How do children learn best? It is a complex question isn’t it. It is striking that as teachers we may be knee-deep in our pupils learning for most of the working week and yet we may well be foxed by such a seemingly simple question. When you get thinking, what may first come to mind …
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the fifth national researchEd conference. It was the biggest event yet and the scale and quality of the speakers was really superb. It really was a privilege to attend, speak and connect with so many teachers and researchers. I really enjoyed hearing from the formidable …
The news about education this week has been filled with the reemergence of Grammar Schools and the rightful concern about the stresses and strains of school budgets. Flat cash is proving more like ‘flat broke’ for too many schools. Yesterday, there was one less heralded chink of light and it emerged from an unexpected source: …
