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The Cult of Outstanding™: the problem with 'outstanding' lessons

Jan 16, 2014 | Category: learning

First of all I need to come clean. Up until pretty recently I was a fully paid up member of the Cult of Outstanding™. Last January I considered myself to be a teacher at the height of my powers. In th...

#Ofsted #lesson observations #Cristina Milos #outstanding lessons #Robert Bjork

A tale of two lessons: further thoughts on the Cult of Outstanding

Jan 20, 2014 | Category: learning

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, i...

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Where lesson observations go wrong

Jul 12, 2013 | Category: Featured

UPDATE: Since writing this post in July 2013 a lot has happened. Ofsted has stopped grading individual lessons and many schools have recognised the futility and harm caused by lesson grading. Here is...

#lesson observations #Sir Michael Wilshaw #outstanding lessons #progress

Anatomy of an outstanding lesson

Jan 22, 2013 | Category: English

I'd want to make clear at the outset of this post that I no longer believe there is such a thing as an 'outstanding' lesson and would like to refer you to this post. Outstanding lessons are all alike;...

#Of Mice and Men #outstanding lessons #Joan Jett #The Perfect Ofsted English Lesson

Why we should strive for perfection

Jun 26, 2012 | Category: learning

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#Samuel Beckett #Growth mindset #outstanding lessons #Perfect English Ofsted Lesson