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Improving Schools and Inspection

The Self-Inspecting School

By: Neil Ferguson,Peter Earley,Brian Fidler,Janet Ouston

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Improving Schools and Inspection

The Self-Inspecting School

By: Neil Ferguson,Peter Earley,Brian Fidler,Janet Ouston

`This is an important book, not least because OfTED may well have changed English schools more substantially than any previous curriculum development or assessment development programme′ - Mentoring & Tutoring This book looks at the relationship between school inspection and school improvement. The authors show how heads have used inspectors′ reports to put in place real school improvement. They deal with the contexts of inspection and comparisons are made with the Australian experience of school self-review. The book focuses on how schools have developed a culture of self-inspection. The authors consider the system of OfSTED inspections and ask how beneficial inspection has been in encouraging schools to develop and improve. They suggest there is need for a change and that there are alternative approaches to school assessment and improvement, which could be more effective. They argue that the school′s own evaluation processes should play a greater part in the arrangements for inspection. Improving Schools and Inspection will be essential reading for headteachers and other professionals engaged in dealing with inspections.

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192

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SAGE

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1446230120

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9781446230121

The Advancement of Learning in Stuart Scotland, 1679-89

By: HUGH. OUSTON

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The Advancement of Learning in Stuart Scotland, 1679-89

By: HUGH. OUSTON

A study of Scottish thinkers and writers in their political and cultural context. The "advancement of learning" was the term used by late seventeenth-century Scots for intellectual enquiry of all kinds. Encouraged by Stuart patronage, and echoing a Royalist ideology of continuity and order following the chaos of the Civil War, the "Virtuosi", Scottish writers and thinkers, sought to define Scotland's identity. They undertook structured, empirical enquiry into Scottish natural history and geography, human history and antiquities, law and society, while the legal and medical professions developed their status and purpose through institutions such as the Royal College of Physicians and the Advocates' Library. They both complemented and eclipsed the changing intellectual life of the Church and Universities. This book considers the work of leading authors, such as Sir George Mackenzie, Sir Robert Sibbald and Lord Stair, alongside the many other voices engaged in learned research and debate, examining their shared or contrasting philosophy and methods. It shows how a distinctively Scottish take on the "Scientific Revolution" was enhanced by close contacts with the Royal Society and English thinkers, and a conscious membership of the European Republic of Letters.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1837652007

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9781837652006

Meet the Megafauna 2

By: Elaine Ouston

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Meet the Megafauna 2

By: Elaine Ouston

Meet the Megafauna introduces children to the large and unusual animals that lived in Australia before and just after humans arrived. Some of them became the animals we have now but many are now extinct.

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0648878236

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9780648878230

Lost in a Strange Land

The Adventures of Willamena Wombat

By: Elaine Ouston

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The Adventures of Willamena Wombat

By: Elaine Ouston

When Willamena Wombat discovered that she and three of her friends, Katie Koala, Kelly Kangaroo & Penny Possum were being sent to a Zoo in London she was nervous; and sad at leaving her other friends. She soon forgot her sadness when their cages accidentally fell out of the back of a van during their transfer to the London Zoo. They were lost in an unfamiliar and scary English forest. Searching for food in the dark forest, she detected the scent of an unfamiliar animal, and ran for her life with the animal in pursuit. There was no safe wombat burrow to hide in here. Willamena found herself at the mercy of a strange animal that came to her rescue. Can she trust this animal? How will she escape? 'The Adventures of Willamena Wombat' is the first in a trilogy that relates the adventures of these four animals. The stories cover the interaction between the unique animals of both countries, who, while very different, live in a similar manner.

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1441459529

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Lost in a Strange Land

By: Elaine Ouston

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Lost in a Strange Land

By: Elaine Ouston

ADVENTURE STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). AUSTRALIAN. Lost in A Strange Land; The Adventures of Willamena Wombat is the first book in a trilogy that relates the adventures of four unique Australian animals lost in an English forest. The stories cover the interaction between the unique animals of both countries, who, while very different, live in a similar manner. When Willamena Wombat discovered that she and three of her friends, Katie Koala, Kelly Kangaroo & Penny Possum were being sent to a Zoo in London she was nervous; and sad at leaving her other friends. She soon forgot her sadness when their cages accidentally fell out of the back of a van during their transfer to the London Zoo. They were lost in an unfamiliar and scary English forest. Searching for food in the dark forest, she detected the scent of an unfamiliar animal, and ran for her life with the animal in pursuit. There was no safe wombat burrow to hide in here. Ages 5+

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0992505283

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9780992505288

The Bunyip in the Billabong

By: Elaine J Ouston

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The Bunyip in the Billabong

By: Elaine J Ouston

The newborn lambs are going missing and Matthew thinks the bunyip that lives in a cave under the water in their billabong is taking them. His grandfather told him about it. His mum, dad and big brother say bunyips don't exist, but Matthew is not so sure. He and his grandfather camp out one night to watch the sheep. Matthew sees a dark shape dive into the waterhole. Now he is sure it is the bunyip. His big brother brings home his scuba gear to find out once and for all what Matthew saw diving into the billabong. Will they find the bunyip or will it find them? Bunyips are popular subjects with a lot of readers and The Bunyip in the Billabong makes use of many icons of the Australian bush from billabongs to dingoes to sheep. Granddad is a quintessential teller of bush tales. Elaine Ouston tells a good story. The pace moves along smoothly, with likable characters and a warm familycentred tone. The dialogue is natural and the sheep station setting well realised. I liked the way the mystery was resolved, with no fuzzy question marks over the ending. This short but fully-formed chapter book is ideal for reading aloud or for independent reading. Since the protagonist, Matthew, is eleven, it would also work for less able or less engaged older readers. - Sally Olgers

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Improving Schools and Inspection

Improving Schools and Inspection

The Advancement of Learning in Stuart Scotland, 1679-89

The Advancement of Learning in Stuart Scotland, 1679-89

Meet the Megafauna 2

Meet the Megafauna 2

Lost in a Strange Land

Lost in a Strange Land

Lost in a Strange Land

Lost in a Strange Land

The Bunyip in the Billabong

The Bunyip in the Billabong

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