One of my favourite sports is cricket. As a teacher I learn an awful lot from watching cricket. 1. The long game – Just like teaching, cricket is a long game where individual moments may or may not be significant. What matters is the result at the end of 5 days. In the classroom it’s … More Just not cricket – or is it? | chriseyreteaching
One of my favourite sports is cricket. As a teacher I learn an awful lot from watching cricket. 1. The long game – Just like teaching, cricket is a long game where individual moments may or may not be significant. What matters is the result at the end of 5 days. In the classroom it’s … More Just not cricket – or is it? | chriseyreteaching
This started as a long blog post (staying in draft) following the staff dress code discussion on Twitter. It got me thinking about how many times I’ve seen teachers & leaders in social media use comparisons with other professions to try and justify why teachers/education should do something in a certain way. A couple to … More Why teachers feel the need to compare themselves with other professions (and why it may not help) | missdcox
This started as a long blog post (staying in draft) following the staff dress code discussion on Twitter. It got me thinking about how many times I’ve seen teachers & leaders in social media use comparisons with other professions to try and justify why teachers/education should do something in a certain way. A couple to … More Why teachers feel the need to compare themselves with other professions (and why it may not help) | missdcox
Across the country senior leaders are spending hours writing staff dress codes, deciding how best to tell a member of staff we can all see their thong and why sandals breach health and safety rules. Having started a conversation on Twitter about it, it is an issue with teachers as well. What should/shouldn’t teachers and … More The argument for a staff uniform…or not | missdcox
Across the country senior leaders are spending hours writing staff dress codes, deciding how best to tell a member of staff we can all see their thong and why sandals breach health and safety rules. Having started a conversation on Twitter about it, it is an issue with teachers as well. What should/shouldn’t teachers and … More The argument for a staff uniform…or not | missdcox
Some days as teachers we have the joy of the full day. 5-6 hours of back to back lessons. If you are really lucky you may have two each week. If you have a different role where you don’t teach full time or you are now promoted so that much of your time is outside … More Things you only know when you teach a full day | chriseyreteaching
‘Nones’ – those that do not identify with any religion and who tick ‘none’ when asked to self-declare in any survey about religion. It’s a rather ugly term but one that is growing in importance in the contemporary landscape of religion and belief. They make up around 25% of the British adult population, according to … More ALAN’S BLOG Let’s hear it for the ‘Nones’ – Alan Brine
his week’s announcement by the Vatican about reforms to the legal structures which deal with questions of marital nullity may seem to the outsider to be quite obscure. But they represent another phase in the reforming zeal of the current Pope and have triggered a variety of responses and debates on social media. http://www.reonline.org.uk/news/alans-blog-divorce-annulment-and-gcse-alan-brine/
he recent publication from Linda Woodhead and Charles Clarke, A New Settlement: Religion and Belief in Schools (http://faithdebates.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/A-New-Settlement-for-Religion-and-Belief-in-schools.pdf), has sparked of a great deal of debate in the RE world – at least among online RE professionals where it has inspired numerous blogs and social media discussions. However, although clearly important, it is arguable that … More THINK PIECE Epistemic change and RE: how we got here and where we’re going – Dr James Robson
The RE and Philosophy Echo Chamber 