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Should teachers do what children want?

May 19, 2017 | Category: behaviour
Every weekday morning, my daughters both moan about having to get up for school. They moan about their teachers and they moan about homework. Given free rein, they would spend all day every day watchi...

Dipsticks: It all depends on what you mean by 'engagement'

Apr 01, 2015 | Category: learning
Yesterday I wrote a post - Does Engagement Actually Matter? - detailing some very interesting findings on the links between intrinsic motivation, enjoyment and attainment. It turns out that the more m...

Does engagement actually matter?

Mar 31, 2015 | Category: learning
Suggesting that student engagement might actually be a bad thing tend to get certain people's dander up. There was a mild spat recently about Rob Coe reiterating that engagement was a 'poor proxy' for...