If you’re a history teacher and especially if you’re a head of department then you really should be thinking about how you report to parents and to the school about the progress of your students. If you’re thinking about that,
SHP’s Primary Hub
Great news – the SHP’s primary hub is up and running at: http://www.schoolshistoryproject.org.uk/Teaching/Primary/Index.htm Lots more great stuff is planned for the next few weeks, and there’s already some really interesting items. Take a look! I’ve added a new category in
Reading Strategies Bibliography
I’m doing some reading about research into teacher “self-efficacy”, a rather nebulous and contested concept which is used by some to try to understand what makes some teachers more successful than others teachers and even to persevere and help reach
SHP Conference at the British Library
A technical glitch means the SHP website is offline. They really wanted to tell the world about a conference they’re holding at the British Library on the 30th of November. I heard great things about the last one – I’m
Helping Year 7 put some flesh on Roman bones – The Historical Association
Shameless showing off. Really pleased that my article Helping Year 7 put some flesh on Roman bones – The Historical Association, was published in last month’s Teaching History. You need to be a HA member to download the whole thing, but
Tim Brighouse and the need for regional strategic leadership in education.
Just read Tim Brighouse on why London schools need a strategic body to help oversee education in the capital. I thought that it made interesting arguments, as does Boris Johnson for some sort of LEA for the Greater London area
KS4 Consultation – My response.
The Department of Education’s consultation on reforms to the Key Stage Four examination system closes on the 10th of December. In an attempt to gee you all up to make your own responses (remember, if you don’t take part you
Research Resources for Teachers
I’m about to do some writing about the use of research by teachers, and at the same time to encourage its use in the school where I work. I’ve been reading a couple of very interesting books – Andrew Pollard’s
History Teaching Sites
Despite the fact that this is a ‘web-log’ I spend little time noting down the great things I often see on the web to do with history teaching. I’m going to try to make a note of them more frequently
John Hattie’s Visible Learning
The discussion about the quality of education in England has recently focussed on form and structure. The recent report by the Expert Panel to the National Curriculum Review seemed to be at its most controversial when it strayed from discussion