Plans to raise school starting age to 7 in Scotland if party is elected

THE Scottish Greens have pledged to increase the school starting age in their election manifesto. The party has set out a ...
BBC

Outdoor learning law for Scottish children to reach next stage

Scottish ministers have acted to ensure a proposed new law promising every school pupil in Scotland a week of outdoor learning can proceed at Holyrood. The plans would entitle every pupil to four ...
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Should Scottish schools switch to project based learning?

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GamesIndustry

Learning and Teaching Scotland report

Thursday 25th September/... ELSPA, the Entertainment Leisure & Software Publishers Association today welcomes news of a pioneering study into the benefit of using games to improve learning which has ...
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In depth: language learning in Scotland's schools

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The Conversation

For Gaelic to survive in Scotland, it’s not enough to learn it – more people need to use it in their daily lives

Launched to coincide with St Andrew’s Day this year on November 30, language app Duolingo’s Gaelic course attracted an impressive 103,000 active learners in its first two weeks – outstripping the ...
Wyoming News

Students learn about Scottish cultural, economic history

A dozen University of Wyoming students spent part of their summer in rural Scotland to learn about the cultural and economic histories of communities in that European country. The students, ranging ...