Category Archives: curriculum

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 foundContinue reading “The 4-part teaching sequence”

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? TheContinue reading “Feedback – the mark of success (Part Seven)”

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 againstContinue reading “Feedback – the mark of success (Part Six)”

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 proxyContinue reading “Feedback – the mark of success (Part Five)”

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 ofContinue reading “Feedback – the mark of success (Part Four)”

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,Continue reading “Feedback – the mark of success (Part Three)”

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,Continue reading “Feedback – the mark of success (Part Two)”

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 fromContinue reading “Feedback – the mark of success (Part One)”

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 explainedContinue reading “How to motivate students (Part Two)”

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’Continue reading “How to motivate students (Part One)”