The Science of Learning Week 2
So we are onto Week 2 of this FutureLearn course. Week 2: Engagement for learning Before we start this weeks tasks, I want to propose that students can be engaged in the task or activity, that does not ensure that …
The Science of Learning with FutureLearn
FutureLearn aims to help everyone fulfil their potential in a changing world, by transforming access to education. FutureLearn is an amazing learning repository. Built upon a beautifully clean, beautifully simple learning platform, FutureLearn presents high quality content and discussion to facilitate learning, …
Oxytocin – trust chemical
The good news – experiments around the world have shown that humans are naturally inclined to trust others. The bad news, they don’t always. Back to the good news – neuroscience tells us that the amount of oxytocin we produce, predicts …
Hive mind – teacher talk
Having taken an interest in Cultures of Thinking, I remain interested in conversations around the development of thinking, revealing thinking and therefore oracy. I listened to Professor Neil Mercer Tes Talk with great interest. Whilst he most definitely did not …
Accountability for 12%
The interim review phase of leadership reminded me to search out a bookmarked social media post from Thomas Rogers. Targets (I implore you to not use that term “aims / objectives”) were set back in October. We are approaching internal and external assessments and …
Compelling Leadership – part 3
With six of the ten key practices that engender trust between a leader and their staff reviewed, there are four to cover. How trusted are you as a leader? In this, the third instalment of my review Compelling Leadership: The importance …
Improvement cycles – reports
For the most part as a senior leader, you find yourself driving that improvement; designing, consulting, implementing, monitoring, assessing, reflecting, refining… The move to headship has requires that you drive improvement however more often than not, you are not the lead. Take our …
Compelling Leadership – part 2
How trusted are you as a leader? In this, the second instalment of my review Compelling Leadership: The importance of trust and how to get it with potted self-reflections, I work through the next three key practices that engender trust between a leader …