I am still writing this blog Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series One of the principle issues with unit based courses is that there are often similar learning/ assessment objectives which across a range of units. This is due … Continue reading
Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series Learning objectives are at the centre of the lesson in the same way the sun is in the centre of the solar system. Learning objectives are about helping the student to understand what … Continue reading
Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series Differentiation is another one of those terms which teachers interpret in many different ways. For example, differentiation by outcome, differentiation by input, differentiation by learning level to differentiation by activity/ task. Thus a … Continue reading
Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series In 2011 I reviewed all my lecture presentations and teaching materials for reoccurring patterns and discovered that over a six month period. I went from having presentations which were inconsistent, illogical and all … Continue reading
Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series Lesson planning is one of those issues which never seems to be resolved and is often associated with questions like ‘this is a waste of time,’ ‘I don’t have time to plan lessons,’ … Continue reading
Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series The idea of DEEP learning has been batted around for mainly years but few people truly understand the implicit knowledge which is being inferred to when it is used. The word DEEP is … Continue reading
Using A Temporal View of Transition To Support Educational Transition Note: this article is based on working practice during 2005, 2011 Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series Transition, whether it is from infant school to primary school, from primary … Continue reading
Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series Over the years, I have learnt, to my expense, that praise is subjective to each student, so much so that praise can activate or deactivate a learner. Worst still, for some learners it … Continue reading
Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series Updated: 15th Nov 2016 Please remember that I am not an English teacher and this is an exploration of a quick and dirty method of developing a student’s writing skills. Since the … Continue reading
How can we show that non-teacher intervention is working in school Note: this article is based on working practice during 2005 Part of the Visualising Education Blog Series It is clear that current and future developments within the education system … Continue reading