Monthly Archives: January 2016

Grandet died as he had lived. Every morning during that slow death he had himself wheeled across his room to a place beside the window, whence he could keep his laptop in view; on the hard drive and in the cloud, … Continue reading →

David Didau’s book, “What if everything you knew about education was wrong” is great for getting teachers to question certain things which are a “given” in the education world. Inspired by the idea, I started thinking about various “givens” in the … Continue reading →

So, Miss Pedagogy, what’s the issue? Well, Mrs Head, it hasn’t quite turned out as I hoped. Go on. Well, remember the exercise we did on the last training day, when staff were putting post -it notes on sheets of … Continue reading →

I was struck by a comment made by Vic Goddard on a controversial blog post by the Quirky Teacher dealing with segregation, inclusion and parental choice. He stated, “using extremes to make points weakens the validity of an argument in my opinion.” I … Continue reading →