teachers in comment and analysis
Kids today: Don't fear the Millennials at work
Comment Before undertaking these projects, I'd written several pieces on young people's use of tech but I'd only ever spoken to teachers and other grown-ups. We've been told today's youngsters will create havoc when they enter... [24 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.01.09
Round-Up And a universal translator to help teachers understand the kidz when they say things like "book" or "nang". Fortunately, hard-pressed teachers also have a new assistant - one better than Etienne the... [23 Jan 2009]
The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Comment As a schoolboy, I had very little idea what most adults did for a living, unless they were school teachers. Confused IT skills policies in schools and colleges are part of the problem. But they're being combined with a... [09 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment I know some exceptional IT teachers who have left school to get a real life. Also getting readers reaching for their keyboards this week, the OFT and Kangaroo and phones on planes - love them or loathe them? [03 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Trying to explain
Comment Throughout my life I have stumbled upon wonderful teachers and experts who combined a deep understanding with an ability to explain and communicate clearly and plainly. Written at my home in Suffolk UK and dispatched to... [14 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Net education
Comment Government programmes and investments have so far failed to halt the decline and the falling numbers of good teachers today means there will be even fewer in years to come. Written at London Heathrow and dispatched from... [06 Dec 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: No risk, no progress
Comment In Western education and industry, teachers and managers feel inhibited by the oppressive, risk-averse culture laid on them by central government and fear the potential for punitive litigation over the most trivial... [03 Oct 2007]
Leader: Why we must know more about wi-fi
Leader This week the Professional Association of Teachers will write to the Education Secretary Alan Johnson to request further research into the effects of wi-fi networks in schools and other educational facilities, fearing... [23 Apr 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A piglet, a sausage and a grinder
Comment Curiously the more complex a topic the better my teachers seemed to be at the art of mental visualisation. I can claim no credit for this line of approach, as my own teachers imparted so much clarity by... [13 Dec 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 1.12.06
Round-Up Personally the Round-Up thinks classics teachers in general should get their own house in order before blaming 'new fangled technology' for making people ill. There is a new danger all around us, ladies and gentlemen. [01 Dec 2006]
Leader: Bored at work? Change job - not career
Leader Teachers are important - but they need to be of a certain temperament to survive the classrooms. Essentially few people could reach their goals without teachers. Whether those teachers... [27 Jul 2006]
Leader: Getting IT right isn't child's play
Leader Teachers say that kids are better at team working and collaboration - and even more creative as a result of using computers. Much has been said about the malign influence of technology the young. It turns them into... [06 Apr 2006]
Leader: The UK must invest in scientists
Leader There should be better opportunities for kids to get involved with and excited about science and computers - areas often taught in a parrot fashion that's boring for students and teachers alike. If computer science is to... [23 Mar 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Can education be saved?
Comment One result is the reduced likelihood of being able to find good teachers capable of providing real value-add for students wishing to study the subjects. Thus we see teachers under an increasing... [10 Mar 2005]
Leader: Long hours come with the job
Leader Still a lot of IT staff are pretty well paid (compared to, say, teachers who top the TUC's unpaid overtime league). This Friday workers up and down the country are being urged to 'Work Your Proper Hours' by the Trades... [24 Feb 2005]
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