The What and How of Flipped Learning
An interesting blog post from WIZIQ on the ideas behind the concept of Flipped Learning… Teachers crave to see all their students participating enthusiastically in the class. Instructors adopting flipped … Continue reading
Data Management and Purposes
The fact that we can accumulate data, does not give it some spurious meaning or validation. The management of data in schools should be about yielding insights into how to … Continue reading
Teenagers ‘let down over degree choices’ | BBC News
Teenagers in England are having to make choices about university on the basis of too little information, a report by the Public Accounts Committee warns. The PAC report says this … Continue reading
Women Who Watched ‘The X-Files’ Pursued More Careers in STEM | www.fastcompany.com
The phenomenon has been known as “The Scully Effect”–named after Gillian Anderson’s character Dana Scully – and the Geena Davis Institute proved it’s real. Women who watched The X-Files regularly … Continue reading
Streaming at five set me up to fail, says deputy head | BBC News
Sean Macnamara was put on “the oblong table” for low-ability pupils when he was still in reception. No-one told Sean and his friend Billy what being “an oblong” meant – … Continue reading
A Picture of Language: The Fading Art of Diagramming Sentences | NPR
Once a popular way to teach grammar, the practice of diagramming sentences has fallen out of favor. When you think about a sentence, you usually think about words — not … Continue reading
Hotter years ‘mean lower exam results’ | BBC News
Students taking exams in a summer heat wave might have always complained that they were hampered by the sweltering weather. But this study, from academics at Harvard, the University of … Continue reading
John Hattie & His Top 10 High Impact Teaching Strategies | Australian Society for Evidence Based Teaching
John Hattie’s review of research revealed some teachers have far more impact on students’ learning than others. Discover why here: John Hattie & His Top 10 High Impact Teaching Strategies … Continue reading
Crafting Feedback That Leads to Learning
I remember, when on teaching practise, hearing horror stories of student teachers having to submit a planning book and a set of marked books every week to a mentor for … Continue reading
Why I miss teaching | Ac-Ed
Originally posted on ace-d:
“It’s better than sliced bread” was my reply in September 1977 when my dad asked me about my first teaching job. I was at the ‘chalk…
The Adolescent Brain
A great video from Thomas Armstrong about the developmental processes going on in the adolescent brain…
Thought For The Day: Cherishing Libraries…
As Pirjo Suhonen says about libraries and literacy: “Finnish people have a lot to thank for libraries. There is no illiteracy in Finland and libraries play a big part in … Continue reading
Positive Mental Health
It seems we are often too busy to devote the time and commitment to fostering strong resilience in our children…
Metacognition in Context: How Learners Put Themselves in the Learning
Two students do not approach the same problem from the same direction. Their approach is determined by their metacognitive sense of identity as a learner. To be effective their learning … Continue reading
School pencil cases banned to stop ‘stigma’ | BBC News
A school has banned pencil cases in a bid to stop pupils from poor families being stigmatised. St Wilfrid’s Primary School in Blyth, Northumberland, said it had taken steps to … Continue reading
Dysgraphia: An Insight
Many years ago a friend and colleague, David Close, gave a stunning presentation on dysgraphia which centred on a group of students who many staff undervalued, and a large box … Continue reading
London ranked top city for students | BBC News
London has been ranked as the best city in the world for university students. The top 30 rankings for student cities, produced by the QS higher education data analysts, has … Continue reading
Can you really revise while chatting online? | BBC Education
Can you really revise for exams at the same time as conducting multiple simultaneous conversations on social media? It’s peak season for revision for exams in schools and universities, and … Continue reading
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
Originally posted on ace-d:
? 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…
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
Originally posted on ace-d:
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…
