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Icebergs, taking risks & being outstanding

Feb 11, 2013 | Category: Featured
How do we recognise a great teacher, a great lesson or great teaching and learning? How do we know what we're seeing is outstanding?The sad truth is that often observers don't (or can't) see the wood...

Live Lesson Obs: Making lesson observations formative

Feb 03, 2013 | Category: Featured
You can push and prod people into something better than mediocrity, but you have to encourage excellence.David Lammy We've all experienced the dread and agony of formal lesson observations, haven't we...

What's the point of homework?

Sep 04, 2011 | Category: Featured
Father: What's all those books then?Son: That's my homework dad.Father: You know what son, if they can't teach you all the stuff you need to know during the day, they can't be very good at their jobs...

Is the starter finished?

Sep 03, 2011 | Category: Featured
For as long as I've been teaching (12 years) the received wisdom on the 'right' way to teach is to deliver a three, then four (or even five) part lesson: starter, guided bit where teacher is allowed t...