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A new twist on Slow Writing

May 22, 2014 | Category: Featured

Since first writing about Slow Writing back in May 2012 the original post has had almost 12,000 views and I've received regular emails and tweets from teachers who have been inspired to use and adapt...

Ofsted inspectors continue to do whatever they like

May 21, 2014 | Category: Featured

A few days a go after reading and retweeting this blog post from @cazzypot on the ongoing vagaries and inconsistencies of Ofsted, A head of MFL at a school in Hounslow got in touch to let me know how...

#Ofsted #lesson observation #Mike Cladingbowl

This is what I want

May 20, 2014 | Category: Featured

In the past few days I've told you what I think and a little bit about who I am. This post outlines the role I'd ideally like.Choosing to leave the classroom has had some surprising consequences.It wa...

#Martin Robinson

This is who I am

May 18, 2014 | Category: Featured

This post was written at the behest of Rory Gallagher (@EddieKayshun) who assured me that some people might find it interesting to know a little more about my background. He has persuaded all sorts of...

Some pictures and reviews of #litbook

May 17, 2014 | Category: Featured

Many thanks to all the people who have kindly been in touch to tell me their long-awaited copies of The Secret of Literacy have arrived; I hope you find it useful and enjoyable. If you do like it, ple...

#ukedchat #Mark Anderson #The Secret of Literacy

Some nice things people have said about my new book

May 01, 2014 | Category: Featured

After months of frustrating delay (don't ask!), The Secret of Literacy has finally been printed! It will, I'm assured, be available for 15th May. I hope it's worth the wait. To whet your appetite, her...

On compromise

Apr 30, 2014 | Category: Featured

The right of thinking freely and acting independently, of using our minds without excessive awe of authority, and shaping our lives without unquestioning obedience to custom, is now a finally accepted...

#compromise #Gandhi #John Morley #Margaret Thatcher #WB Yeats

Progressively Worse: a summary and a review

Apr 28, 2014 | Category: Featured

I’ve just finished reading Robert Peal’s blistering polemical attack on progressive education in England, Progressively Worse, the burden of bad ideas in British schools, and, while it clearly has an...

Getting feedback right

Apr 10, 2014 | Category: Featured

For the sake of convenience I've collated and condensed my recent series of posts on getting feedback right, and they are now available as a single download. It's not intended to be a complete or exha...

#feedback

On dichotomies

Mar 27, 2014 | Category: Featured

I seem to regularly find myself embroiled in various polarised debates, and invariably, at some point in the discussion, someone butts into to dismiss the entire exchange as a 'false dichotomy'. (And...

#Martin Robinson #progressive #traditionalist