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Oct 29 2016

Teacher Workload: What Can Schools Do?

The Confident Teacher / By Alex Quigley / 6 minutes of reading

We know the problem with teacher workload is nothing new. It is the regular complaint of teachers across the nation. And yet the mountain of paperwork never appears to shrink! Most often, we direct our complaints at policy makers. No doubt, we can make a call for a moratorium on curriculum reviews and new specifications. …

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Feb 20 2016

Gender and Group Work

The Confident Teacher / By Alex Quigley / 3 minutes of reading

Do boys loaf more or less when working in groups with girls? Do girls work better in a single sex group? What is the ideal classroom grouping scenario? Such questions can beguile even the most experienced of teachers. Answering those questions could provide us with important marginal improvements for our teaching practice. Whilst we …

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