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From: JSWski 12/12/2004 12:42 am
To: motcha121 (4 of 5)
36.4 in reply to 36.3

Yes, she was in therapy. You probably didn't notice that I wrote that message 4 1/2 years ago. As follow-up:

She made it through the next school year with therapy and support, but she quit the following June due to her anxiety. After some time recuperating and then getting married, she attempted to find a job outside of teaching. With the economy problems and being told "you're over-qualified" she had a terrible time finding work and went back to teaching. She lasted less than a week. She's now working selling tickets for a performing arts theater.

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From: motcha121 12/12/2004 12:54 am
To: JSWski (5 of 5)
36.5 in reply to 36.4
Gee. Sorry it didn't have a happy ending. I'm worried about me teaching too.
Well good luck.

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Teacher Education Issues - Teacher Education Discussion Forum notify me whenever anyone posts in this discussion

From: Dr K (TECHNOBO DelphiPlusMember Icon 6/30/1998 9:10 am
To: ALL (1 of 4)
1.1
Well, this is an attempt to generate some lively and interesting discussion about the subject of teacher education. There are a great deal of differing opinions about how teachers are best educated. This forum is intended for faculty who teach in schools of education, as well as education students to express opinions, share information, air gripes and differences, tell what works, or just about any other topic dealing with the education of teachers. It is intended that the information here be real, honest, and even provocative. So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and post something.

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From: Dr K (TECHNOBO DelphiPlusMember Icon 8/1/1998 4:22 am
To: Guest unread (3 of 4)
1.3 in reply to 1.2
Raul:

I think that values education and values clarification would be a good topic for this forum, especially as it relates to teacher education. This forum is relatively new, but I think it will increase in activity, as the topic of teacher education is becoming important.

Best regards,

Bob

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From: Albainuria May-22 12:24 pm
To: ALL (4 of 4)
1.4 in reply to 1.1

Hello!
We are two girls studying for the Teacher Education degree and we would like to know your opinion about the following question:
"How can we promote multicultural education in the English classroom?"

We look forward to receiving some answers.

Thank you very much.

Alba and Núria.

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eimanshalash
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Organising an exhibition for a niche market

This isn't about hiring a space for an exhibition ..this is about actually organising the whole event and making it an annual event!.

I'm currently working on a project that encourages more pupils into science, technology ,engineering, and maths (or STEM). I have contacts within each organisation that has a vested interest in this area. Am looking at bringing together industry/private sector businesses to inform on a grand scale schools in our region (to begin with London and South East) what is available for pupils.

It's like a careers event but am looking to make it more interactive.

Where would people even begin to bring such an idea to the fore? I'm currently looking ot bring together a team with a vision to help the student community gain access to the STEM industries and understand them.

Comments or feedback about this idea at all?

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Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Sheffield
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Hi Eiman, we've chatted a few times before as I'm looking at starting an education / leisure related social enterprise.

I'm really interested in your careers card games. This year I had to teach a 4 week 'careers' block to Year 9 as part of PHSE. We had to use a resource called 'The Real Game' - lots of photocopied sheets and pretty dire. The students had to create a 'dream cloud' and cost up what they wanted in life, they were then given a job (no choice, we allocated them) with a set wage and they had to work out whether that job covered 'living the dream or not'. The class also completed Kudos as well, which is a very outdated computer programme that tells the students what jobs it thinks they will like.

The 4 weeks went OK, but for many students it was pointless. They had no idea what most of the jobs entailed, and had no concept of what they needed to do to get those jobs.

We also had 'Aim Higher' come in to do a talk / show, trying to get students to think about going to University. The show was OK but again it was nothing specific, most just saw it as 2 hours off their normal lessons.

I agree more needs to be done, it may be worth talking to Connexions as they seem to coordinate most of this stuff. One idea I can think of is a SMET show / day. It is common now for schools to select 10-30 students to take to an event for the day.

The best idea I saw was from a very 'out of the box' thinking media technician from a school. She printed out loads of posters around the time of A-Level Options choices. One had a picture of Jordan saying 'Want to be a plastic surgeon and get your hands on Jordan, then you need A-Level Biology, speak to your Science teacher NOW!'. The poster got taken down after a day but it got many students talking!

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go4it..thanks for your really helpful response. I was pleasantly happy to see someone called 'go4it' respond to the idea

Providence!

I'd love to chat further with you about the games. Though the project will go beyond just games...I'm looking at various things at the moment.

As always, research and funding is the main issue at the moment...not to mention time!

Although I set up originally as a social enterprise (or rather won a social entrepreneur award) the business has become a limited company by shares to attract investment as well as generate a profit.

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Funds promised to end skills shortage

Jessica Shepherd
Wednesday June 25, 2008
EducationGuardian.co.uk

The government addressed Britain's skills shortage today with a promise of £300m to train workers for jobs in construction, hospitality and manufacturing.
The innovation, universities and skills secretary, John Denham, has said Britain needs to train nearly two million workers in these and other sectors to remain globally competitive.

The £300m will be spent over the next three years and comes from Train to Gain, Labour's programme to persuade employers to improve workforce skills.

Its budget was £520m for 2007-08 and will rise to £1bn by 2010-11.

The construction industry will receive £133m of the sum, hospitality £112m and manufacturing and processing £62m.

The construction industry's training body, ConstructionSkills, said the funds would help beat "major skills shortages". It said it needed over half a million new entrants in the next five years.

It will use the money to, among other things, create 8,500 apprenticeships.

The government is expected to announce similar funds for other sectors with skills shortages, such as IT and engineering, in the coming months.

Denham said: "Industries such as construction, hospitality and processing are key to our future prosperity, but there is a need for more highly-trained people if we are to continue to lead the world in an increasingly competitive global economy.

"The success of our country will depend on doing even more to increase people's skills and their ability to gain jobs in growing and successful industries, such as these.

"If we're going to skill people for the jobs of the future, then we must work closely with employers to identify those needs and ensure that training providers are ready to deliver. We've listened to employers and taken action to remove barriers to training. Now we must take it one step further."