Johanna Oikarinen, who teaches at a suburban primary school in Helsinki, spends a week teaching a Year 3 group at a multicultural south London state school. Johanna has never taught in England and she'll begin by using the school's lesson plans to teach literacy and numeracy in the morning and other subjects in the afternoon. It will be a huge culture shock for Johanna, but by the end of the week she'll gain a greater understanding of why Finland are top of the international rankings and so far ahead of England in primary education.
Maija Flinkman, deputy head and teacher of biology and geography at a secondary school in Finland, visits a south London girls' state comprehensive school to teach science. She's going to spend a...
Resource Review is the place to update your knowledge about teaching resources and in this edition we're looking at three ICT hardware resources for primary schools. Expert Dave Smith, education...
Follow three male teachers at different career stages to find out what the teaching profession is like for them, and what issues they face. Why are there fewer men than women teaching in our...
At Erdington Hall Primary School in Birmingham, Kyane, a Year 4 pupil following an individual behaviour plan and an individual educational plan, is examined during a science lesson on friction....
Resource Review helps you to find the best resources for teaching your subject. In this episode we highlight three resources designed to aid the teaching of Shakespeare to primary pupils. Dr....
Through Wider Opportunities, the Government has pledged that every child in primary school should have the chance to learn a musical instrument. In this programme, we see how Somerset council has...
Teacher Darren Powell has recorded the process of his Year 5 pupils creating a rap on the theme of racism and discrimination. The class, of Abbey Gates Primary School in Nottingham, also created a...
In France, the teaching of handwriting is backed by an educational philosophy that encompasses all creative subjects. The French believe that equipping children with the ability to write will free...
This programme consists of nine short drama sequences that can be used in the classroom to stimulate creative writing amongst primary pupils. Each story start presents a different scenario and...
Primary teacher Andy Gaunt is facing the biggest challenge of his professional career - teaching French to his pupils with no knowledge of the language whatsoever. This daunting challenge will be...
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