Going back over 20 years, when I was teaching full-time, the science curriculum seemed as knowledge rich as ever. The change over these 20 years has not been so much to the knowledge but to the understanding of how we can teach using evidence developed through disciplines like cognitive science. Continue reading
Teachers and parents are becoming increasingly concerned that exam pressures are forcing schools to offer a limited, bare-bones education as they start prepping pupils at younger and younger ages, according to two surveys commissioned by GL Assessment. Continue reading
This will be the first time I’ve engaged with #UKEdResChat; I’ve been an occasional lurker but this week I will be hosting it. The chat is on Twitter, using the #UKEdResChat hashtag, on Thursday 8th November 2018 from 8:30 – 9:00 pm. It would be great if you joined us either as a lurker or hopefully to contribute. Continue reading