I’m a fan of a good sonnet, as was Seamus Heaney, who differentiated between poetic form and shape: ‘There is a mistaken equivalence being made nowadays in this kind of talk about a return to form. A lot of people…
This much I know about…The Letters of Seamus Heaney
‘I’m writing immediately in case I don’t write at all – the usual thing is that I delude myself into thinking a moment will come when I can write the “real” letter.’ ‘Even at 63, I’ve not learned that what’s…
This much I know about…inclusive, engaging teaching
Earlier this year I catalogued the many insights gleaned from educational experts which have been most influential in my curriculum thinking, in a post entitled, This much I know about… the principles of curriculum planning in action. In a series of…
This much I know about…how a learning model can help you plan and teach adaptively
Earlier this year I catalogued the many insights gleaned from educational experts which have been most influential in my curriculum thinking, in a post entitled, This much I know about… the principles of curriculum planning in action. In a series of…
This much I know about…Dylan Wiliam’s concept of the NEED/NEAT to know
Earlier this year I catalogued the many insights gleaned from educational experts which have been most influential in my curriculum thinking, in a post entitled, This much I know about… the principles of curriculum planning in action. In a series of…
This much I know about…why it is the “enacted” curriculum that matters most.
Earlier this year I catalogued the many insights gleaned from educational experts which have been most influential in my curriculum thinking, in a post entitled, This much I know about… the principles of curriculum planning in action. In a series…
This much I know about…what happens when the three pillars of the curriculum are out of kilter
Earlier this year I catalogued the many insights gleaned from educational experts which have been most influential in my curriculum thinking, in a post entitled, This much I know about… the principles of curriculum planning in action. In a series…
This much I know about… “opportunity cost” and how we teach to maximise pupils’ learning
Earlier this year I catalogued the many insights gleaned from educational experts which have been most influential in my curriculum thinking, in a post entitled, This much I know about… the principles of curriculum planning in action. In a series…
This much I know about… some illuminating insights into how to teach so pupils learn
In my career, I have had just two original ideas. One is the concept of Janus-faced sentences which are incredibly useful when answering, amongst other things, the writing question on the AQA English Language GCSE Paper 2. The other is…
This much I know about…destitution in our beloved country
Yesterday, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report entitled, “Destitution in the UK 2023”. I, on the other hand, spent most of the afternoon trying to find a parcel return centre. Dodgy QR codes and broken scanners meant walking six…