Cambridge Assessment Podcasts

Jon Coles (Chief Executive of United Church Schools Trust/United Learning Trust, former Director General for Education Standards, Department for Education)

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Panel debate: 'Refocusing education? - Nansi Ellis (Head of Education Policy and Research, ATL), Richard Earp (Education & Skills Manager, National Grid), Dale Bassett (Research Director, Reform), Dr Graeme Atherton (Executive Director, Aimhigher)

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Lessons from around the world - Roger-Francois Gauthier (Inspector General for Administration of National Education and Research, France, and a UNESCO consultant)

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Academic subjects are generally assumed to be composed of propositional rather than practical knowledge. This talk looks at the relationship between subject knowledge, inferential ability and ability to validate and establish truths in the perspective of an ascent from novice to expert within a subject area.

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Teachers must be cautious when they find ideas that allege some sort of basis in neuroscience. But there are some positive things such as the effective exercise on learning and the need for children to learn something about their own brain and what effect this can have on their achievement. At a conference hosted by University of Cambridge International Examinations, Dr Paul Howard Jones from Bristol University explained how teachers can use insights from neuroscience to provide more effective teaching and learning.

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Guest speaker and archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis explains how a valid assessment model has been developed for an extra-curricular activity.

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The coalition government has launched many educational policies: academies, free schools, the English Baccalaureate and the freedom for parents and teachers to choose qualifications. What are the implications for today's learners?

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Although there is a generalised notion of academic misconduct and an assumption that there is a common understanding of the offences across universities, a variation in attitudes to plagiarism is shown to exist.

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Measuring 'quality' in early education - determining whether pre-schools can support children to become better learners

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What can we learn from other improving school systems? - featuring Graham Stuart MP (Chair, Education Select Committee), Professor David Raffe (University of Edinburgh), Dr Marian Sainsbury (National Foundation for Educational Research), Professor Lorraine Dearden (Institute for Fiscal Studies) - 28 June 2011

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