A Psychology Teacher Writes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

(Imagine if whole-school CPD felt like this…) Photo by Laura Stanley on Pexels.com In their book The CPD curriculum, Mark & Zoe Enser start with these words: This book is dedicated to every teacher who has ever sat in a hall after school and thought “there must be a better way” It’s a sentiment that resonates with anyone who’s been in the profession more than five minutes and is a legacy of many years of truly awful PD provision.

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Geography Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“ Omar Bongo became president in 1967, remaining at the helm until his death in 2009. His son, Ali Bongo, succeeded him, until Gen Ngeuma toppled him last month. In Gabon’s capital Libreville, [some] sees coup leader General Brice Oligui Ngeuma as a Moses-like figure who has unshackled the nation from the chains of his former boss – President Ali Bongo.” SOURCE: BBC This is a bit of current affairs looking at the recent coup in Gabon and the personalities of the power pla

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This story was produced by KQED MindShift and republished with permission. On hot days, fourth-grader Adriana Salas has observed that when the sun beats down on the pavement in her schoolyard it “turns foggy.” There are also days where the slide burns the back of her legs if she is wearing shorts or the monkey bars are too hot to touch. Salas, who attends Roosevelt Elementary School in San Leandro, California, is not alone in feeling the effects of heat on her schoolyard.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A version of this post about teacher collaboration originally appeared in the February 2023 edition of Language Magazine. There are many adages about teaching being a team effort. What’s happening for students in one classroom is interconnected with what’s happening for students in other classrooms. Collaborating with colleagues and instructional coaches is key for teachers developing a shared professional vision for student success as well as finding ways to continually increase their own effec

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Pedagogy and Formation

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While the blog focus of this blog is pedagogy, and has been unpacking the arguments contained in “Pedagogy and Education for Life”, you might not be aware that I’ve written a number of other books. These include some on literacy and literature. One of my early books was ‘Other Worlds: The Endless Possibilities of Literature’ (T.H. Cairney, Heinemann: Portsmouth New Hampshire, 1990).

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