I’ve recently read Daniel Coyle’s ‘The Culture Code‘ and it really gets you thinking about ‘belonging’, which is the special sauce that a lot of schools are looking for. Here is my take on the book and how it can be potentially applied to schools. According to Coyle all successful groups develop three “skills” or …
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WHO’S WASHING LINE IS IT ANYWAY?
I think teachers are quite a cynical bunch. Whenever there is a discussion about a new teaching approach, there are many quizzical looks, some discussion and then most carry on regardless. This is why I’m always surprised to hear that our whole profession was supposedly taken over at some point by ‘edutainment’ and that we …
SAY ‘NO’ TO HOMEWORK – The homework debate.
A couple of years ago, my colleague and I were asked to have a debate about homework to ‘get the conversation started’. I chose to argue against homework and here is what I said. I post it now as there seems to be some discussion about the future of homework due to Ofsted cutting homework …
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Statement of Intent
Here is a link to Ofsted which discusses the busting of the ‘intent’ myth. https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2019/07/01/busting-the-intent-myth/
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