Monthly Archives: May 2015
Our overseas statistics of education and social science
Where do I find data on literacy education for women in Latin America? Where do I find maps of poverty and development in Africa? Does the Newsam Library have tables of educational systems, data on teacher training, statistics on pupil … Continue reading
Reading aloud as a way of learning a language
At the Newsam Library’s first ever reading aloud session on World Book Day, IOE lecturer Sam Duncan listed, from her initial research, many occasions on which reading aloud still forms part of our culture, amongst them family life. Yes, it certainly forms part … Continue reading
S. F. Said writes about the opening of the Children’s Book Corner in the Newsam Library at UCL IOE
On 30th March, the children’s author, S.F. Said, opened the Children’s Book Corner in the Newsam Library at the UCL Institute of Education. The brainchild of Sue McGonigle, Tutor in Primary Education and Sally Perry, Curriculum Resources Librarian, the Children’s … Continue reading
Far East Educational Experience
In the ‘Education in Literature Collection’ there are several novels which portray different aspects of the educational experience in Japan. Botchan by Natsume Soseki (1906). Translated by Joel Cohn 2005. The first-person narrator is proud of growing up in Tokyo … Continue reading
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Read Aloud in the UCL IOE Library for World Book Day 2015
On Thursday 23 April a group of staff from across the Institute (along with a colleague from UCL) came together in the Library to mark World Book Night with a celebration of ‘Reading aloud and listening to others read’. … Continue reading
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