Tag Archives: schools
I’m not a top blogger
I was shocked and surprised to find that I had been included in the UKEdChat Top Educational Blog 2015 list. Lovely as it is to be included, I cannot really accept this accolade. Simply, I do not blog often or … Continue reading
Connecting Collections Conference 2015
The education sector is huge, with many audiences, providers, policy makers and perspectives, and I spent part of last week getting to know the Arts and Culture world better; and it was a joy. I was grateful to the nice people … Continue reading
Posted in Events, presentations and workshops
Tagged #ccconf2015, Arts Council England, ArtsEd, ArtsEducation, culture24, education, schools, ukedchat
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Connecting Collections
There are the notes and slides from the talk by Chris Unitt and Eylan Ezekiel at the Connecting Collections Conference on 29 June 2015. The slides will be available on Slideshare shortly. Chris has a post about this too! Background Arts Council … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Council England, ArtsEd, ArtsEducation, education, schools
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Innies and Outies at CampED15
Are you an Innie? Do you leave a party happy, but drained? Or are you an Outie? Do you feel energised by meeting lots of new people? This very simplistic dichotomy has started lots of new conversations for me recently. … Continue reading
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Tagged #campED15, education, extrovert, informal learning, introvert, quiet, schools
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“You mean introverts are real?”
My views on how we run schools has been totally shaken since reading Susan Cain’s book Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking (2012). Yes, very late to the party, but as a card carrying extrovert, … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, projects
Tagged education, extrovert, introvert, pbl, quiet, schools, susan cain
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Throwing the dummies out of the COT
Andrew Old makes a simplistic, but consistent, argument for how the members of the new College of Teaching should be constituted. Just teachers, he says. Simple. But, in seeking simplicity, he seems to miss equally simple ways to enhance the … Continue reading
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Tagged claimyourcollege, college of teaching, schools
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…and they will come
I am stepping back from supporting the College for Teaching, for now. I have already written about my thoughts, hopes and dreams for this proposed professional body for teachers, and encouraged others to do the same. I have engaged in … Continue reading
A chorus of teachers
In previous posts, I have applied lessons from evolutionary theory to the early development of the new College of Teaching. I hope it will also find a way to channel the creativity, innovation and diversity of our profession; a channel … Continue reading
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Tagged claimyourcollege, college of teaching, education, ofsted, schools
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Adaptation and Selection
The proposed College of Teaching should allow for diverse evaluation models, and seek to create new professional routes to turn ‘failure’ into adaptation. In my previous post, The Red Queen, Evolving the Profession , I wrote that the new College … Continue reading
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Tagged claimyourcollege, college of teaching, education, policy, red queen, schools, ssat
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The Red Queen – Evolving the profession
We need to be more honest about failure in education. As we canter towards the College of Teaching are we danger of ignoring a fundamental principle of evolution? It is not enough to maintain or even improve standards. As a … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation
Tagged claimyourcollege, college of teaching, cpd, education, innovation, schools
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