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This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in June 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   Research by Kirschner, Sweller and Clark (2006) compared guided models of teaching, such as direct instruction, with discovery learning methods, such as problem-based learning, inquiry learning, experiential learning, and constructivist learning, and found Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in June 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  I will begin this final instalment by exploring two important considerations related to feedback: the when and the how. When? The Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in June 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  In this seven-part series I’m exploring the role marking and feedback play in effective teaching and learning. I have argued against Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in May 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  So far in this series, I’ve argued that our obsession with feedback as the panacea for pupil progress and a proxy Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in May 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  According to research, feedback is one of the most impactful strategies at a teacher’s disposal. It can add eight months of Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in May 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  Several seminal works of educational research have espoused the virtues of feedback. First came Black and Wiliam’s Inside the Black Box, Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in May 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. Several seminal works of educational research have espoused the virtues of feedback. First came Black and Wiliam’s Inside the Black Box, Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in May 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  On a recent family outing my teenage daughter turned to me and, with a pointed finger, ticked off my attire from Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in April 2018.  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 the second of a two-part article. Read the first part here.  In part one of this article, I explained Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in April 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  When I first started exercising a couple of years ago, following a bout of ill-health, I could muster but 15 minutes’ Read more

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in March 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  When I spoke at SecEd’s Seventh National Pupil Premium and Ofsted Conference last year, I explained that one in four children Read more