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  • The questioning classroom: Socratic methods

    In this five-part series, Matt Bromley looks at how we can create a questioning classroom. In part two, he explains 10 ways of questioning to promote critical thinking, looks at dialogic teaching, and offers a list of 38 Socratic questions… In part one, I said that open questions can be used to promote critical thinking.… Read more

  • How to create a questioning classroom

    How to create a questioning classroom

    Good questioning is at the heart of great teaching. In this five-part series for SecEd Magazine, Matt Bromley looks at creating a questioning classroom. In part one, he considers 13 questioning techniques, as well as six ways of using closed questions and nine ways to use open questions… At the heart of every good story… Read more

  • Why I wrote The Working Classroom

    Why I wrote The Working Classroom

    My new book, The Working Classroom, is out now. It explores ways of making school work for working-class students. Here, I explain why I wrote the book and what makes it so personal… I was born and brought up in a depressed northern town in the shadow of dark satanic mills and disappointment. My family… Read more

  • How can we make English more real and relatable?

    How can we make English more real and relatable?

    Matt Bromley was asked to contribute to a series of videos for Pearson Learning exploring ways of making English more real and relatable. You can watch those videos below. Here, he explains why English is the most important subject on the timetable and how we can make it talk to pupils’ lived experiences… This is… Read more

  • Why is English the most important subject on the school timetable?

    Why is English the most important subject on the school timetable?

    Matt Bromley was asked to contribute to a series of videos for Pearson Learning exploring ways of making English more real and relatable. You can watch those videos below. Here, he explains why English is the most important subject on the timetable and how we can make it talk to pupils’ lived experiences… As an… Read more

  • Using story to aide memorisation

    Using story to aide memorisation

    This is a version of an article written for SecEd Magazine and is the third instalment in a 4-part series. Read part one and part two. Storytelling can be incredibly powerful. In this four-part series, Matt Bromley considers how we can use story to improve our teaching and curriculum delivery. In part three, he explores… Read more

  • Using story to organise the curriculum

    Using story to organise the curriculum

    This is a version of an article written for SecEd Magazine and is the second instalment in a 4-part series. Read the first part here. Storytelling can be incredibly powerful. In this four-part series, Matt Bromley considers how can we use story to improve our teaching and curriculum delivery. In part two, he explores practical… Read more

  • The power and the story

    The power and the story

    This is a version of an article written for SecEd Magazine and is the first instalment in a 4-part series. Storytelling can be incredibly powerful. In this four-part series, Matt Bromley considers how can we use story to improve our teaching, to give shape to our lessons, and to improve student memory. In part one,… Read more

  • What is the purpose of education?

    An extract from ‘Intent Implementation Impact: How to Design and Deliver an Ambitious School Curriculum’ by Matt Bromley An important step in the process of curriculum design is to articulate the purpose of education in our schools and colleges as well as in each of the subject disciplines we teach within these institutions. You may… Read more

  • Why is curriculum planning important?

    An extract from ‘Intent Implementation Impact: How to Design and Deliver an Ambitious School Curriculum’ by Matt Bromley For too long, the means, methods, and outcomes of assessments, not the curriculum, have held the sceptre in education but now the curriculum – it’s intent, implementation, and impact – is king. Outcomes data (test and exam… Read more

  • What is a broad and balanced curriculum?

    An extract from ‘Intent Implementation Impact: How to Design and Deliver an Ambitious School Curriculum’ by Matt Bromley A broad and balanced curriculum is about ensuring learners are prepared for the next stages of their education, employment, and lives… that they are developed holistically, and leave the education system skilled and knowledgeable employees and well-rounded,… Read more

  • What is a curriculum?

    An extract from ‘Intent Implementation Impact: How to Design and Deliver an Ambitious School Curriculum’ by Matt Bromley Before we can embark on the complicated process of curriculum design, we must first understand what a curriculum is. After all, we wouldn’t try to manufacture a widget without first knowing what a widget looks like, what… Read more

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