Gareth Sturdy

Nov 28, 2024 | teachwire.net | Gareth Sturdy |Fiona Millar

PrimarySecondary We weigh up the pros and cons of school uniforms, from promoting equality and focus to their impact on individuality and the financial burden on parents… by Schools in England are not required to have a uniform, although the DfE strongly recommends it. According to research by clothing supplier Trutex, 99% of UK secondary schools have a uniform.

Nov 22, 2024 | teachwire.net | John Bee |Gareth Sturdy

Secondary A move towards evidence-based classroom practice is to be welcomed, says Gareth Sturdy – but it has its limits… by Do you think teaching is an art or a science? The model of best practice in the classroom is moving away from the so-called child-centred philosophy of discovery learning. Instead, it’s moving towards more ‘evidence-informed’ empirical methods. This includes retrieval practice, spaced learning and cognitive load theory.

Apr 30, 2024 | spiked-online.com | Gareth Sturdy

Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. New government figures show that permanent exclusions and suspensions from English schools hit record highs during the academic year of 2022-23. This provides a further indication of the harm done by the wholesale closure of schools for large parts of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

Nov 13, 2023 | teachwire.net | Melissa Benn |Gareth Sturdy |Charlotte Lander

Secondary Students spend their break times exploring social structures, empathy and themselves, says Charlotte Lander – but what lessons are they learning? by What is the purpose of break time? What do schools want their pupils to gain from it? The answers may vary, but most will likely fall within a functional, social or emotional bracket.

Oct 2, 2023 | spiked-online.com | Gareth Sturdy |Brendan O'Neill |Tom Slater

It’s like something out of a science-fiction movie. A capsule no bigger than an Amazon parcel crashed from space into the Utah desert a few weeks ago. There, a crowd of scientists waited to get their hands on its contents – the largest asteroid sample ever recovered. This event marks the latest dispatch from the ever-expanding story of humanity’s origins and possible future.