Diagnostic assessment can be used to help teachers move beyond identifying what has not yet been learned by students towards planning instruction through which further progress can be supported. Unesco's Addressing Learning Needs in the Asia-Pacific Region: Teachers’ Guide on Diagnostic Assessment was published in 2023. In the guide, diagnostic assessment is presented as a cyclical classroom process in which the need for assessment is identified, relevant evidence is collected through...
There are moments in a researcher’s life that quietly reshape the way history is understood. They arrive without ceremony, revealing themselves only through experience. One such moment came when I entered the Bristol Archives expecting to consult only a handful of documents relating to the history of the Sultanate of Oman. Several minutes later,...
The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry will no longer hang when it returns to France from an exhibition in Britain, with the masterpiece to be displayed on an inclined table instead. France's Culture Minister Catherine Pegard said the change would help preserve the 68-metre tapestry and improve the visitor experience. The tapestry went on display...