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The curriculum: Intent, implementation and impact

Jul 23, 2019 | Category: Featured

This article first appeared in the marvellous free periodical, Teach Secondary. Do pop over and subscribe. Most teachers will be aware that Ofsted is launching a new inspection framework this Septembe...

Why 'just reading' might make more of a difference than teaching reading

Jun 22, 2019 | Category: Featured

Few people would disagree that improving children's reading ability would be a good thing. Not only would it open up greater opportunities in life, it would boost their cognitive development and incre...

A few thoughts about teaching poetry

Jun 03, 2019 | Category: Featured

It is, I hope, uncontroversial to say that poetry is not a popular art form. While it's wonderful to hear the sales of poetry rose by 12% in 2018, with over 1.3 million volumes sold, that's dwarfed by...

What's the big deal with Big Questions?

May 31, 2019 | Category: Featured

You might know them as Fertile Questions, Enquiry Questions, or plain old, Big Questions, but the idea that the curriculum ought to be organised around broad, disciplinary, substantive enquires is a p...

Three animated films about learning

Apr 09, 2019 | Category: Featured

UPDATE December 2020: BBC Bitesize has moved the films here.Back in December I gave a lecture to the staff of BBC Bitesize about how learning works and how they might go about making more effective le...

Ofsted and deeper learning: it's like learning, but deeper

Mar 13, 2019 | Category: Featured

Recently, I was contacted by a school who wanted some help working on 'deeper learning'. I asked them what they meant to which they replied, "Oh, we were hoping you'd tell us!" According to the school...

What do students think about marking?

Mar 03, 2019 | Category: Featured

Over the past year or so, I've been doing some very informal research into students' attitudes and opinions with some of the schools I work with on an ongoing basis.Two years ago I wrote 2 posts summa...

#marking #feedback

What's wrong with Ofsted's definition of learning?

Feb 04, 2019 | Category: Featured

As everyone already knows, Ofsted have published a draft of the new Inspection Framework which is currently undergoing a process of consultation. Amazingly, one of the most contentious aspects of the...

#Ofsted #Robert Bjork #long-term memory #Paul Kirschner #John Sweller #William James #Hermann Ebbinghaus

Does creativity have a dark side?

Jan 30, 2019 | Category: Featured

Of course it’s desirable that students are able to identify problems, generate potential solutions, evaluate the effectiveness of those strategies, and then communicate with others about the value o...

#creativity

Can 'creativity' be taught?

Jan 29, 2019 | Category: Featured

The way ideas come to fruition is often mysterious; while we may remember consciously thinking a few things, we are unaware of all the ingredients simmering away in the pot of thought. I like the imag...