A blog for the Cambridge Faculty of Education Library.

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.

Views of Jane Werry, not of any organisation. I have blogged about these before, here. Many teachers have shown real interest in this way of assessing at KS3, and I know there are a good many people who have adapted the idea for their own schools. In the year 2014-15 we enjoyed using our radars very much. I have also been using QuickKey to do .

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.

Reading comprehension strategies to help it stick. Great visual poster to remind students and teachers of reading strategies to support deeper understanding and comprehension.

My thoughts on music, education and music education. Right everyone, have your bingo cards at the ready. Parents want children to achieve so they work hard and lots commit suicide.

Where ideas, practice and debate come together. Are Art and Music so different? August 3, 2015. As a school subject, art is a tricky one. Are Art and Music so different? .

Still Crazy After All These Years? August 3, 2015. The first area is to do with structures and accountability. Members should include just national music education bodies.

In which I pontificate on matters educational. In which I think about astronomy and assessment. By tracking them, and calculating their next appearance. This is all fine, and is a good use of tracking. But what difference will it make to the Perseid meteor thingys themselves knowing when they can be seen next? Well, er, none whatsoever! The purpose of tracking is to prove that the expensive system the school has purchased is right. That there is a mistake.