Sharing Pedagogical Purposes: Listen: Teachers can use more signalling to increa...

Sharing Pedagogical Purposes: Listen: Teachers can use more signalling to increa...: Teacher clarity comes from many sources: 1. Being clear about what you want your students to know and be able to do 2. Clearly explaining ...

Sharing Pedagogical Purposes: Teacher clarity: Don’t be vague.

Sharing Pedagogical Purposes: Teacher clarity: Don’t be vague.: Don’t be vague, is a pretty vague way of saying how to improve teacher clarity, but it is not without validity.  Unclear language, in explan...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The school research champion and the evidence-rich...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The school research champion and the evidence-rich...: Teachers, middle and senior leaders interested in bringing about greater use of evidence within their schools are exposed to a wide-range o...

Sharing Pedagogical Purposes: What is Pedagogical Content Knowledge?

Sharing Pedagogical Purposes: What is Pedagogical Content Knowledge?: Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) is our professional knowledge. All of the planning, and perhaps, all of our teaching decisions  are mad...

Educating MrMattock: The Launch of the Midlands Knowledge Schools Hub

Educating MrMattock: The Launch of the Midlands Knowledge Schools Hub: This week I have been privileged to spend quite a bit of time at St Martin's Catholic Academy in Stoke Golding, a village near the bord...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: We need to talk about Brian’s work!

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: We need to talk about Brian’s work!: Ok, I have been using the ‘200 Word Challenge’ for over two years now and in that time I have seen a lot of writing. And, I mean a lot. ...

The Baron: I suspect that powerful interests have covered up ...

The Baron: I suspect that powerful interests have covered up ...: Ann Maguire was a dedicated teacher, utterly devoted to the children in her care. She had worked in the teaching profession for over four d...

School Data Updates: 5 things primary governors should know about data....

School Data Updates: 5 things primary governors should know about data....: Data is a minefield. It’s hard enough for head teachers and senior leaders to find their way through it all, but for many  governors it is a...