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One of the most frustrating aspects of a job I generally love is a lack of autonomy. It is a cry echoed by many teachers. However, my frustration lies not with school policies, or data, or marking expectations, but with GCSEs. Their nature inevitably determines and inhibits what and how we teach to a greater...
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Until recently, I thought I was a pretty traditional teacher. But nevertheless, I carried with me some watered down assumptions of child-centred teaching that had wheedled their way into my practice. It took a visit to Michaela Community School for me to appreciate how much I still had to shed. Since that date, I have...
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Dylan Wiliam is a world authority on formative assessment and Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at the UCL Institute of Education in London. His popular book on formative assessment,Embedded Formative Assessment, was recently released as a revised edition and his latest book, Creating the Schools our Children Need, critically examines the ways we could seek...
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Faculty across the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences who want to enlarge the role of writing in their undergraduate courses should consider participating in the Writing in the Disciplines Faculty Seminar. The Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies grants nine seminar fellowships to interested faculty members each fall and spring semester.
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