Tag Archives: Teacher education

Maintained Nursery Schools

Posted on April 28, 2015 by nicktomjoe

Killing any birds with any number of stones is not easy in election time. This blog post, short though it is, maybe is over-ambitious. This information is intended largely for the enlightenment of my own students (do I own students?) as … Continue reading →

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Visual Methodologies

Posted on February 27, 2015 by nicktomjoe

Hmmmm. I’m re-reading Gillian Rose on Visual Methodology, and she has given me a lot to think about.  I’d like to see if I can apply her ideas to some children’s work such as this:   So let’s look at this … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Motivational

Posted on February 16, 2015 by nicktomjoe

This from Carl Hendrick is such a good blog post I have to point to it, even if my comments after it are lightweight. “This type of stuff is obviously well intentioned but beyond symbolising a culture that privileges the … Continue reading →

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Attention sp

Posted on January 29, 2015 by nicktomjoe

William Pooley raises some interesting questions here about attention span. Should we be “so willing to assume that every individual has a fixed ‘span’ (which can be stretched, or curtailed, perhaps, but still exists as a kind of objective measure)”? … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Leadership, Management and Ethos

Posted on January 15, 2015 by nicktomjoe

A colleague of mine, an expert in how groups and professionals communicate, once asked me what I felt makes a good leader. I gave her a copy of the Rule of St Benedict.  Oxford Brookes, as I write, is searching … Continue reading →

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Work in a Chill Month

Posted on January 7, 2015 by nicktomjoe

There is the story that someone is admitted to Hell and is allowed their choice – one choice, and for ever – of punishment. It’s all very Hieronymous Bosch until the man finds a room in which everyone is sitting … Continue reading →

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Zombies

Posted on October 29, 2014 by nicktomjoe

My main idea – there aren’t many – for tomorrow (Thurs 30th, School of Education Hallowe’en Seminar) is to look at the notion of the oath suggested by practice in Singapore and by Tristram Hunt on his return from his … Continue reading →

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Pedagogy

Posted on March 7, 2014 by nicktomjoe

This posting from me  is just a jumped-up tweet, but what’s behind it is worth sharing, I feel. Steve Wheeler (whose blog is always a good read) has an insightful view of pedagogy here in his latest post. Good pedagogy … Continue reading →

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Resistance or debate?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by nicktomjoe

A selection from Saturday’s conversation on BBC Radio 4’s Week in Westminster (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03tqx9x) between David Blunkett and Nick Gibb: NG: …He [Michael Gove] doesn’t set out to be non-consensual, but what can happen is that if you’re determined to ensure … Continue reading →

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Suffering from Childhood

Posted on October 9, 2013 by nicktomjoe

Again the thoughtful and thought-provoking Ken Robinson talking about the nature of learning. Learning or compliance? Teaching or testing? I won’t comment much more, but it does tie in to some extent with last night’s post about my position as … Continue reading →

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