I delivered this talk at the Festival of Education 2017. From my notes and my memory, here is what I said. It is very long and borrows from previous blogs and tweets. I want to argue that education suffers in the U. because we focus too much on how to teach, often in the name of pedagogy, at the expense of any real emphasis on what to teach.

Thinking out aloud, reflecting and sharing thoughts about my teaching. Can I Be Better? Wednesday, 22 April 2015. Can I be that little bit better at. understanding that how they say it, is as important as what they say? I wrote a couple of posts last year about the complexities of good questioning. And what might actually make this fundamental component of a teachers repertoire effective. For instance, if the same answer was given verbally.

A guide to this blog. I write about teaching, research, curriculum and assessment, teacher training, leadership and the education system. Knowledge, memory and practice. Three applications of cognitive science. Visible learning and cognitive science.

For 200 metres he strides ahead, his pale legs pumping like pistons; to the other runners, he is a dot, hitting the second bend as they finish the first. And then, suddenly, mid-stride, he stops. He bends, gripping his right side, wincing. I was that kid on sports day. And, to be honest, I still am. Instead, I propose that we keep our personal imp.

There will never be a just social order until philosophers are kings, or kings become philosophers. A New Model of Teacher Development. We start with a teacher, who will have a certain mindset. That mindset could be any nu.

Assessment Without Levels Is Built on Trusting Teachers. A Titanic Struggle for Teacher Supply.

A blog about evidence-informed teaching and learning. How do we develop teaching? A journey from summative to formative feedback. Research tools for teacher inquiry. Ethical issues in teacher-led research.

That teachers would like to be removed from the curriculum. But since I wrote it I thought I might as well share it here. Ultimately, if we want to know what should be cut from primary, we should probably ope.

No one questions what they want to believe. Is a very large and enormously influential study commissioned by the DfE to find out what types of preschool provision and early experiences are most effective. It followed 3000 children from the age of 3 to 16 years and reaches some very significant conclusions which I would question.

After all, how could I justify taking two days off school to attend a jolly at Wellington College? For the record, Wellington College is Hogwarts without the wizards. Luckily, my head decided I was allowed two days out for good behaviour and as a present for the publication of our first book. My highlights of the festival.