Few educators would argue that reading is critical to a successful education. Reading builds background knowledge: of ideas, of vocabulary, of sentence construction, of spelling
Month: May 2019
CURRICULUM: an experiment that worked
As I greeted students after their first GCSE exam, I couldn’t help but be a little proud as the majority eagerly exchanged tales of success,
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
I’ve written a number of essays on texts: POETRY As Imperceptibly as Grief Ozymandias Excerpt fromThe Prelude vs To Autumn Mametz Wood vs Excerpt from
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS MOTIVATION BIAS?
The curse of knowledge, the notion that when you know something it’s hard to imagine others not knowing it, is certainly a factor that MUST be
DEATH OF A NATURALIST – an interpretation
The title of Death of a Naturalist is not accidental, the ostensible drama and hyperbole apt metonymy for the unnatural quickening and capricious nature of
EXAM PERFORMANCE – TIPS IF THE WHEELS COME OFF
One aspect of preparing for exams that I’ve decided to focus more attention on is exam performance. I’ve talked before about preparing for exams here,