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Why 'triple marking' is wrong (and not my fault)
Nov 29, 2014 |
Category: leadership
You can't blame celebrity edubloggers for teachers' unreasonable workloads - Albert Einstein
In his indefatigable efforts to get schools and teachers to recognise that much of what is done in the name...
Are we fetishising marking?
Nov 14, 2014 |
Category: learning
When you make something a fetish, ashes and dusts will laugh at you, because they know even the most valuable fetishes will turn into dusts and ashes!Mehmet Murat ildan
Last night I innocently posted...
Back to School Part 5: Marking
Aug 24, 2014 |
Category: assessment
This series of #backtoschool blogs summarises much of my thinking as it’s developed over the past few years and is aimed at new or recently qualified teachers. Each area has been distilled to 5 ‘top t...
Practical differentiation: high expectations and the art of making mistakes
Feb 01, 2014 |
Category: Featured
Differentiation? I hate the word as I hate Hell, all ludicrous bureaucracy, and thee!Er... Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Differentiation is one of the darkest arts in teaching. The generally accepted...
A model lesson? Part 2: Marathon vs sprint
Sep 14, 2013 |
Category: behaviour
Last week I questioned the concept of outstanding lessons full of gimmicks that look great but ultimately may not result in much actual progress being made. Instead, I argued, embedding classroom rout...
Work scrutiny - What's the point of marking books?
Jan 26, 2013 |
Category: assessment
Opportunity makes a thief. – Francis Bacon
I wrote recently about the differences between marking and feedback. In brief, and contrary to popular wisdom, they are not the same thing; feedback is uni...
The joy of marking
Oct 27, 2011 |
Category: assessment
I'm a big fan of marking students' work. I love it so much I let a big pile of it build up to do over the holidays. As an English teacher I'm faced with a lot of marking and most of it needs to be rea...
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