Motivated Reasoning
When you are confronted by something new, how do you react? Are you curious? Do you try to understand what the new thing is on its own terms, or do you try to evaluate it using the frames of reference...
View ArticleGetting to know the E’s and O’s
I know, I know. The experiences and outcomes have been around for ages now. Surely we’re long past getting to know them? In my experience however, this simply isn’t the case. Many of us seem to have...
View ArticleEvolving Literacies in the New Curriculum
Originally posted on the Scottish Book Trust teachers blog Like many teachers in Scotland at the moment, I am trying to evolve my classroom practice to encompass the spirit of Curriculum for...
View ArticleCfE: a student’s perspective
“A student’s experience of the curriculum for excellence: friend or foe? Discuss…” In order to adequately answer this question, I rallied up an army of exhausted yet enthusiastic fourth year students...
View ArticleCurriculum for Excellence Abroad
I studied for my BEd Primary at Edinburgh University and have just completed my probation year. I have recently started a new job in a school in the UAE. At the moment, the school works with the...
View ArticleIn Praise
In Praise of #PedagooFriday, pedagoo.org, Teachers Tweeting and TeachMeeting Having tentatively posted a few 140-character descriptions of learning experiences (from my remote Hebridean secondary...
View ArticleFlipping the classroom
Recently I came across the whole idea of flipping the classroom. Like everything else in education although this idea has been around for a little while it is only now that I am hearing about it. I am...
View ArticleRunning-based Learning Along The Pennine Way
Going The Extra Miles For Sport Relief This is an account of a unique pilot project designed and delivered by Andy Mouncey to a selection of schools in the north of England. Andy is not a teacher – he...
View ArticleBlendspace
As one of our digital leaders at school, responsible for raising our digital prowess and use of technology to enhance learning (rather than just a bolt on), I am often asked what are my most...
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