Do you think you are overworked? Changing notions of teacher professionalism in the Further Education sector is a fascinating paper by Farzana Shain (1999) of Keele University. Just one of thousands of papers listed in the British Education Index (hosted by Leeds University) which “supports the professional study of education by facilitating the identification and use of specific reading matter and event-related information”.
EFF (Equipped for the Future) is a ‘national standards-based educational improvement initiative for adult basic education and English language learning’ and provides a fascinating insight into US basic skills teaching. All very familiar but with different terminology.
This Linguistics department participates in research into literacy practices -particularly adult literacy. Working papers are available – for example Moral Panics about Literacy (David Barton, 2000) that I found very useful for my Module 3 Essay on Literacy as a social practice.
A fabulous DfE funded site aimed at enhancing professional development in Maths teachers across all sectors and levels. There are news items, message boards, regular email magazines, stacks of resources and links to some very interesting blogs from maths teachers, etc.
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) took over the work of the Basic Skills Agency more than decade ago. The NIACE site is also now closed, but many of the useful policy and research documents now be found at the L&W Institute. Visit the Downloadable Publications area for dozens of free publications.
Lots of clear and useful downloads including food cards, recipes and accompanying videos (such as how to make Welsh rarebit, shepherd’s pie, etc) that are great for reading and listening to instructions.
The next World Cup might be a long way off but the official FIFA web site is a rich source of interesting official documents (rules, history, mascots, balls, hat tricks, safety, etc.).
An international research forum (based in the UK) for teachers and researchers of adult maths/numeracy teaching. Archived newsletters and journals are available and are a mine of information.