Teachers TV News - 3 Apr 09

This week on Teachers TV News, Charlotte Hume and the team report on ContactPoint, male primary teachers and Twitter. The government claims ContactPoint, an online database holding the details of all children in England under 18, will be a vital tool in tackling the abuse of vulnerable children. Find out why some campaigners and the opposition party are against it. Rob Ludgate explodes the myths that are dissuading men from becoming primary school teachers, as new research suggests a quarter of primary schools have no male teachers. And amid claims that Sir Jim Rose is going to advocate that Twitter is placed on the primary curriculum, we ask NAACE board member and education blogger Gareth Davies for his personal view.

Teachers TV | April 3, 2009

Tags:. .naace. .ludgate. .curriculum. .vulnerable. .dissuading