Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The stench of failure and the sweet aroma of succe...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The stench of failure and the sweet aroma of succe...: There’s one thing we don’t speak enough about in the world of education. Failure. Mistakes. Errors of judgement made by adults.   The...

Evidence Based EFL: Politics and English language teaching

Evidence Based EFL: Politics and English language teaching: One theme of 2017 was whether we should be more 'political' in our lessons. At IATEFL, JJ Wilson argued for the inclusion of &...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The school research lead and how to avoid being th...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The school research lead and how to avoid being th...: A major challenge for school leaders and teachers interested in evidence-based practice (EBP)  is to be constantly seeking out EBP 's li...

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...