Schools

As a new Head of Department, how can I make a difference across my whole team? We asked Independent Thinking Associate and man who knows about such things, Ian Taylor, and this was what he had to say.

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How can I make learning really real for my primary class? We asked Associate, author of the Guerrilla Curriculum and primary school deputy and teacher Jonathan Lear.

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As a secondary teacher, what can I learn from Early Years practice? We asked Associate and award-winning EYFS expert Ruth Swailes and this is what she had to say.

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How was it for you? At the end of an INSET day, conference or any CPD event, here are 31 questions we feel are worth asking.

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How can I engage a difficult group of students and keep them engaged? We asked Independent Thinking Associate, author and funny man Dave Keeling and this is what he suggested.

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I’ve inherited a ‘challenging’ class – what can I do to win them over? We asked Independent Thinking Associate and author Lisa Jane Ashes for her thoughts and this is her reply

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Perhaps were looking at things all wrong, muses our Ian Gilbert in this short think piece for schools everywhere. Perhaps.

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For our 30th birthday Big Day Out we thought we would open the day by getting our delegates thinking about schools and schooling, how, what and why. See what you think.

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If you're running to keep up with all things AI in education, these suggestions from Associate and ICT Evangelist Mark Anderson might help. Just keep running!

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In 2010 our Ian Gilbert wrote Why Do I Need A Teacher When I've Got Google? Do today's announcements about ChatGPT-4o change the answer to that important question?

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How can I practise kindness in a school regime that is all about being strict? We asked Independent Thinking Associate and author of the Kindness Principle, Dave Whitaker, and this is what he had to say.

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How can I switch on a reluctant child to learning? We asked long-time Associate and primary specialist Simon Cooper-Hind and this is what he said for our CPD Jukebox.

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