Blog of the Week
Sam Sims – A proposal for saving five million hours per year (one day per teacher) of workload, without harming pupil achievement
Evidence-informed and provocative, two of my favourite ingredients for a blog. Sam asks us to think hard about our use of internal data and the assessment that precedes it.
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James Crane – Are we being explicit about the means of participation in our classrooms?James summarises the what, they why and the how of the means of participation strategy when used at Durrington.
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Deb Friis – Looking at a new class through the learning behaviours lensDurrington ELE Deb Friis explains how learning behaviours have helped her think through her approach with a new class.
Other Useful Links
- The EEF’s newly updated guidance report A School’s Guide to Implementation was published this week, here are a couple of blogs to help introduce it:
- From Jonathan Sharples and fellow authors Jon Eaton and Jamila Boughelaf is this quick read.
- Inner Drive’s Brad Busch gives us his take on it here.
- From Bradford Research School is this on the relationship between scaffolds and memory – Scaffolding to Support Working Memory Demands: Questions for Reflection
- This paper from Norway on smartphone use has been shared far and wide this week – Smartphone Bans, Student Outcomes and Mental Health
- This is the first in a series from Doug Lemov chronicling his visit to the UK – My England travelogue, part 1: Ark Soane Academy
- Josh Vallance has written an extremely eloquent argument in favour of a knowledge curriculum – Mounting the defence for a knowledge-rich curriculum
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