ITAAT
DHE Solutions Ltd UK
David Evans.
22nd October 2010
The UK Education System - An Overview AGE Y EAR K EY EARLY Y EARS PRIMARY MIDDLE SECONDARY FURTHER & HIGHER
GROUP STAGE SETTINGS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS EDUCATION
123 N FOUNDATION4 N STAGE
5 R (Early years) Infant6 1 KEY STAGE7 2 18 3 KEY STAGE Junior9 4 210 5 Primary11 612 7 KEY STAGE 11-1613 8 314 915 10 KEY STAGE16 11 4
17 12 POST-16 F.E. Colleges18 13 11-18* LIFELONG* LEARNING Universities******99+
End of compulsory education
Start of compulsory education
Choices at 16 years: vocational/academic
Part-time College study
Work based training
School leavers staying in full-time education
School
Colleges of Further Education
Employment& training
Continuing full-time education at
school
Continuing full-time education at school
The UK education system Teaching is a graduate profession There is an increasing and flexible way in which you
can qualify and gain QTS All teachers must pass an NQT year They can then teach wherever and move up the ladder Training is a regular requirement and schools close to
train teachers in areas of requirement There are many other optional training opportunities
and it is at the discretion of the schools OFSTED School management LA’s Academies and private schools
Adult Education in the UK Has taken place in a structured format for a long time Currently more than 3 million adult learners in the UK DFE fund much of the AE Courses such as EAL are free NIACE - The national Institute for adult and continuing
Education acts as a government advisor on policy in AE Adult Learners' Week Adult Education Services / Colleges / private Formal / Non formal / Informal education Community based adult learning Vocational and non vocational education Staff training
Vital Vital is a professional development programme which aims to help
you use ICT to add value to your lessons and find new ways to engage your learners.
Delivered by the Open University and funded by DfE, Vital provides:
inspiring ideas to inspire your learners materials you can use in your own classroom opportunities to share expertise with your peers What does Vital offer? flexible, cost-effective courses that fit with your busy schedule case studies of how other teachers are using ICT in their own lessons collaborative spaces to share ideas, experiences and materials guides to key technologies and ideas on how to use them in the
classroom interviews with leading practitioners advice and support from ICT specialists useful links
ICT in UK education
ICT is a compulsory subject on both the primary and secondary curriculum
All schools have computers and Internet connection All schools have interactive whiteboards Many schools are adopting Moodle as a way of
managing homework and communicating with parents Many schools use educational software designed to
teach the national curriculum Internet safety and usage protocols is a current major
issue at both primary and secondary schools
DHE Solutions Ltd.
DHE Solutions Ltd is an SME which focuses on educational research and evaluation
It has been going for 8 years Only has two employees but works with
associates. It has been involved in pan EU programmes
for 6 yearshttp://www.dhesolutions.co.uk/European_Projects.asp It is currently involved in a number of pan EU
programmes including Grundtvig, Leonardo and KA3 (ICT) projects
TOOL Tipls
TOOL TIPLS (Tool to improve transparency of professional language skills) in targeted occupations within the hospitality industry. It is a Leonardo transfer of Innovation project
Partners: Lithuania (SIH), & Alytus Vocational Training Centre; , Romania (EuroEd), Finland (Omnia), Latvia (Smiltene Tehnikums) and UK (DHE solutions)
Please read the latest newsletterhttp://www.tool-tipls.eu/?file=1
Office InterActors Office InterActors is a Leonardo da Vinci
transfer of innovation project with partners from Romania (EuroEd), UK (DHE Solutions), Spain (ISSA), France (GRETA du Velay ) Lithuania (SIH), & Bulgaria (EuroInform)
Office InterActors takes groups of workers or students and tests their generic office skills in national teams by working through work based scenarios and interacting on a web platform
http://www.officeinteractors.eu/about-us.html
Other EU projects - MyStory
MyStory is a KA3 (ICT) project which will consult with older people across Europe, and in consultation with Young people familiar with computing, will record interesting life stories and at the same time introduce them to the Internet
The stories will be uploaded to an online database which will be meta tagged to produce a variety of search criteria for general interest as well as for specialists such as researchers or historians.
Other EU projects - INTEGRA
INTEGRA is a Grundtvig Multilateral project which will help immigrant communities living within the EU to engage with their new communities more effectively by a training programme centred around familiar language and common phrases around finance.
DHE other projects DHE is also involved as an evaluator at local
regional and national level with various projects Dads in demand Supplementary schools Evaluation of adult educationhttp://www.dhesolutions.co.uk/WAESCEStudent.asp Web based database development for educationhttp://www.dhesolutions.co.uk/Login.asp Stand alone database development for education.
DHE Solutions - use of ICT These programmes and projects variously utilise ICT
technologies with staff and adult learners including: Microsoft Office Web based communications Web design packages Website analysis tools Web platforms Web tools Animation production software and hardware Visual and audio recording hardware Audience response systems
People working with DHE Solutions
DHE Solutions works closely with various people from other organisations
Ecotec the UK national agency stated that it was fine for me to include colleagues from joint projects as representatives of DHE
Here are two other people you will meet:
Ann-Marie Houghton
Anne Marie Houghton is an educational researcher based at Lancaster University
She works in a number of areas but mainly with adults who are disadvantaged. She works with organisations catering for disabled learners, and the various ITC used with disabled learners.
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/projects/reap/profiles/Ann-Marie-Houghton/Edres/
Andy Giles
Andy Giles works with the Campaign for Learning – a national charity focused on family learning
Andy is co-ordinator of the ‘Dads in demand’ projecthttp://www.dadoodle.net/
He is very familiar with animation hardware and software
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cbtzALOD7w&playnext=1&videos=tOIBzpg4HSU&feature=mfu_in_order
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WOHtIXemMo
He has also used the Quizzdom audience response system, and we will demonstrate both and discuss the ‘Learning to Learn’ methodology when you come to visit us in Lancaster
Lancaster Lancaster is a smallish town situated in
the north West of England It has about 60,000 inhabitants It is actually a city because it has a
Cathedral It dates back to Roman times as a
strategic crossing point on the river It sits between two beautiful areas of
natural beauty – the Pennines and the English lake District
Lancaster
The English Lake District
English lake District
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David Evans