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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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    On the RISE

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    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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Graded Lesson Observations: Alive and Kicking?

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley28/06/201512 Comments

Mention the phrase ‘graded lesson observations’ in any staffroom in the country and what would be the response? In many staffrooms they are derided as an ugly feature of a particular strain …

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chrisscrivens1Chris Scrivens@chrisscrivens1·

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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