Monthly Archives: March 2015

Oakley is a Professor of Engineering who is a visiting scholar in California and is speaking on the topic, learning how to learn. She starts by explaining that a favourite hobby of hers is to watch people, and how important … Continue reading →

David is talking us through creating a coherent curriculum that sticks. It rounds off a day of thinking about improving retention of knowledge and skills. We start by discussing some questions about how we prep students for their exams – … Continue reading →

Watkin is taking about what makes good learning in History. He starts with some video clips of students sharing their knowledge. J knows loads and loads, but his written work isn’t good. R can structure a really good written answer … Continue reading →

Carr is talking about the relationship between knowledge, progress and assessment in History. She shares the department’s discussion on models of progression. The departmental vision: inspired by the past, learning by enquiry, winning the arguments. They have been reflecting on … Continue reading →

I love Blakemore’s sessions! This year’s theme is “All in the mind” so she is ideal to open the conference. She begins by talking about adolescence as a concept, suggesting that some people think it is a modern construct; however … Continue reading →