*(or why following twitter historians can be as rewarding as following history teachers) I was thinking about teaching A level coursework the other day, specifically OCR’s interpretations and investigations coursework. For years the examiner’s reports have emphasised that students should
Day Two (before lunch) #SHP15 #SHP2015 Conference – Longer Texts
Straight into the workshops on Saturday morning. Breakfast is always a sea of people bending over conference packs and making choices over which workshop to attend. When schools are farsighted enough to send more than one delegate, or where friends
H.A. Northern History Forum: Global Learning
Wednesday’s HA event at Leeds Trinity had a stall manned by Pearson which set out their ‘Global Learning Programme‘. At the start of the keynote we were told of a CPD event being run by the university (and paid for
Northern History Forum
Last night I attended the Northern History forum at Leeds Trinity University, ran a workshop entitled ‘Playing Games in History’ and met some great teachers, new and experienced. Ben Walsh gave the opening address, and reminded us of the benefit
New Stand Alone Lessons
I’ve added two lessons to the page set aside for stand-alone lessons. These are usually lessons I’ve made for job interviews, or to bridge a gap between topics. The sort of thing you might teach at the end or beginning of
Why I love: the Memory Tea Tray Game #28daysofwriting
When I was little we would sometimes play this game on wet afternoons (there being no youtube). It is much easier with pictures than objects, but there’s no reason why you shouldn’t use either. I often use images as icons for particular
#28daysofwriting – Feedforward
Going to be very brief this evening, but I did want to record how I got on with feedforward questions. This idea, which has been doing the rounds on twitter, involves teachers making comments on work and asking for improvements,
Why I love: Hotspot Taboo ( #28daysofwriting )
Quick one tonight, as I’m determined to keep up this #28daysofwriting effort. I’ve been thinking a lot about playing games in lessons which seem to help learning. One of my favourite types of games are hotspot games – such as
Why I love: Marking
I’m trying to work on a “do more marking than planning” basis this week. Partially as an experiment to see if I can, but also because I wonder if I spend too long thinking of cool things to do, and not
Why I love: Target Notes
When I read Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (£) one of the things that really resonated with me was the difference that the authors draw between ‘rule learners’ and ‘example learners’ – between those who can see