Also see
‘"Andrew Old"’
Blog reviewer Andrew Old shares his top edu-blogs this week How is the evidence revolution going? Some reflections on 4 years of researchED @tombennett71 Four years ago, a teacher named Tom Bennett started the researchED movement: a series of conferences enabling teachers and researchers to discuss the evidence base for the teaching profession. Here […]
Reviews
Blog reviewer Andrew Old shares his top picks from the edu-blogosphere this week MFL could easily become the preserve of independent schools – despite the Ebacc @thefish64 A teacher of languages notes a decline in the uptake of languages and suggests that the problem is Progress 8. He argues that this is because the […]
Reviewer Andrew Old shares his top picks from the edu-blogosphere this week Drama in decline @Trivium21c I’m quite used to hearing from teachers of subjects such as drama why their subject is important. This post makes that case, but spends most of the time explaining why it’s not for the reasons you might think. […]
This week, our guest reviewers look back on 2017 and share their top picks from the education blogging world. Jill Berry’s top blogs This year the decision was taken to close the free blogging platform @staffrm, and I want to pay tribute to Peps and Emma McCrea and those who made it possible, […]
Blog reviewer Andrew Old shares his top picks this week What can ‘iballisticsquid’ tell us about teaching writing? @HeatherBellaF Should feedback be specific to the task at hand or general so that it can be used on other work in the future? Heather Fearn takes inspiration from how her son learns to play computer […]
Reviewer Andrew Old shares his top picks from the edu-blogosphere this week The problems with grade forecasting @AnthonyRadice1 This post makes an interesting argument against forecasting grades. Rather than focusing on the usual criticisms about accuracy and the danger of lowering expectations, the author points out that the activities that lead to the most […]
Blog reviewer Andrew Old, shares his top picks from the edu-blogosphere this week Four things PISA tells us about after-school learning By @edudatalab Researcher John Jerrim looks at the PISA data concerning the amount of time students spend on learning after school. It turns out that social class affects the type of learning in several […]
We’ve asked our blog reviewers to mix it up and recommend not their old favourites, but someone they’ve recently followed or who’s new to the edu-blogosphere. We think you’ll enjoy their suggestions… Iesha Small’s top new blogger The blog: All Ears By @PositivTeacha “There has been violence in my life.” Mr Pink (possibly a […]
Guest reviewer Andrew Old shares his top edu-blog picks from this week. Citizenship By @grumpyteacher17 This post addresses the question of whether citizenship should be mandatory in schools. The author starts from the position of being a hesitant “no”, fearing that he might have to teach it and that it would take away curriculum […]