Connected Thinking

Tony Webster, former Director of Education in Tameside, describes the origins of the 'connected thinking project'. He goes on to list a number of key questions that were identified in relation to 'values education', 'thinking skills', 'emotional intelligence' and 'ICT'. The aims, form and contributions to a seminar which sought to identify areas for continuing work and further research are described. Several of those who contributed to the seminar have written papers for this special issue of the journal. Tony Webster concludes his paper by listing the research and other action deemed necessary to take the work forward.     

The Assessment of Special Educational Needs for Bilingual Children

Tony Cline, Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Luton and Chair of the Editorial Board of NASEN Journals, examines the challenges that face those involved in the assessment of the special educational needs of children for whom English is an additional language. He rejects some notions of the ideal that have stood in the way of achievable good practice and argues for a closer look at the learning environments in which children are placed.     

Making Audit Acceptable: A Collegial Approach to Quality Assurance

This paper summarises the preparations made for Academic Audit in the University of Sussex and concludes that participatory 'bottom-up' procedures are more likely to be successful than heroic 'top down' measures. The Sussex scheme for quality assurance has been characterised by negotiation and the encouragement of middle managers and individual academics to take ownership of the procedures adopted.     

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