Teacher recruitment in the UK is at a crisis point. I have joined with a group of colleagues to launch an INTERN programme for schools in the UK, largely because teacher recruitment has been allowed to slip to levels that are too low for our future needs. I have long believed that the UK should […]
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In one of my favourite reports on teaching and learning – the distinguished 2000 study of cognitive science published by John Bransford (et al.) for the US National Research Council, titled ‘How People Learn’ – there is a beautiful piece of writing about what makes for great teaching. It is called, “Imagine Three Teachers”. It is a
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The international assessments undertaken regularly by PISA reveal just as much as they do about Parents’ role in student success as about the role of Schools. Andreas Schleisser explains, “just asking your child how was their school day and showing genuine interest in the learning that they are doing can have the same impact as
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I have called this, the Age of the Teacher because there has never been a better time to enter the profession. That fact is not recognised by many commentators. It’s always nice to be name-checked – thank you, Phil and Conor for the credit you gave me for the UK’s uplift in teacher recruitment – but
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