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04 March 2017 ‘My students don’t care that I am a woman teaching a ‘male’ subject – I wish other people would follow their example’

29 April 2017 Too many school governors just don’t put the effort in

18 February 2017 The pride, the workload and toilet breaks: my life after teaching

05 August 2017 The most important lesson from my NQT year

22 July 2017 The best CPD? Go and be shit at something this summer

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22 November 2016 My story, and why I founded EdCentral ...

23 February 2017 EdTech could transform teaching and learning, but only if teachers – not companies and developers – own it

12 January 2019 10 brilliant women in education to follow on Twitter

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25 August 2021 The science of sleep and why it should be every new teacher's priority

20 July 2016 The impact of E.D. Hirsch on the UK education curriculum

31 August 2021 Stay sharp: a teacher's guide to stationery essentials

23 May 2022 School Diversity Week: Top tips for your school’s LGBT+ inclusion journey

12 February 2021 Many teachers would have a flair for teaching computer science if they tried it

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Classroom fad or fiction

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20 June 2017 Classroom Fad or Fix? We investigate homework

22 October 2017 Classroom Fad or Fix? The many sides of mixed-ability grouping

22 May 2017 Classroom fad or fix? The big picture on class sizes

22 March 2017 Classroom fad or fix? Taking a closer look at learning styles

26 February 2017 Classroom fad or fix? Growth mindset goes under the microscope

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EdTech could transform teaching and learning, but only if teachers – not companies and developers – own it

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Too many teachers don't like technology. As a teacher who trains other primary teachers how to use technology, I find this frustrating because, with the right approach, it can completely transform tea...

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My advice for teachers thinking about moving from secondary to primary? Make sure you like slime

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My varied teaching career so far has seen me teach two- and three-year-olds in a bilingual nursery setting, and secondary English and humanities in an international school. This latter placement was w...

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Five failsafe ways to help your students develop a growth mindset

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Byline: Bradley Busch What impresses you more, natural ability or hard work? A lot of people in education and sport claim to value the importance of graft, but research suggests we could secretly hold...

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School Diversity Week: Top tips for your school’s LGBT+ inclusion journey

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So, you've almost made it to the end of the year and exam season is probably taking its toll – then Pride month approaches. It's often a time that many teachers ask: how inclusive is my school really ...

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A beginner’s guide to Professor Sugata Mitra

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Best known for: In 1999 Mitra carried out a series of Hole in the Wall (HIW) experiments about children's learning. The first experiment involved children being given free access to a computer embedde...

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A beginner’s guide to: Professor Barak Rosenshine

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Best known for: Rosenshine's research has contributed significantly to understanding the effectiveness of various instructional methods, which culminated in his identification of 10 principles of...

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A beginner's guide to Professor John Hattie

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Hattie has been Director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. Prior to that he was Project Director of asTTle and Professor of E...

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Dr Gary Jones

Can school leaders rely on Kotter's change management model?

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for school leaders to be appropriately critical of educational and management gurus. One such guru is John Kotter, whose name is often found on lists of the worl...

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