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When independent learning meets high stakes success
Mar 10, 2012 |
Category: assessment
I've been thinking: our Year 11 students have just had their results back for the January sitting of the English Language GCSE exam. Currently English is a modular course, and this accounts for 40% of...
What's deep learning & how do you do it?
Nov 09, 2011 |
Category: learning
So, deep learning. What's all that about then?
I've just been dipping into Evidence Based Teaching by Geoff Petty and then cross referencing his advice with Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel W...
What is it exactly that we are supposed to be preparing pupils for?
Dec 01, 2011 |
Category: Featured
As with anything, the answer to the above question depends entirely on who you ask. And, also depending on who you ask the answer may well be anything from strident soundbites to mumbled confusion.I'v...
But is it art? The art of teaching
Nov 05, 2011 |
Category: leadership
[caption id="attachment_640" align="alignright" width="147"] No. 5 - Jackson Pollock[/caption]I'm a big fan of art. I wouldn't claim to know a lot about it, but it speaks to me. Whether it's standing,...
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