“Mic check – can someone please sort the feedback?” - Part 1
I’ve come across various feedback policies during my time as a teacher and teacher educator. I’ve noticed there were a variety of...
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Sep 22, 20223 min read
Why are we so bad at learning?
The original title of this blog was going to be "why are students so bad at learning?" But I felt this was unfair - students are no...
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Jul 19, 20225 min read
But what is interleaving?! - Part 2
One of the strategies I explore in my book is interleaving. In part 1 we set the scene for how my thinking around interleaving has...
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Jul 3, 20223 min read
But what is interleaving?! - Part 1
One of the strategies I explore in my book is interleaving. I first came across interleaving through the Master's programme from Ambition...
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May 11, 20227 min read
Making Worked Examples Work
As a trainee I spent hours observing teachers and getting ideas from colleagues/lecturers/twitter about how to make lessons “fun” and so...
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Mar 22, 20224 min read
The perils of "Evidence"
A recent twitter exchange around poor uses of evidence got me thinking about when "evidence" can actually do more harm than good. As can...
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Oct 5, 20214 min read
The "Cycle of Planned Failure" Part 3 - Combining it with "The Toolbox"
How do we apply the lessons from the cycle of planned failure to specific teaching strategies, so that we can work to improve outcomes...
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Sep 14, 20213 min read
The "Cycle of Planned Failure" Part 2 - Breaking the Cycle
Why can solutions often fail to solve the problems we're attempting to address, why do they end up causing new problems that we hadn't...
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Aug 31, 20213 min read
The "Cycle of Planned Failure" Part 1
As part of my induction in my new role at Ambition Institute, we looked at this paper from Cambridge Assessment. One phrase that stood...
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Mar 19, 20214 min read
Reflecting on ‘“The Roadmap” to Classroom Return’
I wrote the below blog for Greenshaw Research School just after the return to school date was announced, thinking ahead to what we as...
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Mar 3, 20212 min read
Why "Unpacking"?
"Evidence is important, of course, but what is more important is that we need to build teacher expertise and professionalism so that...
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Mar 2, 20211 min read
"So you've decided to start a blog..."
After umming and ahhing for many many months, I've finally taken the plunge and started this blog. I was recently fortunate enough to...
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