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Reading comprehension: as easy as pie!
Listening recently to Andy Hargreaves talking about professional capital on YouTube , I was struck by his definition of the third element...
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Apr 1, 20194 min read
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Professional Capital and TIFF – Thoughts on Chapter 5 Part 2 of Hargreaves and Fullan
Hargreaves and Fullan now move on to the final part of their professional capital equation, DC – decisional capital as in PC = F (HC, SC,...
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Feb 22, 20152 min read
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Thoughts on chapter 5 of Hargreaves’ and Fullan’s Professional Capital
Teaching is complicated. Learners’ needs are multifarious and educational systems and qualifications frameworks are complex and...
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Jan 27, 20153 min read
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Analogue Learning: an introduction
Firstly, let’s be very clear from the start, this is not an attack on digital learning. I am as intrigued by gadgets and new bits of...
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Dec 23, 20142 min read
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Investing in Capability and Commitment – reflections on Chapter 4 of “Professional Capit
The authors start this chapter by listing the 5 Cs which are required in order for teachers to be able to teach like a pro. These are...
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Nov 1, 20144 min read
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Stereotypes of Teaching – thoughts on chapter 3 of Professional Capital by Hargreaves and Full
This chapter attacks, with considerable vigour, many of the sacred cows of school improvement. Books with titles like Teach like a...
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Oct 11, 20143 min read
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Competing Views of Teaching – thoughts on chapter 2 of Professional Capital by Hargreaves and
This chapter extends the dichotomy established in chapter 1 between the business capital view of teaching and the professional capital...
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Oct 4, 20143 min read
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Choice and Voice: Honouring Readers' Rights - Rooted in Reading at the Doncaster Conference
Participating in the OU Reading for Pleasure conference in Doncaster recently was a great experience. The conference was a dynamic...
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Introducing the Functionally Fluent School Leadership programme
In the recent Teacher Wellbeing Survey conducted by the NASUWT, 86% of teachers surveyed said that their job had had a negative impact...
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Five easy ways to get started with Rooted in Reading
Uprooted by Su Blackwell, currently on show at the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford. Reading can have a transformational...
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