This psychological experiment asked participants to judge the following actions. (1) Stealing a towel from a hotel (2) Keeping a dime you find on the ground (3) Poisoning a barking dog They had to give each action a mark out of 10 depending on how immoral the action was, on a scale where 1 is not… Read more »
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On Thursday and Friday I went to Wellington Education Festival for the fifth year in a row. It’s an amazing event and I’ve come back from every one feeling inspired and excited. Back in 2011 the festival was on a weekend and I remember sitting in a talk with Katharine Birbalsingh trying to guess which person… Read more »
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In my last few blog posts, I’ve looked at the problems with performance descriptors such as national curriculum levels. I’ve suggested two alternatives: defining these performance descriptors in terms of 1) questions and 2) example work. I discussed the use of questions here, and in this post I’ll discuss the use of pupil work. Take… Read more »
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In many blog posts over the last couple of years, I’ve talked about the problems with prose descriptors such as national curriculum levels and grade descriptors. It’s often said that national curriculum levels and the like give us a shared language: actually, as I argue here, they create the illusion of a shared language. I’ve… Read more »
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