Web Sites - Education

 

UK Education Agencies Educational Resources General International Educational Research Organisations Statistics Special Needs

National Curriculum topics: Design and Technology Geography History ICT Literacy and English Modern Languages Music Numeracy and Maths Outdoor Activities Physical Education Science

 

UK Education Agencies

• AQA : Examining Board. qualifications and examinations

• Department for Education and Skills

• DfES Circular 4/98: Requirements for courses of initial teacher training

• DfES Parents' Centre: "this site tells you about your child's education and how you can help"

• DfES School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables (formerly Performance Tables

• DfES Research and Statistics Gateway

• Department of Education Northern Ireland

• Higher Education Funding Council for England, including the Initial Proposal for a New University of Cumbria, a report by Sir Martin Harris

• HEFCE Performance Indicators in Higher Education in the UK 2000-2001 and 2001-2002

• Learning and Teaching Scotland

• National Assembly for Wales

• National Curriculum

• Office for National Statistics

• OFSTED

• OFSTED National Summary Data Report for Primary Schools 2003 (pdf file)

• OFSTED National Summary Data Report for Secondary Schools 2003 (pdf file)

• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (formerly the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority)

• The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

• The Scottish Executive

• The Standards Site

• Teacher Training Agency

• United Kingdom local authorities with a responsibility for education in their area

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Educational Resources

 

• Schools' television and radio listings - BBC Channel 4

• BBC Education: Schools online - curriculum based resources

• British Education Internet Resource Catalogue

• Centre for the Development of Learning and Teaching: the purpose of the Centre is to encourage, support and develop Learning , Teaching & Assessment across the College

• Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education

• Classroom Connect

• CLEO: Cumbria, Lancashire Education Online

• Curriculum Online:is a one-stop online catalogue of digital learning resources - organised by the National Curriculum programmes of study, QCA schemes of work and topics.

• Devon School Library Service

Diocese of Carlisle Resource Centre

• DirectgovKids  a website for children from 5 to 11, run by the UK government. Online games are designed to introduce ideas such as citizenship and democracy.

• Discovery channel

• Educate the children: a "comprehensive resource for Teachers and Parents of 5-11 year olds"; includes lesson plans, teaching strategies etc.

• Education Virtual Library: search the web for educational sites

• edulinks : educational links and resources

• Film Education created for primary and secondary teachers and students using film and new media across the UK National curriculum

• Fox Kids Network

• The Gateway.org: "the key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!". an American site

• Guardian newspaper's Education site. Contains news stories, special reports, exclusive online features, links to other recommended web sites and job adverts.

• Hero information resources for schools: school-related information, organised by the type of information

• Open University Distance Learning

  Primary Resourcesfrom the National Grid for Learning

• Resources Plus resources from industry

• School Resources: "for education information, resources and ICT for teachers and students."

• Schoolzone free educational resources for schools

• Scottish Virtual Teacher Centre

• Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry and Reflection

• Teachernet has been developed by the Department for Education and Skills as a resource for people who work in schools

• Teachers TV Education programmes on TV and online

• Topmarks free one-stop gateway to high quality educational resources

• TRILT: the Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching - a comprehensive online listings service for UK television and radio. An ATHENS username is required.

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General

• British Education Internet Resource Catalogue: a freely accessible database of information about professionally evaluated and described internet sites which support educational research, policy and practice

• Bully OnLine

• Canada's SchoolNet

• Cumbria County Council Job vacancies

• CYFERNet: Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network.  A US information and resources site

• DfES : Don't Suffer in Silence: This website is intended to show pupils, their families and teachers how to tackle bullying and gives other links to useful related websites.

• Education On-line

• educationUnlimited: education news from The Guardian, including articles and jobs

• Education-jobs.co.uk: the "home of teaching jobs in the UK"

• Encyclopaedia of Philosophy of Education online

• Eric: Educational Resources Information Centre - run by the US Department of Education

• RE-XS SMC based information service for religious education

• School-Libraries.org: online resources for school librarians

• eteach.com: "the website developed by teachers for teachers"; news and jobs.

• Urban Learning Foundation London campus of the University of Gloucestershire

• Wired for Health: "The Department of Health and the Department for Education and Employment are working together to ensure that young people and their teachers are able to access relevant and appropriate health information at the touch of a button"

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International

• The Australian Federal Department of Education, Training and Youth

• Eurydice :The Information Network on Education in Europe

• The French Ministry of Education

• International Archive of Educational Data: "data related to education in the United States and other nations"

• The Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture

• UNESDOC

Educational Research Organisations

• British Educational Research Association

• National Foundation for Educational Research

• Scottish Council for Research in Education

Statistics

• International Archive of Educational Data: "data related to education in the United States and other nations"

• HEFCE Performance Indicators in Higher Education in the UK 1999-2000 and 2000-2001

• Higher Education Statistics Agency

• OECD education and training statistics

• Office for National Statistics

• UK National Digital Archive of Datasets

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Special Needs

• Barnardo's

• British Institute of Brain Injured Children

• British Dyslexia Association

• The Council for Exceptional Children

• Developmental Dyspraxia

• Downs Syndrome Association

• Disability charities & organisations

• The Dyspraxia Foundation

• Internet Resources for Special Children

• National Autistic Society

• National Association for Gifted Children

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Design and Technology

• AccessArt: "an evolving collection of online workshops and arts educational activities aimed at all ages"

• D&T online offers "free access to a wide range of design and technology (D&T) materials, resources and software for pupils to use as they engage in design and technology activities as part of the UK National Curriculum"

• DATA: the Design and Technology Association is "the recognised professional association which represents all those involved in design and technology education"

• Nuffield Foundation Primary Design and Technology: "this project is committed to enabling all primary school teachers to become successful design and technology teachers."

 

Geography

• CIA world factbook

• The Environment Agency

•  Earth Sciences and map library

• Friends of the earth

• GEES  includes a resource database for teachers

• Geographical Association

• John Muir Trust 

• Natural Environment Research Council

• Royal Geographical Society

• Satellite images  weather satellite images from the UK Met office

• Teachernet  information for teachers covering all key stages

 

History - web sites for National Curriculum history topics

 

ICT

• BECTa British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - information on ICT (Information and Communications Technology) issues in curriculum, pedagogy, and policy-making. The site provides reports on educational projects employing ICT; UK policy documents addressing ICT; and an online magazine and newsletter devoted to ICT in education

• BUBL LINK: Information Technology: catalogue of internet resources

• GCSE ICT: "this web site is designed to give support to those students who are creating project work for their ICT GCSE."

• NAACE - Website for the professional association for those working in ICT in education

• PICTURe - Online bibliography of Primary ICT

• Technology Education Index

• TEEM: Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia - information on more than 1000 software titles

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Literacy and English

• Book Trust:"bringing books and people together". Information on children's books

• Books Unlimited: brief biographies of authors with links to other sites

• Centre for Literacy in Primary Education

• Children's Literature Unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

• GCSE Answers: English: syllabi, tips for revising, common pitfalls

• Ideas and resources for literacy teaching

• National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)

• National Centre for Language and Literacy

• The National Literacy Strategy

• National Literacy Trust: "a charity set up in 1993 to work in partnership with others to enhance literacy standards throughout the UK"

• Poem of the Day

• Seven Stories: the Centre for Children's Books

• SMC Library's Drama and Theatre links

• Sonnet Central: "an archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, and relevant web links"

• UK Children's Books: links to authors', illustrators' and publishers' home pages

• UK Literacy Association

• Wacky Web Tales: create your own online stories

• Web English Teacher: "presents the best of online English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities"

• Wilfred Owen Archive: access to primary source material

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Modern Languages

• BBC Education languages site offers resources in French, Spanish, German, and Italian. The materials are mainly at beginners and intermediate level

• French for fun

• German for beginners

• Centro Virtual Cervantes

• Spanish Language Exercises

• iLove Languages Page

• Foreign Languages for Travelers

• linguanet europa

• Web Enhanced Language Learning

• Centre for Information on Language Teaching

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Music

• Smart Music: a music support website for Teacher Education being developed and managed for the Initial Teacher Education Music Community by St Martin’s College

 

Numeracy and Maths

• The National Numeracy Strategy

• BUBL LINK: Mathematics: catalogue of internet resources

• Association of Teachers of Mathematics

• History of Maths

• Math Forum

• MathsNet: Maths, Education, IT and the Internet. Articles, resources, puzzles

• Maths Year 2000: puzzles, activities and news

• GCSE Answers: Maths: syllabi, hints for essay writing and exams

• Mathstore

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Outdoor Activities

• Lake District National Park Authority

• Mountain Leader Training Board

• Campaign to protect Rural England

• Countryside Access - The Country Code and places to go

• Natural England

• The National Trust

• Forestry Commission

• Ordnance Survey

• Met. Office

• Fell & Rock Climbing Club

• British Mountaineering Council

• Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association

• Bell Rescue Stretchers

• National Search and Rescue Dog Association

• Mountain Zone.com

• UK climbing.com

• The Ramblers Association

• British Orienteering Federation

• TrailWalk

• All about paragliding

• British Caving Association

• UK Surf Index

• UK Diving

• Snowsport GB

• Berghaus

• The Explorers Club

• ELDIS (Electronic Development and Environment Information System)

• SMC Sports Science links

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Physical Education

• Association for Physical Education including links to other sites

• PE Central - includes sample lesson plans

• Sports Media: a site dedicated to providing lesson plans, tips, drills, activities and other teaching aids for the physical education teacher.

• Teachers TV programmes and resources for PE and school sport

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Science

• BUBL LINK: Life Sciences: catalogue of internet resources

• BUBL LINK: Physical Sciences: catalogue of internet resources

• psci-comlit : a bibliographic database covering science communication, public engagement with science and the broader issues of science and society. The database contains references to books, reports, journal and newspaper articles.

• Creative Chemistry

• Environment Matters

• Science worlds

• Centre for Alternative Technology

• The Human Body Primary Project: "the aim of these pages is to give children ideas and information to help them carry out a project on the Human Body "

• Brainpop Health: "all about your body and how it works"

• Human Anatomy Online

• The Heart: An Online Exploration: from the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

• Infection Detection Protection: "We hope this family magazine will help students, families and teachers understand what causes infectious disease and what they can do to help prevent it."

• Neuroscience for Kids

• British Nutrition Foundation

• Nutrition.gov: a US government site giving information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity and food safety

• Food Technology: "a site for students and teachers supported by online analytical tools, direct links with professionals from the food industry and other websites. "

• Technology Insight

• Wellcome Trust : Valuable Lessons summary document

• Association for Science Education

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