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steve246253
Apr 1, 20194 min read
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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steve246253
Feb 22, 20152 min read
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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steve246253
Jan 27, 20153 min read
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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steve246253
Dec 23, 20142 min read
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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steve246253
Nov 1, 20144 min read
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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steve246253
Oct 11, 20143 min read
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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steve246253
Oct 4, 20143 min read
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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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...


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...

Joe Wicks, Functional Fluency and teacher observation
This blog was written a while back and then forgotten about. Since then Functional Fluency International has developed considerably. It...
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