9. USEFUL RESOURCES
You can find out more about the national scheme in which you are participating at the following website:
Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme (UAS) – www.uas.ac.uk
9.1. General Educational Resources
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Education Scotland http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/index.asp
The Department for children, schools and families has a number of useful links on its website, but bear
in mind that this is targeted towards England and Wales: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/
Teach First http://www.teachfirst.org.uk/TFHome/
Curriculum for Excellence:
Education Scotland information at:
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/thecurriculum/whatiscurriculumforexcellence/index.asp
Universities Scotland report at:
http://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/uploads/USBeyondtheseniorphaseCfEMay2012.pdf
Bloom’s taxonomy, for example at
http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/TeachingAndLearningResources/CourseDesign/BloomsTaxonomy/
http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
Educational journals such as
Journal of Biological Education, Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Physics Education, British
Journal of Educational Psychology, Mathematics Teacher
9.2 Science Education and Communication websites
Many of these sites should also give you pointers and links towards a range of practical demonstrations,
projects and ‘resource packs’ you may be able to use in the classroom:
Fife Education – Supporting School Science
Scottish Schools Education Res. Centre
Royal Institution
British Science Association
Institute of Physics
Society of Biology
Royal Society of Chemistry
British Psychological Society
Royal Geographical Society
The Geological Society
Geology.com
Engineering Technology Board:
The Royal Society
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Exscitec
Science Year/Planet Science
Association for Science Education (ASE)
ASE topical science
ASE range of online resources
Science Challenge
Nuffield Curriculum Centre
www.fife-education.org.uk/scienceweb/
http://www.sserc.org.uk/index.php/safetynet280
www.ri.ac.uk
http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/
www.iop.org
http://www.societyofbiology.org/
www.rsc.org
http://www.bps.org.uk/
www.rgs.org
www.geolsoc.org.uk
http://geology.com/teacher/
www.etechb.co.uk
www.royalsoc.ac.uk
www.royalsoced.org.uk/
www.exscitec.com
www.planet-science.com
www.ase.org.uk
www.upd8.org.uk/index.php
www.schoolscience.co.uk/
www.sycd.co.uk/who_am_i/startfil/home.htm
www.nuffieldcurriculumcentre.org/go/Default.html
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications:
London Mathematical Society:
The Maths Challenge competition:
National Numeracy standards:
Scottish Mathematical Council
Scottish Maths Council Maths Challenge:
www.ima.org.uk
www.lms.ac.uk
www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/numeracy
www-maths.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~smc/
www.highlandbridge.co.uk/MC/
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The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics website has a number of links to useful
teaching resources: www.ncetm.org.uk
9.3. Classroom Organisation and Management
Scottish Schools Ethos Network
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Teachers' TV
www.ethosnet.co.uk/index.html
www.ltscotland.org.uk/
www.teachers.tv/node
9.4. Behaviour Management
Anti Bullying Network
www.antibullying.net/
Better Behaviour Better Learning Report (Scottish Executive Website)
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2001/06/9337/File-1
Better Behaviour Scotland (Scottish Executive Website)
www.betterbehaviourscotland.gov.uk/
9.5. Assessment of Pupils
Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/1.html
Assessing our Children's Educational Needs: The Way Forward? (Scottish Executive Website)
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/02/10670/File-1
Assessment is for Learning http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/Assessment%20for%20Learning%20version%202vp
_tcm4-385008.pdf
Inside the Black Box http://pdk.sagepub.com/content/92/1/81.abstract
9.6. Scottish Government Publications
(searchable for executive reports including education issues) www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/Recent
9.7. Child Protection
You can find our more about child protection issues at the Disclosure Scotland website
www.disclosurescotland.co.uk/
and view our University’s policies at
khfl
9.8. Communication and Skills
Key Skills:
Effective communication:
http://www.dius.gov.uk/skills/
www.psychological-hug.com
9.9. Some Other Useful Resources:
New Scientist:
Times Educational Supplement:
The Guardian Education site:
National Youth Agency:
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www.newscientist.com
www.tes.co.uk/
www.educationunlimited.co.uk/
www.nya.org.uk/
9.10. Books:
There are numerous books out there aimed at aspiring teachers and teaching assistants, for example:
B Boyd, The learning classroom: a teacher's guide from Primary to Secondary, Hodder Gibson,
2008.
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P Drake et al, Becoming a Teaching Assistant [Electronic Book], Sage Publishing, book version
published 2004, ebook 2012, ebook available through the University library
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T Kamen, Teaching Assistant's Handbook, Hodder Arnold, 2008,
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A Watkinson, The Essential Guide for Competent Teaching Assistants: Meeting the National
Occupational Standards at Level 2, 2003
Subject-specific books that are in the University Library are noted in the Library reading list tool.
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