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Thoughts on Nick Gibb’s Purpose of Education Speech | The Long Walk
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Science and systems thinking in schools. Larr; The School Policy INSET. The Long Walk 2nd Anniversary Scrapbook. Thoughts on Nick Gibb’s Purpose of Education Speech. July 22, 2015. With this in mind I feel a sense of profound disappointment at the latest offering about the purpose of education from Schools minister Nick Gibb. Here is a choice excerpt from Nick's recent speech at the education reform summit (1):. 1) Gibb, N. (2015) The purpose of education. Available from. Last accessed: 22 July 2015.
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Our new marking policy makes me feel stupid | mylifeasacynicalteacher
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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. Our new marking policy makes me feel stupid. This resulted in our new “one size fits all” marking policy. I also do not completely hate the marking policy. It suits some departments very well. It is a genuine attempt to reduce workload and for us in some regards it has (Ks4 for example) in Maths. Some departments say it has made an enormous difference to their workload. Different people in the department are filling in these grid...
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The Bigkid Taxonomy | mylifeasacynicalteacher
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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. Having given it a lot of thought I have come up with my own taxonomy:. In order of level of thinking required pupils should attempt the following:. If necessary ask some intelligent questions. Do a reasonable amount of work correctly. Some pupils have fallen down at steps 1 and 3 find the “intelligent” part of step 4 difficult to achieve. They then go on to fail at steps 5 and 6. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. You are co...
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Me and Brexit-My views before and after | mylifeasacynicalteacher
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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. Me and Brexit-My views before and after. While I was depressed I considered writing about Brexit repeatedly but I couldn’t face it. I also suspected that my views might not go down to well (particularly with the tone police) and I couldn’t be bothered with the argument. My view on Brexit before the referendum:. My view after the referendum:. I have either been personally involved in or witnessed over 20 incidents of racism. M...
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The School Policy INSET | The Long Walk
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Science and systems thinking in schools. Larr; End of the Road. Thoughts on Nick Gibb’s Purpose of Education Speech. The School Policy INSET. September 4, 2015. A cursory scan of social media will quickly reveal school managers complaining about sustainability, increased class sizes, a reduced curriculum and staff cuts. In education money isn't stretching as far as it used to but should we worry more about this or the financial nous of those responsible for spending it? Head of PSHE and Christian ethos:.
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Blogs I follow… | Reflections of a science teacher…
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Reflections of a science teacher…. Blogs I follow…. Blogs I follow…. Below are some links to various blogs (general, physics and data manager) that I subscribe to:. Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions. The Science Echo Chamber. General science re-blogging website. Icing on the cake. Follow me on Twitter. Intervention strategies for A-level physics (and A-level science in general). Beware the formula triangle! Improving the gender imbalance in A-level physics.
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The Long Walk 2nd Anniversary Scrapbook | The Long Walk
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Science and systems thinking in schools. Larr; Thoughts on Nick Gibb’s Purpose of Education Speech. The Long Walk 2nd Anniversary Scrapbook. May 4, 2015. Educational Platitudes #4: ‘.we’ve all taught a crap lesson’. Claim your College: Three questions from a sceptic. Thoughts from the Frontline: Stress. Verbal Irony: Nicky Morgan writes about government reform. Mixed Bag: The Paradixical Tenure of Education Secretary Gove. Educational Platitudes #1: ‘Kayliegh wants to do well’. 5 A*-C inc EM. Minions of ...
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Ofsted Data Dashboards: Spot the Difference | The Long Walk
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Science and systems thinking in schools. Larr; What do Ofsted have to say about Science Curriculums? Methods for Attaining League Table Altitude. Ofsted Data Dashboards: Spot the Difference. October 6, 2013. In an earlier post. I criticised the then recently introduced Ofsted Data Dashboard for punishing Science departments who hold high ambitions for thier students:. Therefore it is heartening that Ofsted have made some changes to the way Science results are presented on the dashboard:. You are commenti...
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End of the Road | The Long Walk
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Science and systems thinking in schools. The School Policy INSET. End of the Road. September 27, 2015. The Long Walk is a novel by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King). The story revolves around the contestants of a gruelling walking contest set in an alternative totalitarian United States. It’s been fun – see you in the real world. One Comment on “End of the Road”. September 27, 2015 at 10:00 pm. Reblogged this on The Echo Chamber. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. End of the Road.
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