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    Unwrapping the Mystery of Metacognition

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The Problem with Journal Access for Teachers

In Debates and Polemics, Evidence in Education by Alex Quigley10/01/20159 Comments

I have a dream of a teaching profession that has a potent profession voice and that is truly self-improving. It would be so laden with prestige that politicians wouldn’t even …

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.

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  • Unwrapping the Mystery of Metacognition 27/04/2018
  • 5 Vocabulary Teaching Myths 21/04/2018

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  • Alphabetical Signposts To Teacher Excellence – F – Teach innovate reflect on The Feedback ‘Collection’
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  • Alison Drayton on The ‘Reading Gap’ between Primary and Secondary School

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On Friday at 11am, @jonathan_haslam from @IEE_York will be asking whether there’s a cookbook for becoming a research school, and what we’ve learned about that this year.

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Also on Thursday, @HuntingEnglish from @HuntResearchSch will be presenting sessions on Closing the Vocabulary Gap, (12:20pm) and metacognition (2:30pm).

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At @EducationFest this week, you can find out more about the @rs_network project. On Thursday at 2.30pm, @atharby and @shaun_allison will be discussing what they’ve learnt after a year of being a research school @DurringResearch.

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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.

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