Pupil Curiosity
Prof Coe’s 2013 talk has aged well, I think. I’d forgotten this prompt, but it’s a lovely way of framing the challenge of teaching curiosity. “If your pupils knew the answer, but didn’t know why, how many would care?” Improving Education – A triumph of hope over experience from CEM on Vimeo.
Trust and Whole Selves
This video is worth a watch, I think. John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods, makes some great points about people in organisations. At its simplest, viewing people as ”Human Resources” gets it wrong because it limits. It ignores the idea that people come to the workplace wanting to bring their whole selves. It ties in […]
An Epidemic of Listicles
I like this excerpt from Krista Tippett’s interview with Maria Popova, curator of the wonderful Brain Pickings [Thanks to the Centre for Teaching] Culture needs stewardship, not disruption. … We seem somehow bored with thinking. We want to instantly know. And there’s this epidemic of listicles. Why think about what...
Early Steps in Blended Learning
I think a penny has finally dropped. I’ve been mulling over blended learning for a while but have never quite summoned up the energy. I’ve also been thinking about ways I can apply the DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) principle to my teaching, so I can spend more time doing the fun parts of teaching. Slower […]
Rembrandt – created not discovered
This video is almost worth it just to hear the comment about using technology for something more than just improving businesses.
Evelyn Waugh’s Letter “This is quite true”
This was read out again last night at Letters Live, this time just as brilliantly by Tom Hollander.
Why 21st Century Education is half-baked
Perhaps it’s the bias of the medium, but spend much time online among teachery types and you come across a whole host of slightly hackneyed tropes. There is the “Shift Happens” video, Sir Ken Robinson, the “guide on the side vs sage on the stage” mantra, factory-model schooling is bunk, and long,...
Eric Stanley
Big smile. (Thanks @brainpicker and especially @estan247) Video Eric Stanley – Eminem Ft. Rihanna Love The Way You Lie (Violen Cover).mp4
I teach in Grange Hill
via the indispensable Mr DuPlessis this video shows: a) a large slice of my childhood b) the same school I now teach in (the playground hasn’t changed)
Drive RSA
Just finished Drive. This video is a typically good RSA summary from one of Dan Pink’s book talks. It’s fascinating stuff. Essentially, the science says carrot and stick only works for mechanical tasks. For any other tasks, carrot and stick actually damages motivation. Tricky one for schools and the gamification crowd, I...