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Ten Years and Good Feedback
I remember sitting in a windowless seminar room during my first year as a middle leader, nodding politely while a consultant in...
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Creativity Requires Something to Be Creative With
I was sitting in a CPD session last Tuesday—the kind where the air conditioning is too loud and the presenter is far...
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Problem Solving Is Domain Specific
I’ve sat through enough “innovation seminars” to know the drill: some consultant in a slim-fit suit stands at the front of a...
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Practice and Understanding Reinforce Each Other
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting ten years ago, staring at a glossy, twenty-page manual on “innovative mathematical discovery models” that...
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Language Learning Needs Volume of Input
I spent most of my career watching well-meaning educators and “polyglot influencers” sell a version of learning that simply doesn’t exist outside...
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Learning Words by Using Them
I’ve lost count of how many “revolutionary” vocabulary apps and glossy, colour-coded word mats have been shoved into my department over the...
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You Cannot Skill Your Way Past Not Knowing
I remember sitting in a middle leadership meeting ten years ago, listening to a consultant in a sharp suit explain that if...
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Comprehension Depends on Background Knowledge
I remember sitting in a professional development session back in 2014, watching a consultant in a crisp suit explain a complex, multi-layered...
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Planning Study Around a Real Week
I’ve spent far too many Tuesday afternoons watching well-meaning trainees attempt to implement “optimized time-blocking systems” they found on a productivity blog,...
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A Revision Timetable Built on Retrieval
I was sitting in a staff meeting last Tuesday, listening to a consultant drone on about “multi-sensory cognitive mapping” and the necessity...
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