Editorial from Alison MacGregor – Mango Marketing www.mangomarketing.com
Personalising the education of our learners
In order to help children achieve the best possible progress in the classroom, personalised learning is essential. An educator looking to gather inspiration for methods to ensure personalised learning truly takes place can do so at the Education Show 2010. Free to attend, the show is the UK’s largest showcase of educational resources, best practice methods and Continuous Professional Development (CPD). Around 15,000 visitors attend the show each year to discover the best solutions available to meet their needs.
Many visitors who attend the show are keen to take advantage of the comprehensive seminar programme, refreshed each year to include workshops and best practice methods suitable for leaders, teachers and all other educators. This offers a great way to enhance professional development and take inspirational ideas back to school.
In the Secondary Seminar Theatre on the 5th March at 15.00, Rashida Din from Greys Educational Centre discusses how a learning platform can aid personalised learning. In the Primary Seminar Theatre on 4 March at 11.00am, Trevor Hawes from Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation is holding a seminar discussing the latest neuro-scientific and educational research on how to teach in a way that ensures individual attentiveness and motivation..
A handful of exciting new feature areas are making their way to the 2010 show: Cool Schools is where educators can be inspired and enlightened about what is happening in schools today; Reading Central is an area of the show devoted to publishers, enabling visitors to discover best-value literacy resources, whilst Innovation Alley brings small and passionate companies to the show for the first time to showcase inventive resources and services. There are also planned activities to celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 4 March and a separate Literacy Conference on Friday 5 March. The conference aims to address the continued issue of literacy amongst young people by bringing some of the best minds in literature and education together with the aim of creating a ‘manifesto’ for literacy in education. To book a place on this conference, at a cost of £150, visit www.education-show.com/reading.
The Education Show is free to attend and takes place from Thursday 4 March to Saturday 6 March 2010. To pre-register and find out what is happening at the show, log on to www.education-show.com.
