If I were to recommend the single most influential book on the impact of cognitive science in my teaching, I would recommend Daniel Willingham’s Why Don’t
Category: Teaching practice
It is very encouraging to hear my colleagues continue to refer to new knowledge gained from the Festival of Education. In this entry I’d like to
On Friday, 24 May 2019 our school hosted its first International Festival of Education. More than 50 presenters shared a wide range of ideas about
I bought Daisy Christodoulou’s Seven Myths About Education after listening to her speak at the 2018 Festival of Education at Wellington College last June. I was interested in
I recently returned from a very positive experience at the Wellington College Festival of Education (21-22 June), where the slogan was “Where those who inspire find
Today I conducted my twentieth classroom visit of the year. As always, I was impressed by the range of different attributes displayed by my colleagues:
From 3-5 March I was fortunate to attend the ECIS conference organised by the English as an Additional Language and Mother Tongue Committee (now called the Multilingual Learning
It is now almost a year that I have been working as Professional Development Coordinator at my school, and during this time I have had
In the last entry I included my proposal for a professional development policy, which identified four key elements. I suggested CPD must be (1) varied, (2) reflective, (3) personal
(This is the text I share with my students via our first blog entry:) At the beginning of a new school year my students at