Curriculum Concerns
A curriculum is a predetermined programme of learning and has three components: a set of aims and objectives which articulate the intended student achievements (what they know, what they can do...
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What happens to assessment resources in teacher teams?
What happens when teachers work with assessment resources that are introduced to schools, accompanied by expectations of instructional change? This question was the focus of my article in the...
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Should we ‘teach’ interdisciplinarity at school?
Should we 'teach' interdisciplinarity at school? This blog post suggests that we should. If you think of real world problems in engineering, health, politics and so on, these require...
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Involving students in assessment conversations
For students to be actively engaged in their own learning journey, they need to know what they are learning, why they are learning it, how to learn it, how well they are learning it, and how to...
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Building on last year’s BERA paper, this year, we are sharing the key findings from the completed EMT project. With more to be found in the paper and the presentation, here we highlight a small...
Continue reading blog postCan classroom enquiry be sexy and be policy at the same time?
There was recently a DfE call for evidence on Teacher Development to inform a national standard. I am interested because I have pioneered UK Lesson Study - which I view as a powerful form of...
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Learning from the past: History qualifications in the 21st century
History is for human self-knowledge… the only clue to what man can do is what man has done. The value of history, then, is that it teachers us what man has done and thus what man is. (R.G...
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Gaining insight through student voice
As I spend my last days of summer vacation in my classroom preparing for the start of my 25th new school year, I find myself reflecting on past classes, curriculum changes and my beliefs about...
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What difference can be made to teacher practice in assessment for learning?
Most people want students to learn as well as possible, while being fiscally and time efficient. The majority of teachers do the best they can. Yet some students and teachers appear to achieve...
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