Trivium 21c ltd.

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  • The Future is Wise

    I have a prediction: In the future there will be no experts. There will be teachers and there will be schools. The institution of the school and the passing on of knowledge and skills will be valued even more than they are today because the telling of stories, making connections in a world where so Read more

  • Education is its Own Reward: On Performance Related Pay

    A school not a million miles away from me has begun to reward children for completing their homework. The system works like this: if all the children do their homework and hand it in on time then they all get little packs of haribos, if they don’t the children who ‘let the class down’ get Read more

  • Life in a Post-Level World: Progress Descriptors for Creativity in Four Days

    It should be idyllic. Teachers and children conversing together, children learning stuff because it’s interesting or necessary or both. Assessment a continuous part of the process of understanding: “Have you got it yet?” “Yes, I have.” “Really?!” “Yes.” “Well, have you considered this… ?” “Oh, does that mean that blah blah might not be right?” etcetera… Read more

  • Have we got the character to educate for character?

    Watch out, the bureaucrats might get hold of character education, the world of data, clip boards and stern faces might be looking at children to judge how much grit, character and sheer damn resilience they have. It’s the resilience of teachers that astounds me, as soon as September has nearly left us the autumnal guffaws Read more

  • Measuring Progress With The Trivium

    The trivium is an excellent way to ensure progress in learning. We can see progress through the trivium in three stages: new knowledge followed by critique, ending in communication. In teaching terms this means firstly ensuring a body of knowledge is taught to students and that they understand the knowledge. Secondly the students build on that knowledge through Read more

  • The Researcher and the Teacher: the slides

    The Slides should be available here if I know how to do this sort of thing… The Teacher and the Researcher     The reading behind this half thought through presentation came from the following books: John Gray: Straw Dogs Terry Eagleton: Culture and the Death of God The article Slightly Overweight People Live Longer Read more