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Teaching for independence: thinking, memory & mastery

Jul 02, 2014 | Category: learning

Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to thin...

#Daniel Wilingham #independent learning #Robert Coe #Daniel Kahneman #Kirschner #Sweller & Clark

Back to school Part 1: Routines

Aug 19, 2014 | Category: leadership

This series of #backtoschool blogs summarises much of my thinking as it’s developed over the past few years and is aimed at new or recently qualified teachers. Each area has been distilled to 5 ‘top t...

#behaviour #back to school

Can we trust the evidence of our own eyes?

Aug 08, 2014 | Category: Featured

Unwisely I got embroiled in an online discussion this morning on the merits of research versus the experience of seeing stuff work with our own eyes. The contention is that although research may have...

#Katherine Schultz #blind spots

A reblog: Teachers: show your working

Aug 02, 2014 | Category: literacy

I know it's pretty cheap to reblog a post which sings your praises (and to be fair, I don't do it much) but this evaluation of a session on The Secret of Literacy I gave at Teach First's Impact Confer...

#Teach First #Maslow

Slow Writing eBook - contributions wanted

Jul 31, 2014 | Category: Featured

Hey all!In a flush of Twitter inspired enthusiasm, @redgirob, @bryngoodman and I have come up with a crazy idea. What if we put together a crowd sourced, not for profit eBook detailing the various use...

#Slow Writing

Some thoughts on Edtech and the Sunk Cost Fallacy

Jul 29, 2014 | Category: Featured

Every man in the journey of life takes … advantage of the ignorance of his fellow travellers, disguises himself in counterfeited merit, and hears those praises with complacency which his conscience r...

My impatience with some Ofsted inspectors

Jul 24, 2014 | Category: Featured

We hope we are transparent and honest. I am very keen that the people we inspect have confidence in the quality of our inspections and the quality of our inspectors. I believe the quality of inspecti...

#Ofsted #Sir Michael Wilshaw #Mike Cladingbowl #Sean Harford

You can’t teach an old teacher new tricks…so sack them.

Jul 23, 2014 | Category: Featured

I rarely reblog posts on my site, but in this case I wanted to make an exception for two (make that three) reasons:1. This is @cazzbooth's inaugural post I'd like to do my 'umble best to help her buil...

#lesson observation

Do I lack the courage of my convictions?

Jul 20, 2014 | Category: Featured

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche An accusation that has been increasingly levelled at me is that, because I've publicly changed my mind about my views on...

#blogging

Playing the game: Ofsted vs. Civitas

Jul 17, 2014 | Category: Featured

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. John Ruskin On the face of it, this seems both self-evident and obvious: if Ofsted aren't judging quality of teaching in a...

#Ofsted #Civitas #Robert Peal