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Back to school
Sep 09, 2011 |
Category: leadership
What I really like about going back to school in September is that it's a new year with no mistakes. The students' books are graffiti free and and all the dates and titles have been neatly underlined....
Differentiation: to do or not to do?
Sep 07, 2011 |
Category: assessment
Of all the impossible tasks expected of poor, over-worked teachers, differentiation is the most troublesome. Why? Because on the one hand, if you did it properly every lesson you'd be reduced to a dri...
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...
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