I know – it’s daft when someone blogs about what they’ve posted on another blog. There’s probably a phrase for it. Nonetheless. I just thought I’d let any readers of this site (yup, I’m assuming there are still some), that I’ve recently posted a scheme of work for the Tudors and Stuarts up at...
Read more →It seems that the management of International School of Tolouse has lost its way. According to several observers, recent rumblings within its walls have seen several good teachers leave, sometimes quietly, sometimes under a cloud. A common aspect of many of these "leavings" is that the teachers have also been union members. Now it seems...
Read more →I went to a great meeting with my diploma peers on Friday night and, as usual came home buzzing with ideas and feeling like anything was possible. One of my tasks is to think about what I need to do and by when in order to get the finished diploma in on time. In...
Read more →I got a copy of Richard Pring’s Philosophy of Education for my birthday (I know, I know – but I did ask for it!). I’ve only had time to read the introduction, but within just 7 pages Pring has given me a giggle, at a Keith Joseph anecdote, and a set of profoundly good...
Read more →It’s my birthday. I watched "This Life+ 10". The watching of it was so unsatisfying that, well, it just goes to show that you should never re-vist your youth. I can’t really remember why it seemed to have such a profound effect on me at the time the show first ran when I was...
Read more →I’ve been reading Robin Conway’s article about the impact of pupil preconceptions on their understanding of historical significance in Teaching History no.125 (Dec 2006). I know Robin, but only very vaguely – we met three or four times at Open University Tutorials for AA820. His article is a brilliant one. The reason I like...
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