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.

I think that the end of the summer term is a good time to reflect on the year that has just passed, and how this is going to shape our focus for the coming year.

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.

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.

Unless you are studying at a university or work at one, it can be very difficult to access academic research. Using this hashtag you can ask twitter members to access an .

Recently supported schools and colleges. Evidence based and reflective observations. There has been much debate i.

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Following on from the marking crib sheet, I have begun to use an amended version for assessments, the Assessment Crib Sheet.