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The IB in 10 slides Free
A quick introduction to IB philosophy using 10 slides. This set of slides is part of the '10 slides' series intended to introduce teachers and students to key aspects of an IB Education. They can be used...
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Odd One Out?
A way of introducing an inquiry. A discussion starter. Provide each group with a selection of pictures on a theme / concept you are about to explore. Each person in the group has to identify which picture...
Teaching and Learning
Teacher journal clubs
Journal clubs are used by doctors.They are educational meetings where professionals meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles in the scientific literature. They encourage the application of...
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Resources
As a school leader you will be responsible for the learning of your staff within your professional learning community. This site is structured around collaborative facilitation tools that you can use...
Teaching and Learning
All about pedagogy
Written more as a blog post this page signposts two great sources of resources for exploring pedagogy and approaches to teaching and learning. The first is an introduction to 'Martin's five laws'. Martin...
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August Update Free
Over the past month I have been fascinated to collate all the excellent material out there on what has been called 'the science of learning': what can we learn from the world of cognitive science about...
Teaching and Learning
Pedagogical Leadership Workshop
This module explores the middle leaders role as pedagogical leaders. Each of the following sessions will take between 60 and 90 minutes. Session 1: Being a pedagogical leader describes this role as the...
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June Update Free
Approaches to teaching and learning: With near half a million words on this website it is not always easy to pick out what has been recently added. This update signposts pages that have been added during...
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What's worth reading? Free
One of my roles is to support school governing boards appoint headteachers and principals. One of my standard questions is ‘what are you reading about education at the moment?’ Surprisingly this appears...
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Creativity IS key Free
We all know that the skills that we need in the future are not necessarily the ones we are teaching students. In our current context in which technology and automation are transforming industries, disrupting...