Tag Archives: curriculum

For the Love of Books

Posted on February 10, 2015 by

  “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird As a very young child, like so many others, my school reading consisted of Janet … Continue reading →

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The Secret Recipe of Learning? Learn Potion N°9

Posted on September 26, 2014 by

I was listening to Daisy Christodoulou on Radio 4 on Mon 16th Sept, as part of ‘The Educators’ series of programmes. Here, she was talking about the importance of knowing information to achieve mastery of a subject. In order to … Continue reading →

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Successful Behaviour Techniques : the Key to Teaching in PRUs

Posted on September 15, 2014 by

For the last 12 years, I have taught English at a large, city-wide PRU — or pupil referral unit. In our case, the PRU operates as a number of small centres spread around the city. Our PRU is for pupils … Continue reading →

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