Sunday, February 19, 2017. I have returned to his Visible Learning. It made a lot of sense. As far as impact goes, Hattie.

I delivered this talk at the Festival of Education 2017. From my notes and my memory, here is what I said. It is very long and borrows from previous blogs and tweets. I want to argue that education suffers in the U. because we focus too much on how to teach, often in the name of pedagogy, at the expense of any real emphasis on what to teach.

To share resources, ideas and good practice. Wednesday, 15 October 2014. How Do We Make Learning Relevant to Students? Friday, 14 February 2014. Children who can obey rules mostly do. Bad behaviour is often the result of maltreatment and neglect, the answer for which is better social care.

I think that the end of the summer term is a good time to reflect on the year that has just passed, and how this is going to shape our focus for the coming year.

For 200 metres he strides ahead, his pale legs pumping like pistons; to the other runners, he is a dot, hitting the second bend as they finish the first. And then, suddenly, mid-stride, he stops. He bends, gripping his right side, wincing. I was that kid on sports day. And, to be honest, I still am. Instead, I propose that we keep our personal imp.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. This is the homepage of Greg Ashman, a teacher living and working in Australia. Nothing that I write or that I link to necessarily reflects the view of my school. Taking a critical look at praise.

TT follows around 600 people and has the best part of 93,000 followers. Wow! He is clearly a very successful leader. Previously he shared his top 101 Great Teachers to Follow on Twitter.

After all, how could I justify taking two days off school to attend a jolly at Wellington College? For the record, Wellington College is Hogwarts without the wizards. Luckily, my head decided I was allowed two days out for good behaviour and as a present for the publication of our first book. My highlights of the festival.