The death of modelling – why analogue teaching is the bridge to deeper pupil understanding. There’s an element of teaching that is dying, withering on the pedagogical vine, and it is one that holds the key to deeper pupil understanding, more effective teaching, and a dynamic, adaptive and responsive approach. Its bountiful harvest is sadlyContinue reading “The gradual decline of effective teacher modelling – why tech can often hinder modelling”
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Why primary CPD needs primary expertise – avoiding “Secondary Lite”
Primary and avoiding “Secondary Lite” CPD. I led a session last week where the schools in attendance were focusing on primary pedagogy and the need for specific approaches across the developmental bandwidth from EYFS to Y6. In primary, we have children who have only just left toddlerhood, right through to those on the cusp ofContinue reading “Why primary CPD needs primary expertise – avoiding “Secondary Lite””
The liminal curriculum
One of the parts of curriculum design that often doesn’t get enough airtime is empty space. If a curriculum design is 100% full, and designed to fill every possible lesson, minute or moment then that’s a rather crushing conveyor belt curricular model. If we are to be responsive in our teaching, and sensitive in ourContinue reading “The liminal curriculum”
The lost art of planning
On my travels, I speak to hundreds if not thousands of experienced teachers and school leaders and there’s a common conversation in an, “all roads lead to Rome” way, that always seems to crop up in most conversations. This is the seemingly, “lost art of planning”. When I first started training in the mid 90s,Continue reading “The lost art of planning”
Thinking Flexibly 