Monthly Archives: June 2013

Originally posted on moultonhei:
Our first polytunel and beds Birkenhead is not known for it’s sheep…. The judge at the Cheshire show strides purposefully towards the young shepherds nervously holding their motley ovine charges. He is clearly landed gentry, tweedy-moleskined,…

Originally posted on Creative Teacher Support:
I’m wondering if I’m alone at the moment. It’s not an existential question. I’m just considering a flurry of recent, very well written, researched and considered blog posts around both sides of a debate…

Originally posted on Laura McInerney:
As someone who was initially sceptical of the idea, let me reassure you: there is nothing inherently evil about ED Hirsch’s “Core Knowledge”. Go look at if for yourself. All it consists of is a…

Originally posted on moultonhei:
I have been teaching Science for 13 years, and in pretty much all that time I have kept animals of one form or another in school. As a Biologist you may think this is pretty commonplace…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
A few years ago, Richard Elmore asked me to write a piece about how my ideas have changed over the years. Daily experience in schools as a teacher, administrator, and…

Originally posted on …to the real.:
Memorisation is an active process.  Remembering is passive.  At least this is my inexpert claim; I would like to hear other people’s thoughts, based on what they’ve read. Ah distinctly I remember, it was…

Originally posted on The Grinch Manifesto:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcnerd/ Teachmeet and Twitter – I have heard some sensational claims made about the power of both. From ridiculous tweets begging teachers to show the power of Twitter by “retweeting” something, to many “TeachMeet…

Originally posted on kevenbartle's Blog:
If you’re only as good as your last post on a subject then I am completely off my rocker to even try and attempt a second “Myth of…” post. The first one, on “The…

Originally posted on cherrylkd:
This blog forms part of June’s #blogsync. #Blogsync is a wonderful showcase for sharing great examples of teaching practise. This month’s calls for our best classroom explanation. I can’t offer you my best one as it…