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Fireworks teaching: why less might well be more

Jul 15, 2013 | Category: Featured
Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can’t I use my wit as a pitchfork And drive the brute off?Philip Larkin – Toads Many people (and many students) seem to expend considerable energy in a...
#Jim Smith #Harry Webb #Philip Larkin #the effort hypothesis #Thomas Starkey

Building challenge: differentiation that's quick and works

Jan 19, 2013 | Category: English
UPDATE: These two posts represent my latest think on differentiation: Is differentiation a zero-sum game? April 2015Why do we overestimate the importance of differences? November 2014Since having a go...
#Zoe Elder #Darren Mead #differentiation #Jim Smith #Lesson planning #6 degrees of separation #Before before after after #comparison alley #Lisa Jane Ashes

Building resilience: Sir, I'm stuck

May 05, 2012 | Category: learning
Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. I have this quote from Samuel Becket's play Worstwood Ho! up in my classroom and regularly refer to it. It's there as much for...
#Darren Mead #Billy Ocean #Jim Smith #lists. resilience #stuck

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