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The learning process: Part 2

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is part two of a 10-part series. Read the first part here. In the first part of this series onContinue reading “The learning process: Part 2”

The learning process: Part 1

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is part one of a 10-part series. What is learning? It’s a simple question, isn’t it? And surely, asContinue reading “The learning process: Part 1”

Why I wrote Making Key Stage 3 Count

I started writing the first edition of my book, Making Key Stage 3 Count, in the summer of 2015 – having, over the previous decade, first as a teacher then as a school leader, become increasingly convinced that pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 got a rough deal from our education system. But lifeContinue reading “Why I wrote Making Key Stage 3 Count”

Rise (and fall) of the robots

I love technology but I’m not what you’d call an early adopter. I use technology when it can make my life easier and more efficient but, when a new gadget comes to market, I wait patiently for it to be tried and tested, and then – perhaps my biggest motivator – for it to comeContinue reading “Rise (and fall) of the robots”

Literacy empowers (Pt5): Teaching writing

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in June 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can read more of my monthly columns for SecEd here. This is the final part of a 5-part series. Read parts one, two, three and four first. In this series I am making the caseContinue reading “Literacy empowers (Pt5): Teaching writing”

Pass on the power of reading (Part Two)

This is an abridged version of a keynote speech Matt gave at the Closing the Literacy Gap Conference in June 2017. This is part two of two…read the first part here I ended the first of this two-part blog with the question, ‘So what can we do to help the word poor become richer?’ InContinue reading “Pass on the power of reading (Part Two)”

Literacy empowers (Pt4): Teaching reading

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in June 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can read more of my monthly columns for SecEd here. This is part four of a 5-part series. Read parts one, two and three first. In this five-part series on literacy across the curriculumContinue reading “Literacy empowers (Pt4): Teaching reading”

Literacy empowers (Pt3): Teaching oracy

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in June 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can read more of my monthly columns for SecEd here. This is part three of a 5-part series. Read parts one and two first. So far in this series, I have madeContinue reading “Literacy empowers (Pt3): Teaching oracy”

Pass on the power of reading (Part One)

This is an abridged version of a keynote speech Matt gave at the Closing the Literacy Gap Conference in June 2017. This is part one of two… Recently, I had the pleasure of giving the keynote speech at the Closing The Literacy Gap Conference, which was held at the Valley Parade football stadium in Bradford.Continue reading “Pass on the power of reading (Part One)”

Literacy empowers (Pt2): Why every teacher is a teacher of literacy

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in June 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can read more of my monthly columns for SecEd here. Last time I made the case for literacy as a cross-curricular concern, arguing – as did George Sampson in 1922 – thatContinue reading “Literacy empowers (Pt2): Why every teacher is a teacher of literacy”