The boy who saved my life (in teaching)
Edssential article from @kevbartle: Eddie was his name. As incongruous in 1996 as it is now. And he was a fairly incongruous manboy: fully grown moustache to put my facial hair to shame; built like the...
View ArticleNo more forgetting what they learned yesterday- forgetting curve homeworks
Edssential article from : How many times have you heard teachers complain that students couldn’t remember what they learned yesterday, let alone last week or last month? Retention of learning is a big...
View ArticleThis much I know about…why putting your family first matters
Edssential article from @johntomsett : To publish this has been a tough call. After a week of talking it through with him, my son Joe agreed to me posting this article. The tipping point came when one...
View ArticleBehaviour is more than behaviour for learning
Edssential article from @HoratioSpeaks : And indeed, it takes from our achievements, though performed at height, the very pith and marrow of our attribute. – Hamlet Behaviour as an issue in schools...
View Article10 Reasons to Love Teaching
Edssential article from @headguruteacher : 1. Doing the things you love while you’re at work It has always struck me as remarkable and fortuitous that I am paid to do a job where I get to have so much...
View ArticleThis much I know about…why we should stop intervening and focus upon...
Edssential article from @johntomsett : This is my first ever request post. I loved reading a post by @DHTJohn on the corrosive nature of examination run-in interventions. I wish I had written it. When...
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Edssential article from @chrishildrew : I’ve sat on countless interview panels and seen some sparkling, knockout performances. I’ve also seen good applicants make a real hash of it – and rule...
View ArticlePerfect Practice Makes Perfect
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : Over the weekend, I came across this video of a 3 year old American lad called Titus, doing some pretty impressive stuff with a basketball hoop: Now, many...
View ArticleEdu-Quote: Ron Berger on the ‘Crisis in Education’ #2
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : If you don’t know about Ron Berger’s ‘Austin’s Butterfly’ you really should. I am writing a series of short posts that quote directly from educators who have...
View ArticleProspero’s knowledge: magic or curse?
Edssential article from @joeybagstock : The pursuit of knowledge I have been thinking a lot about The Tempest recently. Preparing two A2 classes for their imminent exams means I have been immersed in...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of the Working Group
Edssential article from @kennypieper : I’m not sure if you would ever call it pressure but, when you start a new school, or even when you begin a new term in August, there is an expectation that you...
View ArticleNo more forgetting what they learned yesterday- forgetting curve homeworks
Edssential article from @Maths_Master : How many times have you heard teachers complain that students couldn’t remember what they learned yesterday, let alone last week or last month? Retention of...
View ArticleThis much I know about…why putting your family first matters
Edssential article from @johntomsett : To publish this has been a tough call. After a week of talking it through with him, my son Joe agreed to me posting this article. The tipping point came when one...
View ArticleBehaviour is more than behaviour for learning
Edssential article from @HoratioSpeaks : And indeed, it takes from our achievements, though performed at height, the very pith and marrow of our attribute. – Hamlet Behaviour as an issue in schools...
View Article10 Reasons to Love Teaching
Edssential article from @headguruteacher : 1. Doing the things you love while you’re at work It has always struck me as remarkable and fortuitous that I am paid to do a job where I get to have so much...
View ArticleGetting Great
Edssential article from @shaun_allison: Teaching is a creative profession, and at DHS we want our teachers to be innovative and excited about what they do – not stifled by an overly prescriptive...
View ArticleContemporary educational ideas all my staff should know about
Edssential article from @headguruteacher: As I look ahead to starting my new job at Highbury Grove, I’m thinking about all the conversations we are going to have about learning. To a large degree I...
View ArticleGreat teacher talk
Edssential article from @turnfordblog : The ‘war’ on Teacher Talk Time was one of the more depressing developments in my teaching career. Obviously secondary students will rapidly get bored if they are...
View ArticleGCSE Outcomes and Transition Matrices: A data tool every teacher can use
Edssential article from @headguruteacher : As most people recognise, when evaluating the degree of success in a set of GCSE outcomes we need some sense of the baseline before we start making...
View ArticleTen tips for new teachers, three for new History teachers, and two targets...
Edssential article from @HFletcherWood : I received too much advice at my Teach First Summer Institute: much of it appeared contradictory, all of it was rooted in the giver’s context. For some years...
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