I have been asked a substantial, meaningful and hearty question in a meeting recently that I declined to answer promptly. The question was simply too big. Too big to be answered by just one person. Too big to be answered in …
Thinking about Thinking and metacognition seem to be a educational focus at the moment. What with the EEF paper and flurry or articles in the Chartered College of Teaching periodical – Impact. Couple that with the novice/expert learner conversation, it …
5 more questions to start your lessons this week. Why is it that when someone tells you that there’s billions of stars in the universe, you believe them. But if they tell you there’s ‘wet paint’ you just have to …
First we had ‘Proving Pupil Progress’ and now I am back tracking to a post I just didn’t get finished, entitled ‘Get Them Thinking.’ Perhaps more relevant to my English and PSRE classes, some of these ideas are applicable to …
If your mechanic told you "I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder," would you thank him? This afternoon a colleague feedback on her experiences at P4C training course with team. I am a firm believer that …
We are planning to introduce students to a range off software applications during the DMGC. I was considering Google Sketchup and Draw Plus. At the same time I am very unhappy with the current classroom configuration in ICT. A rather …
Now we termed the phrase edugame when trying to decided which ‘games’ were appropriate for the DMGC students. First person shooters (FPS), tend to mean guns, blood and gore are for good reason, sensitive subjects within education. However, discount the …
I am still battling to get high calibre staff to consider Hamble College. Having experienced employing a temporary member of staff that was unhappy and unmotivated at work, I am now more convinced that employment is a very key issue. …
