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"Education and nationalism: The discourse of education policy in Scotland." Discourse: Studies in the cultural politics of education 31.3 (2010): 335–350. Clark, Margaret, and Pamela Munn. Education in Scotland (Taylor & Francis, 1998) online. Munn, Pamela, et al. "Schools for the 21st century: the national debate on education in Scotland."
The history of education in Scotland in its modern sense of organised and institutional learning, began in the Middle Ages, when Church choir schools and grammar schools began educating boys. By the end of the 15th century schools were also being organised for girls and universities were founded at St Andrews , Glasgow and Aberdeen .
In Scotland, students transfer from primary to secondary education at 11 or 12 years old. Pupils usually attend the same secondary school as their peers, as all secondaries have 'intake primaries'. Pupils usually attend the same secondary school as their peers, as all secondaries have 'intake primaries'.
The 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) showed Scotland’s reading level was above OECD average. Scotland’s education study figures decline amid ‘profound’ Covid-19 ...
Gordonstoun School (/ ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ən s t ən / GOR-dən-stən) is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland.It is named after the 150-acre (60-hectare) estate owned by Sir Robert Gordon in the 17th century; the school now uses this estate as its campus.
The emphasis on a set number of passes at exams also led to much learning by rote and the system of inspection led to even the weakest children being drilled with certain facts. The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 introduced the principle of universal free secondary education. Most of the advanced divisions of the primary schools became junior ...
Modern Studies is a subject in the Scottish school system, currently taught at National 3 through Advanced Higher. [1] It concerns contemporary social and political issues, and political processes, in Scottish, UK and international contexts.
Scottish Community Education Council; Scottish Council for Research in Education; Scottish Council of Independent Schools; The Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour; Scottish Funding Council; Scottish Gaelic-medium education; Scottish Public Pensions Agency; Scottish Qualifications Authority; Scottish Science and Technology Roadshow; Social ...