In Lamia, Keats wrote about Apollonius, the cold philosopher who unweaves the rainbow and sees the natural world as mechanism…
Learning | On Beginning
I recently started learning to swim. I’ve never been able to front crawl- my swimming education consisted of a rather…
Leadership | Women and the Practice of Leadership
I’ve worked with a range of female teachers and leaders over the last few years, coaching and supporting colleagues with…
School Improvement | Multiperspectivity
Studies of school turnaround often cite and incoporate several theoretical frameworks or ‘lenses’ (organisational structures, operating models for leadership of…
Quality of Education | Generalists and Specialists
In previous blogs, I have written about the importance of subject specificity within curriculum development, and understanding the nuances and…
Curriculum | Five Ways to Consider Curriculum Enactment Quality
In an earlier blog, I sought to explore the distinction around curriclum enactment and teaching and learning, and how leaders…
Curriculum | Five questions I would ask as a teacher to be able to enact the curriculum
In my last post, I shared my thoughts on five things I would do if I were to embark on…
Curriculum | Five Things I would do now as a subject leader
I’ve been thinking about the important role that the subject leader has, not just in driving the curriculum design and…
Curriculum | What is your concept of quality?
How do I know if a curriculum is any good? It’s often the question that school and subject leaders start…
Curriculum | Knowledge and Skills, again
I’m currently re reading ‘The politics of curriculum change’ by Becher and Maclure, and as we anticipate the publication of…
Curriculum | Looking at classroom practice through the curriculum lens
In my previous blog, I revisited Shulman’s work regarding the knowledge that teachers must possess in order to teach effectively:…
Curriculum | Are Teaching and Curriculum Enactment The Same Thing? (No)
Last year, I returned to Shulman’s research to unpack what teachers know, do and need to flourish in the classroom…
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