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Royaume-Uni : le complexe scolaire primaire de Booker Park pour élèves ayant des besoins particuliers - PEB Echanges, juin 2008

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09-Jun-2008

L’école de Booker Park est un nouveau complexe accueillant des enfants de niveaux pré-primaire et primaire qui présentent des difficultés de comportement et d’apprentissage.

Special Primary School Complex in the United Kingdom: Booker Park - PEB Exchange, June 2008

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09-Jun-2008

Booker Park School is a new complex for pre-primary children and primary pupils with a range of behavioural and learning difficulties. To respond to the pupils’ varied needs, the school facilities offer a high degree of flexibility and a quality environment for learning. 

Reducing Greenhouse Gases in English HEIs

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04-Apr-2008

Higher education institutions (HEIs) in England will benefit from a new fund to provide repayable grants for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Assessment of learning outcomes in higher education: a comparative review of selected practices (EDU Working Paper No. 15)

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10-Mar-2008

Deborah Nusche

This paper proposes a typology of higher education learning outcomes, and reviews 18 assessment instruments designed to measure such outcomes across higher education institutions. Examples are drawn from Australia, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Building Schools for the Future in the United Kingdom

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11-Feb-2008

The United Kingdom’s 15-year Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme aims to improve the fabric of school buildings and provide investment in information and communications technology, making up for chronic underinvestment in school buildings. 

Implications of Curriculum Reform for School Buildings in Scotland - PEB Exchange, February 2008

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08-Feb-2008

Scotland’s Building Excellence programme is exploring the implications of curriculum reform for school building design. It includes events which bring together teachers, designers, school managers and local authorities.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults: Improving Foundation Skills/Case Study: England

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08-Feb-2008

John Comings and John Vorhaus

This case study describes how three different English exemplary programmes have adapted the Skills for Life curriculum and other guidelines to meet individual learner needs.

England Background Report/Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults

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01-Feb-2008

This report offers an introduction to policy and programmes in adult basic skills in England, concentrating on those pertinent to assessment practices – formative assessment in particular.

Thematic Review of Tertiary Education - Update of the Country Background Report - United Kingdom

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17-Jan-2008

This paper gives an update of the Country Background Report of the United Kingdom that was prepared in the framework of the OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education

Reviews of National Policies for Education - Quality and Equity of Schooling in Scotland

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11-Dec-2007

The review assesses the performance of Scottish schools, using PISA findings and national test and examination results. It also examines educational reforms in Scotland in the light of reforms in countries facing similar challenges.