Laser Lessons - Lesson

Understand the wider context in which schools operate

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In this tutorial you will learn:

That policies can be affected by changes in local and national government.
About a great many initiatives in education over the years.
That the key to keeping on top of it all is to pay attention to the news and sign up for one or two e-mail newsletters such as those run by Ofsted.

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Click to view the ‘consultation’ area of the Department for Education Website. Notice which consultations are currently in progress by clicking on the link to ‘GOV.UK consultations’. You may wish to complete a questionnaire yourself and therefore be part of the process.
Look at the results of the ‘Primary curriculum review: Curriculum reform consultation report to the DCSF’. Notice what people tend to agree with and what they disagree with. Consider your own views on the questions raised. The consultation results can be accessed by clicking on the icon.
Click on the icon to find further information on the distinction between the roles of the government and Parliament.
Click to launch a whiteboard resource on how laws are made, produced by the UK Parliament.
Click to read 'How does a bill become a law? Guide to the passage of a Bill' produced by the UK Parliament.

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