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A Visit to Dixons Trinity School in Bradford

19th November 201719th November 2017 Wise 0 Comments Dixons Trinity School

A Visit to Dixons Trinity School in Bradford Dixons Trinity School in Bradford is tremendously successful. Based on their KS4

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Decent Writing: Some Practical Activities

22nd October 20173rd November 2017 Wise 0 Comments Doug Wise, Education, English Teaching, teaching, teaching english

Decent Writing: Some Practical Activities Good writers are avid readers. They have absorbed a vast inventory of words, idioms, constructions,

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The Importance of Reading Widely

3rd August 20175th August 2017 Wise 0 Comments Doug Wise, Education, Importance of Reading Widely

To engage with literary texts deeply and meaningfully, students need to be able to confidently make informed connections between key areas within them. For

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The Importance of Connections

27th July 2017 Wise 0 Comments Doug Wise, English Teacher, English Teaching, Importance of Connections, Learn Better, Learning, schools, teaching, teaching english, Ulrich Boser

In the first chapter of Learn Better, Ulrich Boser writes that ‘expertise is about having a deep network of connections

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Five things I’ve found out from EduTwitter #1

11th June 201729th June 2017 Wise 0 Comments 5 News, Doug Wise, Education, school management, schools, teaching

Bulletin #1: Five things I’ve found out from EduTwitter over the past few weeks… Do grades in one GCSE subject

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Folk Knowledge and Academic Learning

28th May 201724th July 2017 Wise 0 Comments Behaviour, Doug Wise, Education, Folk Knowledge and Academic Learning, school management, schools, teaching

David Geary, the cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychologist, writes in his essay Folk Knowledge and Academic Learning that ‘academic learning