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Adaptive teaching
This article was written for SecEd Magazine The PISA research says that ‘adaptive instruction’ is one of the approaches most positively correlated with student performance. Matt Bromley looks at what adaptive teaching entails and how to deliver it One of my former students – I’ll call him John – contacted me recently. He wanted toContinue… Read more
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Tackling low level disruption
This article was written for SecEd Magazine My work necessitates a lot of travel. Before you conjure images of me in a smoking jacket sipping martinis in the first-class cabin of a transatlantic flight, let me describe a recent journey… Imagine, if you will, an intercity train from the 1970s. You know the type: aContinue… Read more
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Explainer: The 2-year induction for Early Career Teachers
This article was written for SecEd Magazine From September 2021, the early career teacher (ECT) induction is doubling for all new teachers in England from one to two years (following a pilot in some schools in the North East, Greater Manchester, Bradford and Doncaster that began in September 2020). But why? Why do we needContinue… Read more
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Explainer: The Early Career Framework
This article was written for SecEd Magazine In November’s special supplement for Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) , I contributed three articles in which I proffered my advice on surviving and thriving as a new teacher. In the first of those articles, I tried to reassure new teachers that, whilst teaching is tough, it is toughContinue… Read more
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Ten top tips for transition
This article was written for SecEd Magazine The adverse effects of transition In 2019, the Scottish government published a literature review on the subject of primary to secondary school transition. The review concluded that there was “fairly robust evidence that pupils’ educational outcomes decline after they move to secondary school.” The report found “evidence ofContinue… Read more
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Impact – Step 4: Ensuring equity
This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. The causes and consequences of disadvantage Sadly, as much as IContinue… Read more
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Impact – Step 3: Making marking motivating
This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. Learning intentions and criteria for success One of the five keyContinue… Read more
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Impact – Step 2: Sense-checking assessments
This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. When we are clear why we assess, we need to ensureContinue… Read more
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Impact – Step 1: Counting what counts
This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. 1. Evaluating the impact of curriculum planning A good curriculum isContinue… Read more
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The 3Ms of effective remote learning
This article was written for SecEd magazine Despite the end of the third, and hopefully the last, national lockdown, it is inevitable that some pupils will still have to resort to home learning in the coming weeks and months due to self-isolation, local lockdowns or even non-Covid reasons such as flooding or snow days. ItContinue… Read more
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Curriculum impact: pupil progress, outcomes and preparedness
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in June 2021. You can download the full supplement for free on the SecEd website here. In September, I wrote a two-part article on the subject of curriculum impact (Bromley, 2020a; 2020b). In those pieces, I argued that test and qualification outcomes are no longer the sole lensContinue… Read more
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Introducing Book 3 – Impact
This is an edited extract from the book, School and College Curriculum Design 3: Impact. For more information on this book and the first two in the series, as well as to access a raft of free curriculum resources, visit our Curriculum Central page. School & College Curriculum Design 3: impact is the third ofContinue… Read more