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  • What is a Curriculum? Curriculum Series Number Three.

    What is meant by the word curriculum? The online OED definition is quite narrow: The subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college. Decide your course, list the subjects that are to be covered and off you go. The word comes from the Latin ‘curriculum’ which meant a running, course, career, from Read more

  • Curriculum Series Number Two: Curriculum Aims, ‘The Why’…

    The why of curriculum design is a hugely contested area, it is tied in to the ‘why’ of school itself and is driven by politics, values, ideology and what one feels is ‘right’. This is where there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ about the design of curriculum one chooses, however there are right and wrong Read more

  • Curriculum Series Number One: Curriculum Chaos

    A striking conclusion that we have drawn from the findings is that, despite the fact that the curriculum is what is taught, there is little debate or reflection about it… there is a lack of clarity around the language of the curriculum. It is certainly possible that this ambiguity and lack of shared understanding expose Read more

  • If Teachers Want Confident Pupils They Should Teach Them to Communicate Well

    The Sutton Trust report ‘Life Lessons, Improving essential life skills for young people’ (Oct 2017) makes interesting reading. There is much to discuss within its pages. One of the things that stood out for me is the need to teach written and spoken communication ‘skills’* including debate, argument, speech and the art of conversation. When asked Read more

  • Ofsted and the Curriculum

    I have been involved in curriculum designing for over twenty five years, teaching a subject that remains outside the national curriculum has meant I have had a free hand at putting together the intricacies of a curriculum throughout this time. Working as a curriculum consultant over the past five years I have sometimes been out Read more

  • Voice Protection and Projection for Teachers (and for Theresa)…

    I felt sorry for Theresa May. Coughing, spluttering, losing your voice whilst trying to retain a semblance of dignity during a speech must have been quite a trial. It is a trial many teachers have been through and will go through. A teacher’s voice is the most important tool in his or her armoury, lose Read more