CHILDMYTHS: Attachment: Important, Yes, But not the Only Facto...

CHILDMYTHS: Attachment: Important, Yes, But not the Only Facto...: Emotional development, cognitive development, personality development—even physical development—result from a lot of factors working simul...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Mock marking: we have a problem.

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Mock marking: we have a problem.: When you place the GCSE papers next to each other, you cannot help but notice that students have to write pages and pages of answers for t...

Thinking About Teaching & Learning : Thinking about... Rosenshine's principles of instr...

Thinking About Teaching & Learning : Thinking about... Rosenshine's principles of instr...: The Sutton Trust’s paper, ‘what makes great teaching?’ identifies quality of instruction as one of the components that has the greatest imp...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Fake news: I care more than you do.

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Fake news: I care more than you do.: There is one thing about teaching that never changes. Teachers care. In fact, they care a lot. They care so much they listen to a lot of c...

Evidence Based EFL: Woo watch: Science / fiction part

Evidence Based EFL: Woo watch: Science / fiction part: I wrote about Carol Black's attempts to discredit opponents of learning styles as racists and sexists here .  Black's piece trouble...

The Baron: Chapter One: Part One: Out of the frying pan into ...

The Baron: Chapter One: Part One: Out of the frying pan into ...: Starting a new job is always nerve-racking, even for a seasoned old veteran like me. You naturally feel the need to prove yourself and seek...

The Baron: Guardian-Land is a land of chaos and confusion

The Baron: Guardian-Land is a land of chaos and confusion: They live in Guardian-Land. This was the rebuke given to indulgent judges by an ex-police chief on LBC radio this week.  He was of cour...