A beginner's/teacher's guide to developing a virtual identity or How I learned to love my avatar (by Brendan Jones)
Friday, 23 December 2011
As a PE teacher you wouldn’t expect your students to sharpen their quills and top up their ink wells before a theory class, or engage in militaristic callisthenics to marching music as a practical activity.
Similarly, the way we connect with our colleagues to share ideas and collabo... read more...
The stickiest situation since Sticky the Stick insect got caught on a sticky bun
Thursday, 22 December 2011
My “go to” book of the year, the one that I have recommended to all my friends and the one I am now recommending to you is “Made to Stick” by Chip and Dan Heath. Imagine the scenario (they did):
A guy is away on business and he goes to the hotel bar for a drink. An... read more...
Teacher-as-researcher (Guest Blog)
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
My guest blog on the 'Education is Physical' Blog can be found at: http://educationisphysical.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/the-teacher-as-researcher-by-dr-ashley-casey/
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How has physical education changed?
Monday, 19 December 2011
Some would argue that it hasn’t while others would say that it has changed fundamentally. I guess it depends ‘from which angle you look.’ Pedagogical (and anecdotally) the answers would be it doesn’t appear to have changed noticeably. Indeed many of my own observations and... read more...
Finding the right forum for talking with teachers
Sunday, 18 December 2011
I have been in higher education for a term over two years now and the one thing I continue to struggle with it finding a platform/medium through which to have a discussion with teachers about classroom practices. One of my jobs is to undertake and then write up research – and to be honest I... read more...
Ten things I learnt this year...
Saturday, 17 December 2011
In undertaking the 30 day blogging challenge I am faced with a conundrum for day two....a 'top tips' blog...I thought about writing a top five papers I read blog but after one I wasn't sure that I was pitching it right so I changed my mind. Instead I am going to write a blog about the top ten thi... read more...
One-in-ten schools 'failing'
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Lead articles today in the Guardian (http://goo.gl/mXik7) and the Telegraph (http://goo.gl/76jCT) - among other UK newspapers – report that over 1300 schools are failing to reach official targets for English and maths. Furt... read more...
How to plan a unit of work in cooperative learning?
Thursday, 08 December 2011