Teaching and Learning

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Recommended resources

Inset and CPD opportunities

In this section you will find details of recommended Inset courses along with links to online seminars, workshops and articles that are related to professional development and / or training issues.

Forthcoming INSET opportunities

http://thinkinghistory.co.uk/CPD/CPDNewKS3PoS.html In Autumn 2007 Ian Dawson is running a series of courses relating to the new QCA programmes of study for Key Stage 3. The course is built around the major content strands defined in the new PoS and will: * familiarise teachers with the aims and content of the new KS3 PoS * demonstrate ways in which outline activities and depth studies can combine to create a coherent scheme of work across KS3 * demonstrate how topics and concepts currently taught can be integrated within the new PoS framework * demonstrate a range of teaching activities that can be used to teach the new PoS effectively and assess pupils’ progress * increase teachers’ confidence and ability to plan schemes of work for the new PoS and help them look forward to teaching it For further details and booking information, visit the thinkinghistory CPD section.

Online ICT testing and accreditation - FREE at the time of writing

Online CPD / Seminars

Quality Inset sessions and CPD materials:

Members of the Historical Association can now access the Teaching History back catologue via the HA website. 37 issues are currently archived for members - more will probably follow soon. Go to - http://www.history.org.uk/Secondary_Teaching_History.asp and select the issue that you want to read. You will be prompted to log in - log in details can be found in the members newsletters and in literature sent to members, or by contacting Matthew Woodman at the Historical Association if you have not received your log in details.

Conferences, workshops and CPD opportunities provided by the Historical Association can be found on this page of the HA website: http://www.history.org.uk/Secondary.asp

The Schools History Project

The SHP provide excellent Inset courses throughout the year and host an annual weekend conference. The Conference is arguably the single best source of CPD available for history teachers. Delegates can attend 5 workshops, with a plethora of choices available in terms of content, access keynote speeches, highly relevant plenary and introductory sessions along with finding out about all of the most recent educational and publishing developments. Details of the annual conference, held over the course of the first full weekend in July each year, can be found on the SHP website at http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/shp/Conference/index.htm and details of INSET sessions run at other times in the year are available from this page http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/shp/INSET/index.htm. Follow up materials and feedback on previous SHP Conference workshops can be accessed via this link.