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So, what *IS* the point of INSET days?
Jan 06, 2013 |
Category: training
Every teacher needs to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can be even better. Dylan Wiliam, keynote to SSAT conference, December 2012
Back in August 2011, long before I ev...
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...
Why do I need a teacher if I've got Google and a granny?
Dec 04, 2011 |
Category: learning
NB - Having reviewed the evidence, I am now thoroughly convinced I was wrong about all this. Instead, try reading Is it just me or is Sugata Mitra an irresponsible charlatan?
Over the summer I watche...
Some thoughts on Learning Styles
Dec 05, 2011 |
Category: learning
The rusting can of worms that is Learning Styles has been prised open again and the wriggling mess is crawling all over the educational twittersphere. And on that note I will stop extending the metaph...
Why do I need a teacher if I've got Google and a granny?
Dec 04, 2011 |
Category: learning
NB - Having reviewed the evidence, I am now thoroughly convinced I was wrong about all this. Instead, try reading Is it just me or is Sugata Mitra an irresponsible charlatan? Over the summer I watched...
Should we be teaching knowledge or skills?
Nov 02, 2011 |
Category: learning
It is a truth universally acknowledged that our education system isn’t quite up to snuff. And at that point virtually all agreement ceases. There are those on which we might loosely term the ‘right’ o...
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...
How to have a successful life
Oct 01, 2011 |
Category: learning
This week Mr Phil Beadle graced us with his towering presence and 'edutained' 60 Year 11 students. I was going to call this post "Beadle's About" but I'm sure he's heartily sick of any comparisons to...
Back to school
Sep 09, 2011 |
Category: leadership
What I really like about going back to school in September is that it's a new year with no mistakes. The students' books are graffiti free and and all the dates and titles have been neatly underlined....
Exam analysis
Aug 28, 2011 |
Category: assessment
September looms and I've already been given an appointment for my Progress Meeting to discuss last year's results and strategies for this year's.On the one hand, I could be forgiven for feeling quite...
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