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education – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. I have wanted to go to Michaela for about a year now. Well, I was at the Michaela debate but that was sans children. Thanks to Naureen (@5N Afzal), who arranged it all, I finally got to visit today. We started the tour with a chat with Katharine in her office. I can imagine her detractors…. Not Waving But Drowning. EEE – Principle 1 – Great Teaching. Last Thursday, I, along with other bloggers, was invited to a meeting with Nick...
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austerity – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. The Cost of Ideological Purity. Ideological purity costs the poorest the most. March 23, 2016. Not Waving But Drowning. March 22, 2016. March 21, 2016. EEE Principle 1 Great Teaching. March 20, 2016. February 29, 2016. No Preferred Method of Teaching? February 27, 2016. February 25, 2016. Moving on from Maslow. February 22, 2016. Maslow’s Hierarchy Critique Part Two. February 18, 2016. Maslow’s Hierarchy Critique Part One.
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consumers – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. Parents and Children as Consumers (Updated). Parents responded to Seldon’s comments about narcissistic parents with demands of being treated as consumers. This post explores the sense of entitlement at the taxpayers expense. March 23, 2016. Not Waving But Drowning. March 22, 2016. March 21, 2016. EEE Principle 1 Great Teaching. March 20, 2016. February 29, 2016. No Preferred Method of Teaching? February 27, 2016. Instructing and...
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education – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. Can Cross Curricular Be Brilliant? There are times when I get it completely wrong. At first glance, the paperclip butterfly picture, introducing Sinead Gaffney’s (@shinpad1) article in TES this week, jumped out as a trigger warning of child-centredness. Her article though is an eloquently argued piece, insightful and gives coverage to the realities of teaching younger children which are more…. Why Do Crybullies Go To University?
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Parents and Children as Consumers (Updated) – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. Parents and Children as Consumers (Updated). June 27, 2015. June 29, 2015. Https:/ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:About.me icon.jpg. I read the following article yesterday ( here. I had to actually stop myself from laughing. It is true that both parents and children have been encouraged to see themselves as consumers of the product that is education and that they have rights extending as a result of this. The first hurdle for t...
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Politics – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. Not Waving But Drowning. Having argued that the ability to mass academise schools is not undemocratic, I read this today from @dutaut – here where he argues that it is not undemocratic but anti-democratic. First things first: “Simply put, it (democracy) is a governmental system which allows people to hold their political leaders to account. They do this at…. EEE – Principle 1 – Great Teaching. The Cost of Ideological Purity.
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Conservatives – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. The Cost of Ideological Purity. Ideological purity costs the poorest the most. March 23, 2016. Not Waving But Drowning. March 22, 2016. March 21, 2016. EEE Principle 1 Great Teaching. March 20, 2016. February 29, 2016. No Preferred Method of Teaching? February 27, 2016. February 25, 2016. Moving on from Maslow. February 22, 2016. Maslow’s Hierarchy Critique Part Two. February 18, 2016. Maslow’s Hierarchy Critique Part One.
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children – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. I have wanted to go to Michaela for about a year now. Well, I was at the Michaela debate but that was sans children. Thanks to Naureen (@5N Afzal), who arranged it all, I finally got to visit today. We started the tour with a chat with Katharine in her office. I can imagine her detractors…. Moving on from Maslow. Maslow’s Hierarchy – Critique Part Two. In the first part of this post, I reviewed the link between Maslow’s hi...
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politics – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. The Cost of Ideological Purity. Ideological purity costs the poorest the most. March 23, 2016. Not Waving But Drowning. March 22, 2016. March 21, 2016. EEE Principle 1 Great Teaching. March 20, 2016. February 29, 2016. No Preferred Method of Teaching? February 27, 2016. February 25, 2016. Moving on from Maslow. February 22, 2016. Maslow’s Hierarchy Critique Part Two. February 18, 2016. Maslow’s Hierarchy Critique Part One.
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Mitra – Teachwell
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Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author. Mitra Myths – Slum children with no English? Sugata Mitra was much discussed by the Twitterati yesterday.The Guardian article is here.The TES article earlier this week is here. Tom Bennett’s critique is here. For some it was the confirmation they needed that self-directed learning is real and superior. For others he is a charlatan whose research is deeply flawed and does not stand up to scrutiny…. March 23, 2016. March 22, 2016.
