Academy Chains… Growth and Mutation
Apparently the privatisation of English education, as represented by the growth of Multiple Academy Chains, has hit an additional problem. Apparently they were working on the basis that they could … Continue reading
Lesson Planning 101 | Ac-Ed
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? It may appear simple to say that there has to be a beginning, middle and end but is important that we do not miss any…
Reality Check: Who controls your data? | BBC News
New rules on personal data come into force in May. Here’s what you need to know. Read about the impacts of GDPR here on the BBC website: Reality Check: Who … Continue reading
Looking after Personal Data: GDPR
The activation of the GDPR legislation, designed to provided quality assurance of the data held on individual by organisations, has led to a rush of schools and colleges trying to … Continue reading
The Myth of the Grammar School…
The claimed benefits are shown to be down to social factors and cherry-picking, says Professor Stephen Gorard, of Durham’s School of Education: Grammar schools do not have better pupil attainment … Continue reading
An Overview of a 21st Century Curriculum
Andrew Churches published this overview a few years back on edorigami.wikispaces.com and it stands today as a model for 21st century learning. We first shared it on this blog back … Continue reading
Narrow vocabulary hits pupils grades | BBC News
Research suggests four out of 10 pupils in their first year of secondary have limited vocabulary. Monosyllabic adolescents may be nothing new, but the latest research suggests a big chunk … Continue reading
WHY? | Ac-Ed
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Why dedicate yourself to introducing and promoting a way of thinking about, and going about, teaching and learning? I was asked this question and have been…
Sensory Support in Your Classroom
I was initially sceptical, much to my shame, about the difference that sensory support could have in the classroom. The turning point for me was when a colleague suggested I … Continue reading
Potential Signs of a Sensory Processing Disorder in Learners
This goes under the heading of looking for patterns in behaviours…
Sensory Integration Disorder – Signs & Symptoms – Melissa Idelson | YouTube
Sensory Processing Disorder – A Primer
A useful infographic, shared by Daniel Sobel, on the significant subject of sensory processing disorder. It comes from a presentation by Dr Danielle Eadens at Northern Arizona University. What manifests itself … Continue reading
Stuck in the past: the UK needs to produce creative thinkers not exam-passing machines | TheConversation.com
The world is changing fast and education is not equipping children with the kind of minds they are going to need. At the moment, we exist in an education culture … Continue reading
Learning to say “No” | Ac-Ed
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Teachers, on the whole, are a pretty compliant bunch. Ask them to do anything and they will often find a way to add it to their…
Behavioural Intentions and Functions
All behaviours are trying to reach a defined objective. Some behavioural strategies are effective and some less so – but they are all defined by their end. I’ve had this … Continue reading
BBC game challenges young people to spot “fake news” | BBC News
Young people can play the role of a newsroom journalist, making their own decisions on what is true or false in the new BBC iReporter interactive game. The new interactive BBC … Continue reading
Teachers And Those Magical OK Go Videos: A Match Made In Science? | NPR
If you’re a rock band, and thousands of teachers and students are using your hugely popular music videos in the classroom, why not help them out? Sure, OK Go is … Continue reading
Walter Smith and Barry Smith on Affective Learning
We tend to think at a number of levels. We can be rational and evaluative, but at key junctures of our live we act intuitively. For example, when in danger … Continue reading
Attention Please! Getting on Task
You may be surprised at what I am going to share with you today, but it has serious focus and purpose. It has been traditional to think of the teacher … Continue reading
How to Support Your Child’s Mental Health
A simple infographic outlining how you can support your child’s positive mental health. The message here is that there is no substitute for time and conversation… thank you Liam Powell … Continue reading
The Education System: Crusher of Childhood Genius!
What many of us have suspected about the standardised, managerial industrial model of education has been confirmed by a longitudinal NASA study on creativity in children. Effectively the demand for … Continue reading
No Shouting!
Shouting at children, as with the argument with corporal punishment, always makes my hackles rise. The only time I’ve shouted in my teaching career has been to get the attention … Continue reading
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