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A NEWPORT teacher has been named as one of the UK’s most inspirational educators.

This article will describe an approach to curriculum reconciliation that aspires to be the first step towards recognising that Indigenous ways of knowing have equal value and status as the dominant institutional systems of knowledge. Specifically, curriculum reconciliation is considered in the context of building knowledge-based relationships between disciplinary knowledges and the relevant Indigenous knowledges in science, medicine and health. Approaches to cultural education in the tertiary sector will be explored and consideration will be given to the particular challenges inherent in scien...

Continuous teacher professional development: Value and expectations By Desmond Allotey-Pappoe 8 HOURS AGO Continuous professional development of teachers plays an integral role in improving learning outcomes in schools. Teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD) has become a major focus within the school reform and school improvement literature because of the belief that student learning and success are due, in large part, to the effectiveness of teachers (OECD, 2009). In 2005, MOE/GES with support from JICA set the pace to operationalize CPD at the basic education level with seri...