In The Human Side of Enterprise, Douglas McGregor (1960) suggested that there are two main theories of management, which he called Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X is
A few blog entries ago, I wrote “Unpacking Our Principles for High Quality Education (Part 1)”, where I gave short explanations for the first set of statements in
I am proud to say that 40 staff members have completed a Professional Learning Plan (PLP) since it’s birth as a pilot programme for the
WHY record myself on video? It’s difficult to gauge the impact of watching oneself on video until we have done it. There is much to
Are you familiar with Richard Mayer? He is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara whose research combines information processing theory, cognitive load
In the autumn of 2019 I led a Collaborative Network to discuss my proposal for a Professional Learning Plan. The experience working with 9 colleagues
I recently finished reading Dylan Wiliam’s Leadership for Teacher Learning (Learning Sciences International, 2016). In this book Wiliam argues, as he does elsewhere, (see Black and Wiliam,2010and Wiliam, 2017)
Elena Aguilar, author of The Art of Coaching, is an educational consultant who practices and trains educators in what she calls “transformational coaching”, which focuses on
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
Introduction/Context At our château INSET (March 2019), Eowyn Crisfield was invited as a keynote speaker to introduce what current research says about the importance of