Archive
Developing expertise #2 - Seek feedback
Jun 30, 2016 |
Category: training
In my previous post I suggested the first step for teachers to develop expertise was to find ways to change the environment so that the feedback we get is unbiased. In this post we will consider why m...
Developing intuition: when can you trust your gut?
Jun 26, 2016 |
Category: training
At the talk I gave on intuition at Wellington College's Education Festival on Thursday, I ended up not using the slides I'd prepared and wandering a bit off topic. Here follows what I'd planned to say...
We don't know what we don't know: the uses of humility
Nov 05, 2015 |
Category: leadership
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
George Arliss
In my last post I challenged the widely-held belief that teachers' judgements are g...
Five techniques for overcoming overconfidence and improving decision-making
Nov 03, 2015 |
Category: leadership
One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
Bertrand Russell
Every s...
Categories
Tags
Ofsted (62)
Dylan Wiliam (56)
John Hattie (31)
Robert Bjork (29)
marking (27)
feedback (23)
Daniel Willingham (22)
Robert Coe (20)
Carol Dweck (18)
knowledge (17)
lesson observation (16)
Daisy Christodoulou (16)
AfL (16)
Growth mindset (15)
Phil Beadle (13)
Making Kids Cleverer (13)
Graham Nuthall (13)
Sir Michael Wilshaw (13)
SOLO taxonomy (13)
Reading (13)