This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 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 fourth instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one, part two and part three. Among the many slursContinue reading “Curriculum matters: Part 4 – Shakespeare’s education”
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Curriculum matters: Part 3 – knowledge is power
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 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 third instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one here and part two here In the first partContinue reading “Curriculum matters: Part 3 – knowledge is power”
Curriculum matters: Part 2 – vision and purpose
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 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 instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one here. In the first part of this series, IContinue reading “Curriculum matters: Part 2 – vision and purpose”
Curriculum matters: Part 1 – design and delivery
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 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 June 2017, the chief inspector of schools, Amanda Spielman, gave a speech at the Festival of Education in which sheContinue reading “Curriculum matters: Part 1 – design and delivery”
Transition days are not for testing
In my recent post, Making Transition Count, I shared 20 top tips to improve a pupil’s transition from primary to secondary school. In this follow-up post I’d like to focus on the all-important transition day that usually takes place in June or July and affords Year 6 pupils a sneaky peek of life in bigContinue reading “Transition days are not for testing”
The problem with the Key Stage 3 curriculum
The Chief Inspector of Schools, Amanda Spielman, gave a speech at the Festival of Education in June 2017 in which she trumpeted the importance of the school curriculum… She said that, all too often, schools lose sight of the real substance of education: “Not the exam grades or the progress scores, important though they are, butContinue reading “The problem with the Key Stage 3 curriculum”
Tricks of the teaching trade…
If you’re due to start your teacher training or NQT year in September, this is for you… I bought a Border Collie pup recently and, at eight weeks, have just begun training her. I don’t want to sound disparaging but the experience has reminded me a lot of my teacher-training. I’ve christened my dog MegContinue reading “Tricks of the teaching trade…”
Making transition count: 20 top tips
July is the cruellest month. Teachers up and down the land crawl on hands and knees towards the summer break, bent and broken by another busy year spent squeezing as much progress out of pupils as they possibly can. As the 6-week recess nears, they’re eager for a glimpse of next year’s timetable, hoping andContinue reading “Making transition count: 20 top tips”
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. 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”
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. 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)”
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