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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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  • Uncategorized / February 29, 2020

    We are ‘Doing Curriculum’ – so what are we stopping?

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  • Uncategorized / February 22, 2020

    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

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  • Uncategorized / May 4, 2019

    On the RISE

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  • Uncategorized / January 20, 2019

    What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Resources / October 20, 2018

    Vocabulary Clinic

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / October 20, 2018

    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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The Shape of Stories

In Closing the Reading Gap, Uncategorized by Alex Quigley13/01/20185 Comments

Have you ever considered the shape of a story? Perhaps it is a tale that undulates and dips, before rising to a finish. Or it is a story that is jagged, with …

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Seeing the ‘Big Picture’ (On Expertise)

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley13/05/20172 Comments

As a young boy, little more than a toddler, Magnus Carlson possessed the ability to remember complex patterns and to play chess like an aged master. His proud parents recount when given a vast …

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A New English Curriculum

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley22/11/201331 Comments

Shining a Light on the Literary Canon “…the more familiar we become with the nature of these shaping forms and forces lying beneath the surface of stories, pushing them into patterns and …

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mmgiovanelliMarcello Giovanelli@mmgiovanelli·

A level English language teachers: you can still book up for free event this Thursday. Talks on accentism, impoliteness, and the language of work! @Team_English1 @NATEfeed https://twitter.com/mmgiovanelli/status/1354521198277832704

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SamfrSam Freedman@Samfr·

TIL that the phrase "to curry favour" comes from "curry Fauvel". In this sense curry means to comb and Fauvel in a deceitful horse in an allegorical French poem from the early 14th century. Language is bonkers sometimes.

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KLMorgan_2Kathryn Morgan@KLMorgan_2·

Super excited to be delivering this session on Thursday 11th Feb (7-8pm) with not only the wonderful @overpractised but also the wonderful @HFletcherWood. So if you’re interested in deliberate practice then get yourself a ticket below👇🏻 https://twitter.com/brewedclee/status/1355814119371403269

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I write this blog in a personal capacity.

After fifteen years in the classroom, I now support the cause of education from the other side the school gates. For most of the week I work for the EEF, as National Content Manager, supporting teachers and school leaders to access research evidence.

Additionally, I write edubooks and offer consultancy. Also, I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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