LEARNING OUTDOORS
DESIGNING AN OUTDOOR SYLLABUS FOR YEAR 7 BIOLOGY Karen Mylod and the Biology Department at Sevenoaks School are planning for their Year […]
Category: Secondary
MOVING BEYOND EXAMS
ASSESSMENT WORTH DOING While agreeing with Steffen Sommer that assessment can lead wider educational change, Simon Lightman suggests that assessment worth doing requires […]
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL WAY
MR. LAUF’S CAFÉ CLASSROOM Sipping an expresso in a trendy coffee shop, Kyle Lauf started to plan a radical makeover for his […]
REIMAGINING LAB WORK
FROM ROUTINE TO RESEARCH-BASED LEARNING Surekha Rao  makes the case for rethinking Science practicals, which, she argues have become routine and dull. […]
REBEL!
RETHINKING LESSON PLANS Alexandra Dragomirescu has been discovering her inner rebel as she develops a new approach to lesson planning The way […]
A SENSE OF BALANCE
FINDING PURPOSE AND MEANING IN THE CURRICULUM For Mark Beverley, we have to get beyond the mechanics of syllabus coverage if we […]
TWO (OR MORE) HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE
THE BENEFITS OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING Grace Kelly firmly believes that Franklin’s maxim, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may […]
ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS
THE 15 COLOUR CHALLENGEÂ There is a great deal of talk about teaching entrepreneurism is schools. Business start-up specialist and entrepreneur Craig […]
Education on fire . . .
. . . and rising from the ashes Alexandra Dragomirescu wondered what would happen if she designed a lesson like a TikTok […]
Back on track
On student reengagement in a disadvantaged town Brad Maitland looks at the impact of alternative programmes at a small independent school in […]
