For a long time i simply added targets to my students’ books, and imprecise targets at that. An example target could be ‘To improve spelling’.
Month: December 2016
Pragmatic Marking
Here are some thoughts on marking, an incredibly time consuming business. The strategy developed is in response to a very time starved teacher: myself. I

Turn Observation On Its Head
Turning observation on its head I bet when you saw the image above it shocked you in some way. If you’re a teacher, I bet

Edtech companies, leave the pedagogy to us.
Imagine how frightening the world would be if politics was behest to companies and their whims. Policies would be dictated by profits rather than the
REDUCE MARKING WITH VERBAL FEEDBACK
GET SOME OF YOUR LIFE BACK: use VERBAL FEEDBACK There is some very useful discussion presently about minimising written feedback to save teachers time, with
It’s time to treat homework like any other lesson
It’s time to treat homework like a lesson Imagine observing a lesson in which you see a teacher give the students 2 or 3 or