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Teaching to Enable Creativity
Picasso How many edu crimes are committed in the name of creativity or, for that matter in a negative reaction to the idea of creativity? For some it is a… Read more
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Teaching Volkswagen…
And it all started so well… (sings) The people’s car is in deepest shit… (To the tune of the Red Flag, for fun…) Give us a test and we will find… Read more
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The Pupil’s Progress.
“Whoso beset him round With dismal stories Do but themselves confound…” John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress For the pupil, progress relies on hope, a belief in a journey towards a point… Read more
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Presentstory
The increasingly known academic Bernie Bolt, so named because his mother, Jenny Bolt, conceived him during a rather vigorous edition of The Golden Shot, was preparing his Tedx talk. He… Read more
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Deus Ex MOOC Machina
The machine marks an essay, it is unerringly accurate… the pupil has passed with a grade of 87.342%. The essay pointed out how machines were an essential part of our… Read more
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Say No to Gifted and Talented and Embrace Enthusiasms
Antonin Artaud I was asked today what term I would use instead of gifted and talented, a phrase that I have always loathed, and I referred the questioner to my book… Read more
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Key Stage Three: What is the Point?
Boris Karloff Takes a tea break. Is Key Stage Three a tea break, a preparation for GCSE or an educational adventure? I was chatting to an English teacher the other day… Read more
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What If School Exam Results Weren’t Necessary For The Jobs Market?
The Times reports that Ernst and Young will “no longer consider an applicant’s qualifications, school or university when selecting trainees for interview.” In pursuit of a ‘level playing field’ the… Read more
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Performance Management is Nonsense: Stop Meaningless Appraisal in Schools
The Head of Accenture, Pierre Nanterme has said: “We are not sure that spending all that time in performance management has been yielding such a great outcome.” Many companies are… Read more
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Who Put the Ass in Assessment? Exams vs Education.
“You were present on the occasion of the destruction of these trinkets, and, indeed, are the more guilty of the two, in the eye of the law; for the law… Read more
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