3 ways to make sense of ‘teaching mistakes’.

Today, I was observed by teachers in the first year of their training. The lesson they observed was a ‘research’ based lesson on the planets as part of our Space topic. I ambitiously planned for this to be a two step process: my pupils were to come up with their own questions about their planet…

Handle with Care! Untangling problems with classroom assessment.

This post is about a frustrating aspect of my teaching practice from this term, which was first brought on by a few educational doubts that I talk about here. I draw on Christodoulou (2017) and Wiliam and Black’s (1996) work. In subsequent posts, I will draw on others to show the solutions I have tried…

3 things I wish I knew about teaching as an NQT.

My last blog post about being an NQT - at least for the foreseeable future - is on teaching specifically. I've learnt so much the hard way over the past two years and the three things I want to share have become close allies for me moving forward in my career. Expect failure - and…