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See it, own it: how to destroy a school

Aug 31, 2015 | Category: behaviour

I went for a coffee with a former colleague a few days ago and inevitably, after some small talk, the conversation turned to a discussion of his school. He started off by confiding that the GCSE resul...

#behaviour

20 psychological principles for teachers #17 Classroom management

Jun 28, 2015 | Category: behaviour

This is #17 in my series on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching and Learning and is the second of two posts examining how classrooms should be managed: "Effective class- room management...

#classroom management #restorative justice

What 'no excuses' means to me

May 13, 2015 | Category: behaviour

And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch’d....

#Michaela School #no excuses

I fought the law and the law won

May 15, 2015 | Category: behaviour

There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.Samuel Beckett Yesterday I attended a Speed Awareness Course. I wasn't sure what to expect but was mainly relieved not to get...

#Michaela School #no excuses #responsibility

'No excuses' is no excuse

May 13, 2015 | Category: behaviour

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. Rudyard Kipling I was a bit taken aback at the vigour and vitriol with which some people condemned Michaela School's approach to b...

#behaviour #Michaela School #Looked After Children

Collective punishment

Mar 02, 2015 | Category: behaviour

Collective punishment is the punishment of a group for the actions of an individual. The logic is that if one terrorist (or freedom fighter) launches some kind of attack on an oppressor, then reprisal...

#collective punishment. #Geneva Convention

Is praise counter productive?

Sep 22, 2013 | Category: behaviour

I had an interesting discussion with Tim Taylor this morning. He said, "At best, praising effort has a neutral or no effect when students are successful, but is likely to be negative when students ar...

#Carol Dweck #John Hattie #praise #Alfie Kohn

A model lesson? Part 2: Marathon vs sprint

Sep 14, 2013 | Category: behaviour

Last week I questioned the concept of outstanding lessons full of gimmicks that look great but ultimately may not result in much actual progress being made. Instead, I argued, embedding classroom rout...

#marking #routines #planning #Vivo miles

Effective group work

Jan 12, 2013 | Category: behaviour

[caption id="attachment_4388" align="alignleft" width="275"] Just another example of effective groupwork[/caption]OK. I have 3 points to make: Group work does not make us more creative and it does...

#Dylan Wiliam #groupwork #The Ringelmann Effect