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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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

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    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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Independent Learning: Who? Me?

In The Confident Teacher, Uncategorized by Alex Quigley15/06/20162 Comments

  So what actually is independent learning? It is supposedly a very good thing. We want it for our students. Employers want it. School leaders want it. OFSTED want it. Everyone wants …

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I really like knowledge organisers in the classroom. This blog adds a helpful layer in how we should be explicit in teaching students how to use them to encourage learning https://twitter.com/HuntingEnglish/status/1319918897454252032

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*NEW*

‘Is it time to KO the Knowledge Organiser?’

https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2020/10/is-it-time-to-ko-the-knowledge-organiser/

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Running behind someone and accidentally treading on their heel should never be a red. Can’t you chase people anymore?

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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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