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Some reflections of updating my time management – February 2013
Any job worthy of endeavour requires the worker to sovereign over their time. There aren’t many tasks in people-jobs that can simply be processed to completion. Time needs to be allocated, and life needs to roll on.
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IB Lang/Lit Gallery Curation – The Experience of the Combatant
This post shows an IB Lang/Literature Unit focusing on ‘The Experience of the Combatant for an IB Lang/Lit course I took in 2019.
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Seven Thoughts about Chapter Two of Erickson’s Concept-Based Learning
How do we address the need to continually teach ideas and skills in different subjects? Why does persuasive writing in English not seem to transfer to other subjects?
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40 Ideas about concept-based teaching – chapter 2
Generalisations have many names. They can also be called: an enduring understanding; a statement of inquiry; or a central idea.
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8 Questions for Reflection: Chapter 2 of Concept-Based Learning by Erickson
What is the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional curriculum?
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can concept-based learning help you teach and write better thesis statements?
The Teaching of Literature Should be Led by Ideas Literature is not a subject in itself. It has a...
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Why consider Concept-Based Curriculum? Five Necessary Thoughts
CBL aims to create intellectual character. This is a worthy mission. Not every teacher has the cultural literacy to do so immediately, but every teacher should have the tools to strive for intellectual character.
Read MoreBook reviews and Goodreads
It is impossible to read and not get smarter. It is literally the one thing that is in your power to improve your life. Here you will find my book reviews, sometimes intermittent! Guest Post – An English...
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Contact Get In Touch for workshops Follow FollowFollowFollowFollow Contact me for info info@thequillguy.com Name Email Address Message Submit Workshops What kind of workshops can you provide? Planning a literature curriculum,...
Read Moreteaching values
Many school leaders are great at managing courses. Teachers pick up PowerPoints, put marks into spreadsheets and kids get grades at the end. Leaders with critical values are rarer on the ground. Here I muse on values...
Read MoreMiscellaneous musings
I’ve kept this website (advertisement free!) for over a decade. In that time my network of people I could speak to about my teaching has increased. Still, I wrote a lot of stuff that was meaningful at the time. Here you...
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Contact get in touch for tuition Follow FollowFollowFollowFollow No spaces available currently info@thequillguy.com Name Email Address Message Submit itution What kind of tuition can you provide? I work a full-time job that has...
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