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Curriculum + Pedagogy. And Sandcastles.
From time to time you come across somebody saying Curriculum trumps Pedagogy – or is it the other way around? I’ve heard both. Usually the speaker is pretty confident in their assertion. I’ve heard people more or less protest that teaching isn’t ‘just about Rosenshine’ and, of course that can’t possibly be true. ‘Rosenshine’ is … Continue reading
Our common lesson format.
This is our attempt to capture the universal expectations and routines. It emerged from a staff CPD session last year and was agreed by all departments. It’s sufficiently flexible for everyone whilst providing a consistent framework across the school. If you can’t read the image, the text is below. (To respond to some of the … Continue reading
Great Teaching: Informed wisdom in the heat of every day practice. #EducationFest 2016
Here are the slides from my talk at the Education Festival at Wellington. The thrust of my talk was sharing the process I’ve been on as a teacher and leader in my school, helping teachers (and myself) to develop the most appropriate knowledge and strategies – the informed wisdom – needed to make … Continue reading
HGS CPD: Festival of Learning 2016:
On Friday we held our second annual Festival of Learning following the success of the event we held last year. Once again we were delighted to run this collaboratively with our colleagues from Samuel Rhodes School, our co-located special school partners . Here’s a flavour of the ideas that were shared. Teachmeet: A series of … Continue reading
Debating Michaela. My take-aways.
I had a great time at City Hall taking part in the Michaela debates. If the purpose of an event like this is to make people think and reflect, I can safely say it was a success from my point of view. Without reviewing the content of each debate, here are my take … Continue reading
Pedagogy Postcard #20: The abstract-concrete connection
A series of short posts about specific elements of teaching practice that I think are effective and make life interesting. Some are based on my own lessons and others are borrowed from lessons I’ve observed. There’s a tipping point in many subject areas when the learning moves beyond the territory of tangible ideas, objects and … Continue reading
Pedagogy Postcard #19: Pitching It Up
A series of short posts about specific elements of teaching practice that I think are effective and make life interesting. Some are based on my own lessons and others are borrowed from lessons I’ve observed. I’ve written elsewhere about the Anatomy of High Expectations and the idea of acceleration through depth not speed. Teaching to … Continue reading
Pedagogy Postcard #18: Problem Solving: Playing Detective
A series of short posts about specific elements of teaching practice that I think are effective and make life interesting. Some are based on my own lessons and others are borrowed from lessons I’ve observed. Exploring; Finding out It’s a common decision teachers have to make as to whether there is a value in setting … Continue reading
Pedagogy Postcard #17: Exemplar Essays
A series of short posts about specific elements of teaching practice that I think are effective and make life interesting. Some are based on my own lessons and others are borrowed from lessons I’ve observed. As a physics teacher I don’t have to deal with essays directly except for A level research coursework. But … Continue reading
Pedagogy Postcard #16: Learning the language of learning
A series of short posts about specific elements of teaching practice that I think are effective and make life interesting. Some are based on my own lessons and others are borrowed from lessons I’ve observed. This post is about the need to give students the basic vocabulary and linguistic tools to communicate about the concepts … Continue reading
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