It is vanishingly uncommon to encounter a college student in secondary faculty who doesn’t know what a metaphor is. That mentioned, it is equally uncommon to find learners who are in a position to determine what a metaphor actually is. When pressed, they tend to say points like, “It when […]
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Come work with me… – David Didau
Occur perform with me… Given that January 2021 I have been working for Ormiston Academies Rely on as Senior Lead Practitioner for English. I experienced no notion when I started out how significantly I’d appreciate working for OAT or how a great deal I’d relish the position of supporting English […]
Assessing English at KS3 – David Didau
All through my occupation, the de facto solution to evaluating English at KS3 has been to use extended producing. Immediately after all, this is what pupils will be faced with in their GCSEs so it kinda made feeling that this was what we need to get them used to as […]
The case against Power Point as means of implementing curriculum – David Didau
1st items initial: I have almost nothing in opposition to PowerPoint. As suggests for exhibiting visual data it undoubtedly has its merits. I have no concerns with teachers working with slides to share pics, diagrams or moving illustrations or photos with college student (despite the fact that I do have […]
Embedding reading fluency in the KS3 English curriculum – David Didau
Last 12 months I wrote about ‘echo reading’: …last week I … watched English trainer Rhys Williams do a little something I’d by no means observed prior to. He was training The Tempest to a very low prior attaining 12 months 8 course and was focussing on the moment in Act […]
Flat packed curriculum – David Didau
“It is so easy to be improper – and to persist in becoming erroneous – when the expenses of becoming completely wrong are paid by other individuals.” Thomas Sowell Why do we invest in so significantly flat pack furniture? Initial, it’s several situations extra economical than bespoke hand-created home furniture, […]
Using mini whiteboards in English – David Didau
According to TeacherTapp, 72% principal and 45% secondary instructors use mini whiteboards (MWBs.) There are significant versions in between distinct subjects in secondaries with 69% of MFL and 57% science instructors claiming to use them but just 28% of English academics. Why may well this be? Are MFL and science […]
Gapless instruction vs ‘teaching to the top’ – David Didau
Above the years I’ve suggested that lecturers ‘teach to the top’ on way too a lot of situations to depend. For the most portion, I’ve caveated this by included the will need to ‘scaffold down,’ but, honestly, I’ve come to believe that that the phrase ‘teaching to the top’ has […]
Teacher-led vs student-led lesson activities – David Didau
For as long as I have been writing about instruction numerous commentators have argued that educating should look for to harmony instructor-led and student-led pursuits. Despite the fact that this is usually offered as self-evidently apparent, it relatively begs the concern. But what is so wonderful about balance? Should really […]