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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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  • 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 Perfect Teacher

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley04/08/201415 Comments

If you clicked on this post for some suggestions for teaching perfection I am sorry I misled you. This post has the sole purpose of disabusing people of the damaging notion that …

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The focus of my work in schools this year is on vocabulary & reading comprehension. Another great podcast to catch on all things reading comprehension is https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/science-of-reading-the-podcast/id1483513974?i=1000505266955 with Jane Oakhill who is also one of the authors of one of my favourite books: https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-and-Teaching-Reading-Comprehension-A-handbook/Oakhill-Cain-Elbro/p/book/9780415698313

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"In Making Meaning in English, @DavidDidau explores the past of English teaching, the problematic present, whilst offering an exploration of a better future." - @HuntingEnglish

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PABEnglishTeachPaul Bell@PABEnglishTeach·

Virtual library gives children in England free book access this looks fantastic! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55692137

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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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