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

The Confident Teacher

The Confident Teacher
Navigation
  • Home
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap
  • The Confident Teacher
    • Confident Mind
    • Confident Body
    • Confident Students
    • Confident Leadership
  • Teaching & Learning
    • Explanations
    • Feedback & Questioning
    • Memory for Learning
    • Metacognition & Modelling
    • Teaching English
    • Miscellaneous
  • Evidence in Education
    • Debates and Polemics
    • Psychology and the Classroom
    • Research Evidence
    • Wider Reading for Teachers
  • Resources
  • Search
  • Home
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap
  • The Confident Teacher
    • Confident Mind
    • Confident Body
    • Confident Students
    • Confident Leadership
  • Teaching & Learning
    • Explanations
    • Feedback & Questioning
    • Memory for Learning
    • Metacognition & Modelling
    • Teaching English
    • Miscellaneous
  • Evidence in Education
    • Debates and Polemics
    • Psychology and the Classroom
    • Research Evidence
    • Wider Reading for Teachers
  • Resources
  • Search

Tag Archive

  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / May 13, 2018

    Spelling: Avoiding Ignorance and Negligence

    View Post
  • Metacognition & Modelling / April 28, 2018

    The Makings of Metacognition

    View Post
  • Metacognition & Modelling / April 27, 2018

    Unwrapping the Mystery of Metacognition

    View Post
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / April 19, 2018

    Why Closing the Word Gap Matters

    View Post
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / April 15, 2018

    Vocabulary Knowledge and the ‘Frayer Model’

    View Post
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / April 14, 2018

    Literacy is dead…long live ‘disciplinary literacy’!

    View Post
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / April 11, 2018

    6 Useful Vocabulary Websites

    View Post
View Post

How could a text message transform literacy?

In Educational Research, Evidence in Education by Alex Quigley10/02/2018Leave a Comment

Just over five million adults in England are functionally illiterate, with the literacy skills equivalent to an eleven year old. Not only that, around half of the adults in prison …

Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English as well writing edubooks and articles for TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

CLOSING THE VOCABULARY GAP TALK

Recent Blogs

  • Spelling: Avoiding Ignorance and Negligence 13/05/2018
  • When Incoherence and Compliance Trump Curriculum  05/05/2018
  • The Makings of Metacognition 28/04/2018
  • Unwrapping the Mystery of Metacognition 27/04/2018
  • 5 Vocabulary Teaching Myths 21/04/2018

Recent Comments

  • Alison Drayton on The ‘Reading Gap’ between Primary and Secondary School
  • Some good stuff on Growth Mindset | The Indies on The Growth Mindset ‘Collection’
  • A blog with a collection of blogs posts about research in education | The Indies on Read all about it!
  • Effective Feedback and Feed Forward | joannemilesconsulting on The Feedback ‘Collection’
  • Alex Quigley on When Incoherence and Compliance Trump Curriculum 

Twitter @HuntingEnglish

Alex QuigleyFollow

Alex Quigley
HuntResearchSchHuntington Research@HuntResearchSch·

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Professor Becky Francis! @BeckyFrancis7 Director of UCL-Institute of Education. One of our keynote speakers on Friday 15th June: https://t.co/4QrgtPS3MW #ResearchConference #MakingEvidenceWork #HappyHalfTerm

Reply on TwitterRetweet on Twitter9Like on Twitter5
Stephen_LoganStephen Logan@Stephen_Logan·

[email protected] is hosting the #WLiEYH Local Network Conference in July, aimed at supporting women at all stages of their career progression in Education. Organised by @kathryn56190570
Book your FREE place here:
➡️ https://t.co/rCT1nbkhW0
@WLiEYH #WomenEd @womenEdYandH

Reply on TwitterRetweet on Twitter14Like on Twitter11
HuntingEnglishAlex Quigley@HuntingEnglish·

Great to see this thoughtful work on developing vocabulary instruction as part of the secondary school curriculum here by @MisterK23580 & @fod3

Reply on TwitterRetweet on Twitter5Like on Twitter22
Load More...

Subscribe

Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English, as well as writing edubooks and articles for TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

CLOSING THE VOCABULARY GAP


THE CONFIDENT TEACHER

TEACH NOW! ENGLISH

Alex Quigley - 2018
  • Home
  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap
  • The Confident Teacher
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Evidence in Education
  • Resources
Follow

Get the latest posts delivered to your mailbox: