How do children learn best? It is a complex question isn’t it. It is striking that as teachers we may be knee-deep in our pupils learning for most of the working week and yet we may well be foxed by such a seemingly simple question. When you get thinking, what may first come to mind …
When Incoherence and Compliance Trump Curriculum Read More »
Since 2012, I have written numerous posts about feedback and marking. This is no surprise given our school system has been seemingly addicted to making ‘progress’ visible, with feedback becoming a quick fix for all our ills. Of course, feedback is richly complex, like most things in the classroom, so I thought it may prove …
Some habits are hard to shift and some myths are difficult to bust. Arguably, over the last five years or so, excessive marking has become the biggest workload burden on teachers. The kernel of truth that marking can benefit a child’s progress has given birth to draconian marking policies that bind teachers into an endless cycle of …
