The Confident Teacher is a blog by teacher and author, Alex Quigley (@HuntingEnglish)

The Confident Teacher
Navigation
  • Home
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap
  • Closing the Reading Gap
  • The Confident Teacher
  • Home School
  • Resources
  • Search
  • Home
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap
  • Closing the Reading Gap
  • The Confident Teacher
  • Home School
  • Resources
  • Search

Tag Archive

  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

    View Post
  • Uncategorized / February 29, 2020

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

    View Post
  • Uncategorized / February 22, 2020

    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

    View Post
  • Uncategorized / May 4, 2019

    On the RISE

    View Post
  • Uncategorized / January 20, 2019

    What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

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

    Vocabulary Clinic

    View Post
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / October 20, 2018

    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

    View Post
View Post

Boring but Important

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley18/02/20173 Comments

Some words in education can spark off a shooting match. I offer two such words: ‘boring‘ and ‘engagement‘. Should teaching and learning be boring? Is it is sign of failure? Should engagement …

Subscribe

Twitter @HuntingEnglish

chrisscrivens1Chris Scrivens@chrisscrivens1·

Really useful tweet thread on vocabulary by @HuntingEnglish during closure #engchat #teamenglish https://twitter.com/HuntingEnglish/status/1242918783020400646

Reply on Twitter 1243885154008997888Retweet on Twitter 12438851540089978882Like on Twitter 124388515400899788812
DrofletJessDr. Jess Mason@DrofletJess·

With the caveat the analysis is still at early stages I’m happy to answer any questions as best I can about the findings 😊 https://twitter.com/drofletjess/status/1243492911515406336

Reply on Twitter 1243869341264871424Retweet on Twitter 12438693412648714242Like on Twitter 12438693412648714242
DavidVidecetteDavid Videcette@DavidVidecette·

Fabulous photo of Greenwich Park.

Canary Wharf in the background and Sir Christopher Wren’s iconic Royal Hospital for Seamen in the middle.

The hospital occupies the site where Greenwich Palace once stood, the birthplace of King Henry VIII & his two daughters.

Reply on Twitter 1243810147018977280Retweet on Twitter 1243810147018977280404Like on Twitter 12438101470189772802262
Load More...

Recent Blogs

  • Home School: History Week 28/03/2020
  • Home School Resources 22/03/2020
  • ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’ 07/03/2020
  • We are ‘Doing Curriculum’ – so what are we stopping? 29/02/2020
  • Reading by the beach 26/02/2020

Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the EEF, supporting teachers to access research evidence. After over fifteen years in the classroom, I now support from outside the school gates.

I write edubooks and 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.

THE CONFIDENT TEACHER

CLOSING THE VOCABULARY GAP


Closing the Reading Gap

Alex Quigley - 2020
  • Home
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap
  • Closing the Reading Gap
  • The Confident Teacher
  • Home School
  • Resources
Follow

Get the latest posts delivered to your mailbox: