Category: Conceptual Teaching
Limitations in Education
For a fair while I have not typed a message on blog. I barely read blogs myself, consuming mostly...
Read MoreThe Credibility of Teachers: Why Classroom Experience Matters in a World of Life-Coaches
Not all teachers stay in classroom; moving into leadership and or consultancy is a path for many. Fewer teachers consult and still teach, like me. The demands of marking, planning and managing the inner-lives of growing people...
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Perception, Dunning-Krueger and Education
I think this is a really interesting metaphor to make teachers think about the idea of...
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Guiding a literary commentary with a thematic or conceptual focus
My classroom has a strong presentation element with students seeing and responding to the...
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An Entire Literature Curriculum: A Book
If only I had a resource of a whole curriculum I can just pick up! Often I hear that...
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‘We do it already’ – Teaching Metaphor
Teaching metaphor is fundamental to understanding your language, your perception and our culture....
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Let the students struggle: Mindful of the Concepts we Choose
Can we be mindful about where we let the students struggle? It is mindless to let the students...
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Purpose of Denotation
In a world increasingly suspicious of authority, relativity in meaning is king. We feel what...
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Originality For Students
With the need to seek new interpretations of art and life, and the increasing (and righteous?)...
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World Education Summit, What Makes a Good Workshop?
I enjoyed various workshops in the world education summit, making some useful connections and...
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Engaging with Models of Teaching
A frustration in my profession is the inability, or at least unwillingness, of us to be reflective...
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The Human Reasons Behind a Piece of Work
Students produce pieces for school reasons: write this essay to prove you understand this text....
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