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From the Sandpit…

Musings on all things education by an ex-pat teaching in Dubai, passionate about talent development, teaching English, evidence informed practice and collaboration :)

DESC DESCRIPTIVE DELIGHTS!

Found my ‘’MUST HAVE” IPad app recently “Explain Everything”, an easy-to-use design, screen casting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export your presentations to almost anywhere. Continue reading “DESC DESCRIPTIVE DELIGHTS!”

If you can’t stand the research, get out of the classroom……

Research like a champion..do schools need ‘research leads’?

“It is evidence that will liberate the teaching profession from (its) shackles.”

(Nick Gibb Research Ed conference, London, 6th September 2014) Continue reading “If you can’t stand the research, get out of the classroom……”

SPARK @ KHDA #WWDubai 2014-2015

 

Monday 29th September 2014 at Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Medical Academy, Healthcare city, Dubai, UAE Continue reading “SPARK @ KHDA #WWDubai 2014-2015”

Back at the chalkface: What’s working!

Reflection Section

Nearly two weeks in to teaching at my new school, finally beginning to find my feet and learning a great deal by ‘having a go’ at trialling a variety of teaching and learning strategies from my repertoire, to find out what works best with my new junior Historians and English all-stars. Continue reading “Back at the chalkface: What’s working!”

Planning for CPD provision

Competing with the very best! It’s a PISA cake!

International Benchmarking 2015 2020 – An overview

Centre on International education benchmarking Continue reading “Competing with the very best! It’s a PISA cake!”

Team Synergy: Doing inter-disciplinary learning right!

butterflies

The Butterfly Effect: The effect of a very small change in the initial conditions of a system which makes a significant difference to the outcome (Sir Tim Brighouse) Continue reading “Team Synergy: Doing inter-disciplinary learning right!”

Solid leadership part one: Principals with principles….

Make it stick: Learning better and remembering longer..

High expectations-S.L.A.N.T with the boys

If You Want To Be Successful, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. (Here’s What Has To Change.)

Inclusivity, challenge and Austin’s butterfly….

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