I wrote this article for Teach Secondary (You can sign up to subscribe HERE) on the ‘science of revision’ over a year ago, but the advice still stands up well: We can picture the scene: the day before the big GCSE summer examination, with all the Christmas Eve-like nerves, but without the attendant pleasures. For the first …
This blog is a copy of my recent Teach Secondary article (click on the link HERE to subscribe) on the importance of vocabulary, with some handy teaching and learning strategies. Ask a secondary school teacher about the new curriculum, at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5, and they’ll likely tell you a similar story: the …
So what actually is independent learning? It is supposedly a very good thing. We want it for our students. Employers want it. School leaders want it. OFSTED want it. Everyone wants more independent learning, it appears, but do we actually know what it is that we want? Can you give me a clear definition? Perhaps …
(Image sourced via Pixabay) I hate speaking on the phone. I loathe it with a singular passion and look to avoid it when I can. Why do I experience such a visceral response to something so, well, ordinary? The answer: a phone call deprives me of the crucial stuff of good communication. Like every …
I wrote this article for the November edition of Teach Secondary Magazine. In the meantime, the topic, and the debate, simply refuses to go away. My short answer on the usefulness of homework: it depends! My article explores some of the ‘home truths’ of homework. Is it a necessary evil, or a prerequisite for success? …
This month I wrote an article for Teach Secondary on a topic dear to my heart – teacher explanations. If you are interested then you can give the article a look here: Infectious Explanations Teach Secondary Article. We attribute too much of teaching to supposedly ‘natural’ qualities – like how we individually, uniquely convey an …
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