by thequillguy | Aug 15, 2019 | For Students
To start my new school I have read a dozen books on pedagogy. Here are some thoughts on the first. Deans for Impact attempts to use evidenced-based teaching into the classroom for pragmatic and profound impact. Evidenced-based teaching seems to be a no-brainer –...
by thequillguy | Jul 23, 2019 | For Students
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by thequillguy | Jul 23, 2019 | For Students
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by thequillguy | Jul 18, 2019 | For School, For Students
Teaching students how to read is not really the remit of the secondary classroom teacher. It is a tremendously difficult task that ideally requires several MA-level qualifications and one-to-one time with students. It is a SENCO-level role that is very rarely funded...
by thequillguy | Jul 4, 2019 | Cultural Capital and Education, For Students
Exciting students in history opens them to wider cultural trends. In Beijing I ran, with the able and smart Welshman Aidan Jones, a Time Commanders ECA using the Total War series. Click here to visit the Time Commanders Website for an Example of this ECA
by thequillguy | Jun 9, 2019 | For Living, For School, For Students
Teaching students for fifteen years has allowed me to recognise some of the deficiencies of my early education. One choice every teenager needs to make in school is whether to follow a vocational or academic route. It is an impossible choice. I would define the...
