The Holy Grail of superb science teaching
I cannot remember a single science lesson I enjoyed at school. The teachers never managed to engage me. Many no doubt assumed I should be looking forward to their lesson on the timetable, but I entere…
I cannot remember a single science lesson I enjoyed at school. The teachers never managed to engage me. Many no doubt assumed I should be looking forward to their lesson on the timetable, but I entere…
Lessons learnt from the Covid19 crisis…..so far Two of the most difficult times in my career to date left me with scars, to be sure, but they also gave me a strength and a resolve that have serv…
It’s going to be fascinating to see how the rapid adaptation in working habits to the exigencies of Covd19 end up creating another industrial revolution. Will the attractions of the metropolis a…
Our thinking paradigm around work life balance is still fixed on a factory model, with a clocking-in, clocking-out, fixed-breaks type of reference in our heads. It doesn’t apply to 99% of us who wor…
First came Ciara, and then Dennis: violent and intemperate behaviour from both. But is it any wonder they behave like this when their backgrounds have been so unstable? Outbursts, like Ciara’s are o…
I wonder if you’ve been made to feel a bit uncomfortable lately by a sense that you may have to do your bit to save the planet. Only a few weeks ago, very few of us had ever heard of Extinction Rebe…
Ok, ok, don’t get over excited… But it seems to me that this is the way the management of schools is heading: Group schools together within tight geographies to become more efficient and t…
Oh no I won’t. Certainly not if you’re a teacher, anyway. But I will try to pay you more and I will give you more feedback as to your effectiveness and I will enable you to learn from the …
You can now do a national professional qualification in just about anything, or so it seems.…