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The Ecology of a Classroom: Applying Maslow’s Hierarchy, Bloom’s Taxonomy and SOLO
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03/09/2012
A note from the the author (Laura McInerney): As the GCSE storm continues teachers know that they must simply brace themselves for the political weather and carry on regardless. Politics is important, but the students sitting in front of you are always more important.Truly great teachers know that - in the end - the biggest difference you can make as a teacher is in...
Having vs. Getting: Don't Believe The Falsities in the QTS Debate
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04/08/2012
By Laura McInerney, Policy Development Partner (blog updated 25/10/12 to reflect that change only influences academies and free schools who make up >50% of secondary schools)
By confusing ‘having’ and ‘getting’ in their QTS announcement last week, the DfE have caused journalists, the public and (sadly) several teaching groups to mistakenly...
Should teachers be employed without QTS?
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27/07/2012
Today is a BIG news day. To most people, the opening ceremony of the Olympics, after years of build-up means one thing: time for a party. But not for the DfE; For them it can mean only one thing: time to launch a major policy change whilst the headlines are otherwise occupied. So, whilst thousands of athletes step out into Stratford stadium to celebrate qualifying to...
PISA: It's Like An "Olympics of the Brain"
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20/07/2012
Recently I've heard several people argue that PISA has only become a talked about concept because of is used for political spinning. I desperately want to state that the quality of PISA is always in the spinning, but I'm not sure the pun is fully understood.
So instead I shall move on to asking, what is the nature if this spinning and why is it a problem? Well,...
