Monthly Archives: February 2020

“From the teachers’ perspective, the education system is “noisy”: Teachers are surrounded by multiple and conflicting messages about what is most important to do. Furthermore, if they focus too much… Continued here: https://ift.tt/2Px8rDK

A few years ago I wrote a series of posts on the subject of improving the interview process in schools: Part 1: A brief review of the evidence Part 2: Intuition vs. statistical prediction (in which I… Continued here https://ift.tt/3aaahC8

Some months ago I was asked to be part of an advisory panel on a project to improve primary education in Uganda. To say I was surprised would be an understatement. What, I wondered, would I have to… Continued here … Continue reading →

Reading by the beach normally evokes glossy scenes of lying on the beach, amidst the heady scent of suncream and sea air, along with a good ol’ story. Well, this blog isn’t about such a sunny scene… Continued here: https://ift.tt/32rre8H

thinkingreadingwritings Why being sympathetic doesn’t cut it as a reading teacher The first rule of effective teaching of reading is: they don’t need our sympathy. Quite the reverse. An attitude of sympathy for ‘poor Johnny’ or ‘poor Jemima’ makes them … Continue reading →

Originally posted on teaching personally:
“People without an internalised symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media. They are easily manipulated by demagogues, pacified by entertainers and exploited by anyone who has something to sell.” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi…

Originally posted on fish64:
This is a summary of a talk given at BuffetEd on Feb 8th 2020. There is a lot of opposition to the government’s Ebacc measure in the UK education world. Basically, there seem to be 3…

“Curriculum development must rest on teacher development”  Lawrence Stenhouse, ‘An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development’ Paying attention to the careful, skilled development of your… Continued here: https://ift.tt/2VjufXb

thinkingreadingwritings We have been privileged to have the enormously talented Alison Rounce (@ali_rounce) working with us in the north-east of England. We asked her to write about her journey, and this is the result: Making a career change when you … Continue reading →

Scores vary a lot by ethnicity and entry date into the school system in England Continued here: https://ift.tt/2HjrNaY