It looks like England’s education system is about to change direction yet again. A major parliamentary report called on Government...
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Warning: national curriculum reversing
PISA and the failure of England's national curriculum
In the famous Sherlock Holmes story, it's the absence of a barking dog which makes the detective curious. The curious...
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Create curiosity
Curiosity is a drive to know more (Berlyne, 1954). In evolutionary terms, it's obviously adaptive for humans to invest energy...
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GCSE success means 3 essential curriculum dimensions
Why teach Working Scientifically? Ofsted It’s official! A one-dimensional content curriculum is not good enough. Ofsted inspectors expect a second...
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The invisible gorilla in your curriculum
In a classic experiment, most subjects fail to notice a lady in a gorilla suit walking across the screen, because...
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Differentiation strategies for mastery
Mastery means going beyond knowledge recall - we expect deep understanding, application, and analysis. It also means differentiating in a...
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