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Why and how we should teach grammar | The Wing to Heaven
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The Wing to Heaven. Why and how we should teach grammar. February 5, 2012. The Wing to Heaven. Take a look at this piece of work. This is a level 3c piece of work, taken from an Ofsted report. You can see the rest of it on page 19 of this document. So, if we accept that correct sentence structure. Important, and we know that many of the pupils we educate start secondary school with writing like the above, how do we get them to write correct sentences? I went for a run. I run to the shops. But actually, I...
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What’s going to come up on the exams? | …to the real.
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8230;to the real. There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. Knowledge Frameworks What are they, and why are they important? Knowledge Frameworks What other foundational frameworks might there be? What’s going to come up on the exams? May 17, 2015. Is not really what this post is about. If you’d like to teach more than just what’s on a GCSE exam, then when asked “ What will a question on this look like on the exam? 8221; as posed by pupils. I was t...
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Knowledge Frameworks – What are they, and why are they important? | …to the real.
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8230;to the real. There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. 195 Countries – Why can’t we learn them holistically? What’s going to come up on the exams? Knowledge Frameworks What are they, and why are they important? May 16, 2015. I touched on this topic in a previous post. I’d like to explore it in more detail here. To understand what I mean when I talk about ‘storage strength’. And ‘ability to retrieve’. Route That phrase is the result of an inco...
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August | 2015 | …to the real.
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8230;to the real. There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. Monthly Archives: August 2015. Could this dramatically improve some parts of mathematics education? August 21, 2015. I love Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), in principle, I almost never use them. Intuitively them seem like a bad idea in contrast with Cued Response questions, and I cannot even begin to go into the theory behind MCQs here and now, … Continue reading →. A history of maths.
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Senior leaders and the school curriculum – Clio et cetera
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Senior leaders and the school curriculum. Posted on 20 April 2015. In Knowledge and curriculum. Being provided. In this post I want to set out a few questions that I would expect a senior leader to be asking of teachers in a school, and I would be interested in knowing how many senior leaders do actually ask questions about the curriculum in the detail I set out below. 1) What are you teaching at the moment? As a classroom teacher I was. Or ‘how is Cynthia getting on in your lessons? For what pupils know...
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Who had 21st Century Skills? A bingo review of chapter 2 of Steve Hilton’s new book. | A Muso's Musings
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A Muso's Musings. My thoughts on music, education and music education. Skip to primary content. Who had 21st Century Skills? A bingo review of chapter 2 of Steve Hilton’s new book. May 24, 2015. Right everyone, have your bingo cards at the ready. Eyes down for a full house:. Parents want children to achieve so they work hard and lots commit suicide. We aspire to that (apparently both go together). UK system like South Korea (boo! Teamwork, problem-solving, innovation, critical thinking. These are 21.
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What Rote Knowledge Isn’t – A short introduction to inflexible and flexible knowledge | …to the real.
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8230;to the real. There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. Trigonometry is like a car…. Why this post is wrong and dangerous – response to Mastery Overload →. What Rote Knowledge Isn’t A short introduction to inflexible and flexible knowledge. April 25, 2015. Almost inevitably, when talking about memory and memorisation, the notion of ‘ rote knowledge. Daniel Willingham put together an article. And separates them from rote knowledge. A menagerie ...
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A New Model of Teacher Development | …to the real.
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8230;to the real. There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. Want to be part of the MathsTwitterBlogosphere? How to help every child understand ratio →. A New Model of Teacher Development. August 6, 2015. Does it feel like teacher training is just… a bit all over the place? 1 – Mindset. We start with a teacher, who will have a certain mindset. That mindset could be any number of things, from “I want to change the world,” to “I wan...2 – Craft.
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June | 2015 | …to the real.
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8230;to the real. There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. Monthly Archives: June 2015. Want to be part of the MathsTwitterBlogosphere? June 21, 2015. At Mathsconf4 yesterday I went to a talk given by Craig Jeavons, in which he reminded me of many of the great resources American teachers are churning out. During the talk, Craig mentioned the MathTwitterBlogosphere – essentially a directory of … Continue reading →. June 6, 2015. 8230;to the real.
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A New Model of Teacher Development | …to the real.
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8230;to the real. There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. Want to be part of the MathsTwitterBlogosphere? How to help every child understand ratio →. A New Model of Teacher Development. August 6, 2015. Does it feel like teacher training is just… a bit all over the place? 1 – Mindset. We start with a teacher, who will have a certain mindset. That mindset could be any number of things, from “I want to change the world,” to “I wan...2 – Craft.