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 …
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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…
Illness is other people. Really sick people, not me. I have been a teacher for 16 years and an AS sufferer for 28 years. I have other roles in life; …
Dear AQA, I wanted to take this opportunity to give some teacher feedback on the SCLY 4 paper that our students sat this summer. I have been a social science …
Like many in our profession, I am gutted. The Brexit result has knocked me for six and I still cannot quite believe it. Clearly, I am in Kubler-Ross’ denial stage …
Our final class is done and the ink is dry on your exam papers. It will be strange to think that we will not be part of each others lives anymore, I will never mark another one of your essays nor will you have to put up with my appalling jokes and long-winded stories.
Sometimes, teaching can feel like an eternal hard labour of sisyphean proportions. It can be a bit frustrating, unrewarding and repetitive. I guess it is difficult to feel as …
Well, here we are again. It feels like yesterday when we were just meeting and sussing each other out. Like two large walruses upon first seeing each other; suspicious but …
The education system is built on inherent contradictions and tensions. There is much debate about the role of education alongside the bitter warfare of whether one adopts a progressive or …
Phew, I had a tough first week back after half term. I seemed to spend most of my time talking to students who were experiencing quite raw emotional difficulties. Some …
the unconscious curriculum 