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More Change Ahead?
Depending on when you measure it from, the new Scottish Curriculum (or Curriculum for Excellence as it’s more commonly known) has been around in one form or another for approximately nine years given...
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The above talk by Mick Waters at Westminster is worth a watch. He doesn’t start until six minutes in if you want to fastforward it. He’s sharing some of his ideas from his new book “Thinking Allowed...
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Holidays
Michael Gove made some controversial remarks this week which caught my attention. He proposed that schools have longer days and shorter holidays partly to make working parents’ lives easier. There was...
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Evidence based practice
Image by Kuebi As a science teacher, I’m a big fan of Dr Ben Goldacre. I knew from the contents page that I would love his book ‘Bad Science‘, and I did. And, I’m currently reading (and enjoying) ‘Bad...
View ArticleThe pace of change
The TED Talk above is great, but it scares me a little. Although it’s titled “What will future jobs look like?”, it goes much deeper than the usual ‘tomorrow’s jobs don’t exist yet’. Instead, he...
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The Professional Enquiry Process
I mentioned in my last post that the revised GTCS Professional Standards were due to come into effect soon…they have done so today. I also mentioned in that post that professional enquiry features...
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Mind The Gap: Is your lesson worth behaving for?
In a collegiate professional discussion last week around the findings outlined in one of the TLRP publications, I was reminded once again of the idea of the pratice-values gap. This concept is perhaps...
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Connected Learning | Supporting a shift to BYOD
A Connected Learning Network (aka WiFi) is coming soon to my school…exciting stuff. As I’m currently off work awaiting surgery on my ankle I’ve been putting in a bit of work into creating resources to...
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In the wake of change
I started my first ever Open University course today. And what did I do as soon as I got the email saying I was enrolled? I got into the course website and started exploring. Wow, have they got it...
View ArticleA Profound Shift in Relationships
The new version of How good is our school? has come out and it makes for interesting reading. There are a few shifts of emphasis which I welcome, but I also like the new layout. The more detailed level...
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