See below the booklet lists for descriptions of where I am up to in terms of production, philosophy behind them and how I use them to teach. Electrolysis mastery answers Electrolysis mastery The Earth_s Resources mastery ppt 1 Useful... Continue Reading →
Michaela Community School (MCS) is a remarkable place. Legendary for its firm behavioural environment and commitment to no-nonsense teaching, MCS has shown what is possible given a little willpower. And willpower abounds. MCS is driven by Katharine Birbalsingh who has... Continue Reading →
I've written extensively about rewriting KS3 here. In short, the idea is to specify a curriculum as a series of questions which need to be answered. The advantages of this method are: No ambiguity about what is to be taught... Continue Reading →
The concept of “novices and experts” answered a lot of questions for me. For a long time, I had been finding it difficult to understand why my students made simple mistakes, couldn’t “apply” their learning to new areas and couldn’t... Continue Reading →
Professor Wiliam's essay below represents the end of the AfL In Science Symposium. We are extremely grateful to him for offering to be involved as well as to all those online who joined the discussion. We hope that the posts... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of this school year our faculty instituted a centralised detention system (CDS). Once it is set up, it's a very simple system to run and a few people have asked me how we set it up so I thought I... Continue Reading →
Before World War II, there were just short of 3,500,000 Jews in Poland. Today, there are 16,000. This was not a natural attrition. This is not the product of voluntary population movements. Between September 1939 and the end of the... Continue Reading →
There is a growing rumbling and dissatisfaction with KS3. There is little doubt that years 7 through 9 have become wasted years and, in the face of tougher GCSEs more and more teachers appear to be finding that they... Continue Reading →
Markageddon* Earlier this school year, my Headteacher (who is a legend) asked me to present to governors on the topic of marking. Internal school politics and policies aside, I have attached the document I wrote for them as well as... Continue Reading →
This morning, I think I taught one of my best lessons. I've been trying to hold off the blogging recently for the AfL Symposium but I thought people might be interested. And besides, Mark Enser has been nagging people to write... Continue Reading →
