60-Second Strategy: 7-Minute Writes | YouTube
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The Anxiety Blob – Destroyer of Confidence and Effectiveness
We’ve all been there… time is against us and we have too much to do and too little time to do it. We need to focus, address and tick off … Continue reading
Depression and Anxiety – Why We Need a More Positive Environment
I consider myself blessed to have grown up in the 1960s when there was an underlying and fundamental belief that the world could be changed for the better. Between purposeful … Continue reading
SLANT Listening
The problem with listening is that too many people listen, simply with the intention of finding the gap with which to interject their own opinions. Deep listening, when you are … Continue reading
Roald Dahl Day Lesson – The Power of Words | BBC Teach
Join BBC Teach in celebrating Roald Dahl Day on Friday, 13th September 2019, with a very special interactive lesson and digital event aimed at primary school pupils aged 7 to … Continue reading
England leads the world in one shameful educational statistic… cyber-bullying!
Head teachers in England are more likely to face problems with pupils bullying online and misusing social media than in any other developed country, an international study says. Teachers also … Continue reading
Random First Line Generator
Free creative writing exercises and prompts, from WritingExercises.co.uk The aim of these writing prompts is to spark off a short story. When you click the button, a random first line … Continue reading
Dyslexia: A Positive Insight
It is so refreshing to see a positive take on issues related to dyslexia. For all the difficulties in handling social situations, and managing number and literacy, there are insights … Continue reading
A Decade for Education to Change or Wither!
I’ve just completed the first draft of my book Re-examining Success. I started on the premise that Excellence is a very dangerous thing on which to base the functioning of … Continue reading
The Learning Pyramid – Teach What You Learn
In this example of the cone of learning and retention, the flat figure has been transposed into a pyramid and the suggestion is that the volume of each layer graphically … Continue reading
Differences Between Leadership and Management in Schools
I speak often about the quality of leadership in schools. Often I’m highlighting an imbalance between the leadership and the management roles of the headteacher. There has been a shift … Continue reading
The Make-Up of Neuro-Diverse Conditions: Symptoms, Signs and Overlaps
I find this helpful infographic by Mary Colley really helpful in understanding the landscape of neuro-diverse conditions and how they overlap. Discussion of these conditions and their impact on the … Continue reading
Closing the Achievement Net: Talk notes and slides | Ac-Ed
Originally posted on ace-d:
Downloadable file After my talk at the 2019 Festival of Education I have prepared a downloadable file covering the key aspects of the session. Like all…
Autism awareness: ‘Better teacher training needed’ | BBC News
The mum of an autistic 11-year-old has called for better teacher training, saying her son was regularly singled out for displaying symptoms in class. Robbie, from Plymouth in Devon, has made … Continue reading
A word of commendation for Plasq and Comic Life!
We’ve all been in those online conversations with customer relationship departments which seem to be endless, tedious, circuitous and fail to resolve a problem. It would be perhaps asking too … Continue reading
DfE Teacher Recruitment and Retention Policy… Some Wishful Thinking
This is how the DfE in England hopes to solve the recruitment and retention crisis in English schools … is it too little, is it too late, does it even … Continue reading
LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks
Public domain audiobooks. LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, iPods or other mobile device, or to burn onto a CD. View the full library … Continue reading
Workload Reduction Made Simple
In a nutshell this is all you need to know about workload reduction. An interesting conversation I’ve had with many teachers has been with regards to when they end projects … Continue reading
Communication and Learning Effectiveness – Insights and Words of Caution
I am indebted to Daniel Sobel for recounting this most valuable piece of research from Edgar Dale which has been in circulation since the late 1960s and yet which does … Continue reading
Teaching Resources | TES
TES provides a range of primary and secondary school teaching resources including lesson plans, worksheets and student activities for all curriculum subjects. Source: Teaching Resources | TES
Blended Learning: Some Considerations
How do we take advantage of educational technology in learning? This infographic gives some consideration to the parameters that need to be addressed. In many classrooms, the rather unsubtle reality … Continue reading
Re-setting learning, some thoughts on redesigning a curriculum for all learners in the 21st century…
I am currently writing a book on remodelling education and I’m putting together a chapter on how you would re-build learning from a blank page. Current educational models tend to … Continue reading
The Dimensions of School Leadership
Thank To Andrew Howard for sharing this infographic regarding the dimensions of leadership required from a modern school leader. It rings true with my experience. In my new book Future … Continue reading
7 Traits of Effective Teachers
Thank you to Ross Morrison McGill for sharing this… Demming reconstituted, and why not, teachers are managers of learning, of inspiration and themselves!
Re-Examining Success
Artwork for the second of my books for Critical Publishing now complete… now just have to complete the writing!
The Limitations of Standardised Tests
This is why our examination systems are so flawed. They only present a one dimensional view of the student with only memory recall and the ability to sit examinations tested. … Continue reading
