Reply
For the love of blogging
It has been a year or so since I started blogging about professional issues and I wanted to reflect on what I have learnt and how I felt about the …
Minding the gap between research and practice – Saturday 12th November 2016
I attended the Canons Park Teaching School Alliance conference on Saturday 12th November 2016 and here are my reflections on the day. The Hive. I must admit I have only …
Post-Trump teaching
27 years ago today the Berlin wall fell. It remains one of the very few lessons I remember from school, our teacher got very excited and passionate about the significance of the day. …
The problem with growth mindset.
I think I might be a little late to this party but I want to reflect on my thinking about growth mindset and resilience. Views about the usefulness of growth mindset seem to be polarised as it is seen as either a magic wand or a passing fad. It is probably neither and it’s usefulness may be weakened by an inconclusive evidence base.
The problem with staff meetings (Vol. 1)
Oh dear, we really have some shocking practice in the education sector. I have sat through too many meetings which have been either dull and irrelevant or difficult and poorly managed. Why …
The problem with INSET: the great training robbery
Good heavens, I have sat through some real rubbish over the past 16 years. I have been obliged to attend some of the most irrelevant content, poorly applied concepts with …
The unconscious curriculum at ResearchEd 2016
I had a lovely time at researchEd today, much needed chicken soup for my teaching soul. It was nice to see old, new and current colleagues all under one roof. …
Hopes and fears for a new term.
My new school shoes sit in the hallway, staring at me. Summer is all about being barefoot but September is about slipping your toes into new leather. They are a …
The unconscious curriculum at researchEd 2016.
Some reflections on how the unconscious works its way into our classrooms, staffrooms and school processes. This session will follow the tradition of Melanie Klein, Anna Freud and Wilfred Bion …
A brief guide to the new GCSE grade boundaries
Originally posted on missdcoxblog:
There will be no UMS. These were for modular exams. Everything is now linear. The DfE have published descriptors for 2/5/8, however they are mainly meaningless…
the unconscious curriculum 