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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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‘Flipping Fronted Adverbials’

“mature pupils use more of them in their writing, so let’s use apt terms to help our novice pupils know how to enhance their writing – with terms, context, examples and rich practice.”

https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2021/01/flipping-fronted-adverbials/

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Home learning approaches: planning framework

This framework can help schools plan remote learning sequences which support pupils to develop effective metacognitive strategies.

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'Working Words into Writing':

“knowing a word is not an all-or-nothing proposition: it is not the case that one either knows or does not know a word”

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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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