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  • Keep it Simple

    If you want to look for advice as to what some of the best practices in teaching and learning are you needn’t look far beyond the 16 Century. In fact much of what… Read more

  • The Great Leap Forward

    I think it is vital to discuss the purpose and quality of education, so you might think that I welcome the Commons Education Select Committee’s Inquiry as to what it… Read more

  • A Classroom Should not be a Safe Space

    Should a classroom be a safe space? Let’s unpick that a bit, should it be a space in which mortal danger can occur? Should it be a space from which a… Read more

  • The Leaders, The Hydra and Managerialism

    “Princes should devolve on others those matters that entail responsibility, and reserve to themselves those that relate to grace and favour.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince It is useful to… Read more

  • Gimmicks: A Thousand Techniques Bloom

    Hey Jimmy, gimme the gimmix Another day – another fad: John Cooper Clarke How many gimmicks can one teacher get through? The short termism of ‘fill the lesson with gimmicks’ approach… Read more

  • When Things Go Mad: The Destructive Power of Ideas

    Over a hundred years ago, the German poet Heine warned the French not to underestimate the power of ideas: philosophical concepts nurtured in the stillness of a professor’s study could… Read more

  • Keep Taking the Happy Pills

    Dr. Happy is in School massaging the Headteacher’s ego. The new happiness initiative has resulted in all staff being 13.33% happier than they were before Dr. Happy had come to… Read more

  • Creativity, Education and Punk

    The greatest punk manifesto: This image was from the fanzine ‘Sideburns’, though in common memory it is usually remembered as being associated with Sniffin’ Glue but it wasn’t that fanzine… Read more

  • The Fear of God

    The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 An interesting piece in the TES Why teachers should embrace the idea… Read more

  • The Importance of a Joined Up Curriculum

    I often use the following example to illustrate the need for curriculum coherence: a primary school that had no handwriting policy. In this school children went from their Polish reception teacher who introduced them… Read more

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