Month: January 2017

Sharing is caring: why centralised detentions might just save your sanity | Tom Bennett

January 30, 2017

Train spotters have their niche, I have mine. Over the last ten years I must have been in over 150 schools to look at their behaviour systems. What started off as a few consults became a habit. I get asked to work with schools that want to tighten up, reboot or buff their policies and … More Sharing is caring: why centralised detentions might just save your sanity | Tom Bennett

For teaching to be effective you need to do this…. | missdcox

January 28, 2017

For teaching to be effective you need to do this. How and when you do it, is up to you. This is my current thought on teaching. We are increasingly aware of what generally ‘works’ in teaching; that which increases the amount of learning. A culmination of watching successful teachers and research, give us a … More For teaching to be effective you need to do this…. | missdcox

For teaching to be effective you need to do this…. | missdcox

January 28, 2017

For teaching to be effective you need to do this. How and when you do it, is up to you. This is my current thought on teaching. We are increasingly aware of what generally ‘works’ in teaching; that which increases the amount of learning. A culmination of watching successful teachers and research, give us a … More For teaching to be effective you need to do this…. | missdcox

Making sense of the new A Level | vardycharlotte

January 27, 2017

I have been reflecting on how best to plan and deliver the new A Level in Religious Studies for a long time!  Having explored several different options through my own planning and teaching and through preparations that I have made for delivering teacher training on the new specifications, I think I now have the answer.  … More Making sense of the new A Level | vardycharlotte

Teaching Philosophy of Religion for the new RS Specifications | vardycharlotte

January 27, 2017

The new OCR specification for GCE A Level Religious Studies seems to me to be the most user-friendly of those currently on offer.  With its clear assessment strategy (3 2-hour examinations, each having a choice of 3 out of 4 one-part essays) and its more integrated approach to topic selection, it seems likely to be … More Teaching Philosophy of Religion for the new RS Specifications | vardycharlotte

Hirsch: The place of a core knowledge curriculum in RE [Series] | noreply@blogger.com (Mr Lewis)

January 24, 2017

I will be publishing a series of blog posts which were initially to feature in a book about RE. This is the part one on Hirsch. Abstract Who is Hirsch?  Eric Donald Hirsch, Jr. is an American educator, academic literary critic and author of a series of books about Cultural Literacy and Core Knowledge. He … More Hirsch: The place of a core knowledge curriculum in RE [Series] | noreply@blogger.com (Mr Lewis)