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PISA 2015: some tentative thoughts about successful teaching
Dec 06, 2016 |
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Despite all the eminently sensible caveats offered by Sam Freedman, PISA provides a fascinating lens through which to view the world of education. The most interesting of the PISA documents I've had a...
Context isn't king
Nov 21, 2016 |
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It's become quite fashionable recently to say that there's no best way to teach because what works depends on the context in which you teach. This is a considerable improvement on asserting that [inse...
Are teachers cursed with knowledge?
Sep 05, 2016 |
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The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it's like to lack that knowledge. Chip Heath, Made to Stick
How much do teachers need to know? In my last post I...
Why I like 'tick n flick'
Dec 16, 2015 |
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It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.
William of Ockham
Tick n flick - the practice of flicking through students' exercise books and ticking to indicate that they have been read (o...
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