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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. I have been a teacher for 29 years, a Headteacher for 14 years and, at the age of 53, this much I know about being an agnostic. When it comes to religion, I am an agnostic,. So it was odd to find myself delivering an assembly recently which ended with a prayer. As I get older it becomes harder to sleep and so.

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.

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

7 kids in 7 days. Does DIRT work in maths? I adore the idea of DIRT. This is my standard procedure. I set and mark an exercise with a selection of problem types from the last 4 lessons. how am I expecting them to successfully answer the questions? For my lower set.

Growth Mindset Misconceptions and Missteps. I have been working on developing a growth mindset culture. In my school since October 2013, when I heard John Tomsett. This is a common misconception. Dweck herself refers to it in this video. Which highlight those people w.

In the Phaedrus, Plato has Socrates say that. True philosophy cannot be done through the written word. For Socrates, true philosophy can only be done through a living, breathing, conversation.

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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.