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Have you read the #WrongBook?

Jun 17, 2015 | Category: Featured

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. – Oliver Cromwell My new book is finally out! In it I pose the question, what if everything you know about education is w...

#WrongBook

Should schools have to prepare for inspection?

Jun 16, 2015 | Category: Featured

Like everyone else who has witnessed Ofsted's attempts to clarify misconceptions and improve the inspection process over the last few years, I'm certain that those who led the organisation are genuine...

#Ofsted

Examining my gender bias

Jun 16, 2015 | Category: blogging

Here I am…. You get the parts of me you like and also the parts that make you uncomfortable. You have to understand that other people’s comfort is no longer my job. I am no longer a flight attendant....

#gender bias

20 psychological principles for teachers #13 Situated learning

Jun 21, 2015 | Category: psychology

My next three posts will look at social context, interpersonal relationships, and emotional well-being and examine the extent to which they are important to learning. This is #13 in my series on the T...

#communities of practice #situated learning

20 psychological principles for teachers #12 Goal setting

Jun 14, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the last of four posts exploring what motivates students in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teac...

#goal setting #SMART targets

Fancy attending an English & maths conference?

Jun 10, 2015 | Category: Featured

I'm speaking at Optimus Education's English & Maths 2015: Effective Teaching Strategies to Meet New Accountabilities on Thursday 22nd October. The mathematicians amongst needn't worry; I'll only be in...

20 psychological principles for teachers #11 Expectations

Jun 13, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the third of four posts exploring what motivates students in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Tea...

#high expectations #Hawthorne Effect #halo effect #placebo effect #Pygmalion effect

researchED English & Literacy Conference

Jul 01, 2015 | Category: English

A few months ago I asked Tom Bennett if he'd be up for rubberstamping some sort of rEDx project (like TEDx but with brains) devoted to exploring the intersection between education research and English...

#English #Tom Bennett #researchED #Ray Land

Seriously, what if you're wrong?

May 16, 2015 | Category: blogging

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered...

Is displaying students' work worth the effort?

May 16, 2015 | Category: myths

Of all the observations I made about Michaela School, one which proved particularly controversial was their decision not put display children's work. The rationale given for this was twofold. It takes...

#classroom display #Michaela School