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The Matthew Effect - why literacy is so important

Sep 30, 2012 | Category: learning

Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.Matthew 13:12 In the world of the 2012 Ofsted framework very few sch...

#Ofsted #literacy #spelling #Reading #writing #Geoff Barton #the Matthew Effect

The art of failing

Jul 06, 2012 | Category: learning

Why on earth would we ever want to fail? Failing's bad, right?Obviously getting something wrong, performing poorly and making mistakes is uncomfortable. But these things are a part of life. An importa...

#failure #Dylan Wiliam #public critique #Ron Berger

Why we should strive for perfection

Jun 26, 2012 | Category: learning

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#Samuel Beckett #Growth mindset #outstanding lessons #Perfect English Ofsted Lesson

The best laid schemes of work & learning

Jun 09, 2012 | Category: learning

The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agley. Robert Burns Ah, the scheme of work. We've all got 'em. but what are they for? To spell out the structure of each lesson in advance? Or to act as...

#cook books #learning loop #Robert Burns #schemes of work

Building resilience: Sir, I'm stuck

May 05, 2012 | Category: learning

Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. I have this quote from Samuel Becket's play Worstwood Ho! up in my classroom and regularly refer to it. It's there as much for...

#Darren Mead #Billy Ocean #Jim Smith #lists. resilience #stuck

Slow Learning - allowing students to achieve mastery

Jun 24, 2012 | Category: learning

Of all the sessions I attended at The Festival of Education on Saturday the one I was most looking forward to (and most disappointed by) was entitled Slow Education: making time for deeper learning. D...

#Festival of Education #Maurice Holt #Mick Waters #slow learning #Transit of Venus

Is SOLO a waste of time?

Jun 04, 2012 | Category: learning

Stop blaming your lack of experimentation, risk and innovation on your lack of time.Hywel Roberts - Oops! Helping Children Learn Accidentally It was pointed out to me recently that I can afford to exp...

#SOLO taxonomy #John Hattie #Phil Beadle #direct instruction #Hywel Roberts #Jigsawing #time

Teaching creatively vs teaching creativity

May 20, 2012 | Category: learning

What is creativity? Can it be taught? Can it be aped or emulated? Or is copying something that someone else is doing, by its very nature, a lack of creativity? Oft quoted creativity guru Sir Ken Robin...

#creativity #Ian Gilbert #Sir Ken Robinson #Nina Jackson #Richard Wiseman #Salvador Dali

The evils of Powerpoint

May 07, 2012 | Category: learning

For some time now I've found myself becoming increasingly convinced of the evils of PowerPoint. What's that you say? It's just a tool? Isn't there some old cliché about bad workmen blaming their tools...

#Andy Hutt #Powerpoint

Deliberating about practice

Apr 22, 2012 | Category: learning

Should learning be fun?A few years ago I remember saying that was all learning should be. If you weren't enjoying it, why on earth would you do it? But now I'm not so sure.One of the most frequently u...

#John Hattie #Michael Jordan #10000 hours #deliberate practice #fun #Malcolm Gladwell