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What I learnt at school: Leo Sayer
What i learnt at schoolPop legend Leo Sayer didn’t so much complete his secondary education, as survive it... My educational career…
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Opinion: Phil Beadle on controlled assessment
Missing the MarkControlled assessment not only doesn't solve the problem of cheating; it exacerbates it, explains a frustrated Phil…
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What is ‘values based education’?
Added ValuesGiving young people rules and restrictions isn’t nearly as effective as creating an educational environment where agreed…
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Tom Starkey: the tyranny of the photocopier
I’ve been close to losing it a number of times in my career. Not ‘shouting in the classroom’ losing it. I’m fairly close to doing…
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Product Review: Hue HD
You get the impression that the Hue HD camera is feeling rather good about itself. I wouldn’t blame it for feeling smug, either. It…
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Product Review: bksbLIVE
So let’s take a look at the timeline: way back in 1994, when the Channel Tunnel first opened, the UK lottery was introduced and shops…
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Eileen Field: better teachers, or better teaching?
Q I’m a School Direct Trainee Teacher working in a large secondary school. I’m loving being in the classroom with students and am…
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Advice for better chemistry teaching
Q I took up a new position this year, teaching chemistry in an inner-city comprehensive school. It's struggling in terms of results,…
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9 steps to sustainability
1 DISCUSS Set up a Sustainability Council; invite members of your school community to join in and make practical suggestions, and help…
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film club: celebrity culture
Is being famous a blessing or a curse? Why have celebrities – once limited to royalty or religious figures – become so important in…
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top tips for whole-school CPD
Think about the way staff members at your school engage with continuing professional development (CPD). Where, on the scales shown in the…
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How remote learning can broaden students’ horizons
It’s the beginning of the lesson and a group of Year 10 students are looking expectantly at the screen in front of them. Facing them is…
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Mobile resources – the students’ view
No teacher can fail to be aware of the increasingly important role technology is playing in the education of today’s young people.…