Editorial
Articles
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Smart successful networks: research as social practice
The paper covers three main topics, namely (i) research steering (in education) and its relationship to policy; (ii) changing knowledge production and its organisation in networks and (iii) the opportunities and challenges in building capacity in research in education in Scotland. It draws on a range of sources, including current...
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Excellence, improvement, and HMIe's new six-point scale
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education in Scotland (HMIe) recently redesigned its evaluation scale for use in its inspections, with the stated purposes of highlighting and recognising excellence, and creating a more discriminating scale, better able to track improvement over time. The role of HMIe in promoting improvement in educational provision...
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Developing professional knowledge within a community of practice: questions for Scottish Teachers for a New Era
The purpose of this paper is to consider the claim of the Scottish Teachers for a New Era project that it is providing a ‘unique opportunity to renew the profession'. This claim cannot merely he seen within the context of initial teacher education (1TE), but rather it has to be...
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Education and Marischal Museum: a century of teaching, learning and research
This paper explores the relationship between Marischal Museum in the University of Aberdeen and local schools, including teacher education, from the establishment of the Anthropological Museum to the present day. Beginning with an outline of the history of museums in the University prior to the establishment of the University's Anthropological...
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The story of a journal: Education in the North
The first issue of the journal, Education in the NorthL appeared in 1965 as a house journal of Aberdeen College of Education. The intention was that it should be published twice yearly, but after 1966 it reverted to an annual issue. By 1982, with impending changes in the College structure...
Features
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Graduation Day - 23 June 1983
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James Scotland - A true man o' pairts
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Thirty years syne
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Air adhart le foghlam Gàidhlig
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Scottish Teachers for a New Era: where should we start from, if not together?
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Research capacity building Scottish style: The Applied Educational Research Scheme in action
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Becoming a teacher-researcher: the Chartered Teacher work-based project
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Coming out of their 'Shells'
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Research perspectives on service integration
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Learning and tutoring: A virtual conference
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But how do I get my books?
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There is nothing like a Dane
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The long road to excellence