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.

An inspirational scheme of work. Asymp; Leave a comment. Teachers can be constrained by SOW and as a result the quality of lessons.

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.

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

An English teacher trying to get better. Looking to discuss and share teaching and learning ideas. What do we want from the KS3 Curriculum? Around two and a half years ago, Head teacher Tom Sherrington posted this tweet.

Once a history teacher, now learning about education. I teach; I write about trying to improve, what I read, schools I visit and what I learn. My main themes are linked to below; the search box and tags may also help. My attempts to improve as a classroom teacher, discussed and dissected. Putting formative assessment techniques to use. These posts focus primarily on history teaching.

A selection of musings about MFL Teaching, Leadership and Education. Labels, Labels, Labels! August 15, 2015. There is the tendency in education, and indeed other circles, to label everything so that it fits neatly within some compartment and someone can have job satisfaction by saying that x. So, with our fixation on labels and policy at my school, can progress really happen in terms of the development the staff? Reflections on my current career change.

New to Head of Science role? Blog post from SLE for Science. SLE Blog Science department to run? 10 steps to stop you going barmy. And so, here follows 10 steps to start you off on the right foot. But check out all the other exam boards with a pros and cons l.