Monthly Archives: November 2016

Originally posted on MrHistoire.com:
A tiny class of eighteen with hugely varying ‘abilities’ and behaviours, this group has come a really long way over the last year. They’re the class who don’t speak, often staying silent bar two boys;…

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images In January of this year, Australia’s education minister, Simon Birmingham, wrote a breathless press release about committing $6 million to a new app that would encourage students to participate in…

Contrary to popular belief, marking and feedback are not the same thing. Clearly they’re connected – and, ideally most marking has the intention of giving feedback – but the process… Continued here http://ift.tt/2gJXyKX

Originally posted on Governing Matters:
I attended the launch of the book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers-The Michaela Way” on Saturday. People have very strong views about Michaela, about Katharine and her staff, about their teaching methods and how…

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images TIMSS is a series of international tests in maths and science that first took place in 1995 and that has been repeated every four years since then. The 2015 data…

A few days ago, I wrote about a brief online discussion I had with Dan Willingham on the importance of thinking hard. In the comments, Greg Ashman pointed out that thinking hard cannot be the only… Continued here http://ift.tt/2gBB9iN

Originally posted on drowningintheshallow:
Welcome to the October 2016 Edition of the PE Playbook. The PE Playbook is a review of blog posts over the past month that are specific to Physical Education or Youth Sport. Its about bringing these blog posts…

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images One of the worst myths we have in education is not learning styles or that we only use 10% of ours brains, it is the myth that feedback is the…

Originally posted on Trivium 21c:
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not…

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Behaviour: Homepride Education or melior est canis…: There seems to be a lot about behaviour at the moment and I thought I’d add my oar, and boat, to the ocean of arguments. … Continue reading →