Cambridge Assessment Podcasts

Isabel Nisbet (Cambridge International Examinations) gives an insight. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Oates (Cambridge Assessment) and Dr Mary Bousted (Association of Teachers and Lecturers) discuss. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Current issues with National Curriculum assessment: lessons from school music education - Professor Martin Fautley (Birmingham City University) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lessons from around the world - Roger-Francois Gauthier (Inspector General for Administration of National Education and Research, France, and a UNESCO consultant) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jon Coles (Chief Executive of United Church Schools Trust/United Learning Trust, former Director General for Education Standards, Department for Education) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Programmes of learning: the rise of ‘curriculum’ thinking in the UK - Paul Pritchard (Chair of Governors at the JCB Academy), Andrew Hutchinson (Executive Principal of Parkside Federation, Cambridge) & Dr Stephen Spurr (Headmaster, Westminster School) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lessons from around the world - Dr Nadia Touba (Project Director of Nile Egyptian Schools NES – Egyptian Education Fund, Cabinet of Ministers – Egypt) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Setting the context and sharing a historical perspective - Simon Lebus (Group Chief Executive, Cambridge Assessment) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guest speaker and archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis explains how a valid assessment model has been developed for an extra-curricular activity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Measuring 'quality' in early education - determining whether pre-schools can support children to become better learners See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This presentation will provide an account of the background, development and implementation of the Cambridge Pre-U. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This seminar will consider the place of admissions testing, in the overall range of assessment options for Higher Education entry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this talk Professor Coe will propose a structure for doing this. Examples will be given, together with a discussion of pros and cons of different approaches. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this presentation, Professor Jane Elliott will introduce some of the landmark research carried out using longitudinal evidence from the cohort studies, and examine some of the opportunities for future research as the studies develop. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.