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
Author: paulgmoss
I live and breathe education. I try to teach what I know about learning. This blog represents ideas I have about education at the time of writing. I expect my ideas to change.
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
6 reasons why students are braver than I give them credit for.
Students are incredibly brave every day. And sometimes, when I am having a difficult time with a class, or specific students, I need to remind