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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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  • Uncategorized / February 29, 2020

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

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  • Uncategorized / February 22, 2020

    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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The Questioning ‘Collection’

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley22/03/20173 Comments

Since I have been writing this blog in 2012, no subject has interested me more than the nuanced, complicated staple of teaching: questioning. As a teacher of nearly 15 years, I have …

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10 New School Year Resolutions

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley03/09/201612 Comments

School starts again on Monday for me and so it is an appropriate time to procrastinate…sorry, I mean plan for the year ahead. Now, I know that the best laid plans of …

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Questioning and Feedback: Top Ten Strategies

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley19/11/201416 Comments

As part of our whole staff training at Huntington School we have been sharing ideas and collating ‘Top Ten Strategies’. This list is the fruits of our labour: 1. Differentiated questioning. Given the …

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Multiple Choice Questions: A) Use regularly B) Don’t use

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley14/03/201413 Comments

In the last couple of years I have become more interested in the use of multiple choice questions. I had never really used them with any regularity and considered them a rather …

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Curiosity killed by class?

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley03/02/201412 Comments

When you become a father you get used to being asked endless questions about the intricacies of our complex world. The road is paved with unending questions. Why does this…? How does …

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‘Disciplined Discussion’ – As Easy as ABC

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley26/12/201324 Comments

This practical post on a couple of teaching and learning strategies is wholly indebted to an excellent trio of posts from Doug Lemov, of ‘Practice Perfect‘ and ‘Teach Like A Champion‘ fame. …

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Top Ten Tips for New Teachers

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley24/08/20136 Comments

The new school year is careering into view already. Plans are being crafted, return to work stress is growing like a weed. My thoughts turn to the newbie teachers about to join …

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‘Question Time’ and Asking ‘Why’

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley25/06/20138 Comments

No, this post isn’t a dissection of David Dimbleby’s negotiation of a bent table full of politicking talking heads. I’m sorry if you came looking for political debates! My post is an …

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Explanations: Top 10 Teaching Tips

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley11/05/20136 Comments

“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and …

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Questioning and Oral Feedback – Our ‘Bread & Butter’

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley20/02/20131 Comment

A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure to present to the staff of my school for just over an hour on teaching and learning. My session, in the main hall, …

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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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