Daniel Willingham and TES Podcast
Professor Daniel Willingham on why teaching phonics remains so controversial and how we motivate children to read Once more I have been remiss in my blogging. Without a proper schedule, I don’t see this ever changing and honestly time is ever short. But who knows. One...
Report Writing
There are many things about being a teacher which are challenging. But one of them, that has been on my mind, as with many teachers at this time of year, is report writing. For those unencumbered with school aged children, reports are a biannual rite of passage for...
Twitter Debates – Progressive Vs. Traditional
I have been on Twitter a while. For most of that time I’ve been a lurker. In Canada, I did participate for a while in #CdnEdChat which was where I discovered what a great platform Twitter could be for CPD. It is amazing the amount of information that can be...
Efficiency of learning – a consideration for planning?
I was reading this blog post by Greg Ashman and I had a bit of an epiphany. Bear in mind I am a Primary teacher so my focus and expertise are somewhat different from my secondary colleagues. With that said I have always thought and believed that project-based learning...
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