendance • Financial accountability • Careers • Progression • Attainment • Engagement
Dr Albin Wallace albinwallace@educationfellowship.net www.educationfellowship.net @twitter aewallace.wordpress.com