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Wales Education Lecture
The 2011 Wales Education Lecture was delivered by Keith Towler, the Children's Commissioner for Wales, on 3 October.
The recording of lecture is now available here
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Wales Education Lecture 2004
The first ever Wales Education Lecture was held on Monday 4 th October 2004 at the National Museum & Gallery, Cathays Park in Cardiff.
High profile guests from across the education spectrum attended the inaugural event organised by the General Teaching Council for Wales: including the Assembly’s Education Minister, Jane Davidson, Assembly members, Directors of Education from local education authorities, teacher union officials, policy makers, Higher Education and Initial Teacher Education and Training leaders, headteachers and teachers. Chief Executive of GTCW, Gary Brace explained: “The aim was to create a key date in the educational calendar for all those who influence and deliver education in Wales to come together to discuss current issues in light of an increasingly distinctive Wales education agenda.
“The Wales Education Lecture is as much about hearing innovative new ideas and debating current thinking and policy as it is about providing the opportunity for those in the education world to meet and network.
“The first of its kind in Wales, we hope the annual lecture will become a ‘must attend’ for all those interested in shaping the future of our education system.”
Professor John Andrews CBE, the former chairman of the General Teaching Council for Wales, opened the series with the topic ‘Teaching Tomorrow’ examining the challenges facing the teaching profession and education system in Wales.
John Andrews used the lecture to argue that teachers are still “overworked and underused” and to continue the debate over recruitment and retention issues including the over supply of primary teachers and the increasing trend towards early retirement in teaching.
He also covered key future issues facing teachers: the greater role for schools in local community continuing education; how advances in technology will shape methods of teaching in the future; the role of teachers as ‘managers of learning’ and the importance of teaching networks in the sharing of best practice.A copy of the lecture can be downloaded by clicking here (PDF 540k)