As part of our work looking at how teachers are rethinking their curriculum, the History Team is delighted to share the following from History teachers Zaiba Patel and David Hibbert. Concerned that their history curriculum relied on familiar and oft-repeated narratives of the Second World War, Patel and Hibbert sought a fresh take and […]
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Stacey Wheeler discusses common lab equipment used in practicals and rates them on usefulness, awe and wonder, and effectiveness.
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Jose Garcia shares what he keeps in mind when he’s planning lessons or writing resources to help make MFL more inclusive.
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Teacher and author Ad McLaughlin shares advice on how to revise for A Level Psychology using her curated revision playlist of videos focusing on the 2022 AQA Advanced information topics.
Read more Secondary science teacher Adele Read shares key highlights from trialling Oxford Smart Activate in year 7 curriculum, including many benefits and the key differences compared to her current school curriculum.
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For very good reason the last several years has witnessed an explosion in thinking about effective revision strategies, with an increasing focus on self-testing and retrieval. As we increasingly use and model these skills in our own classrooms so too do students increasingly use them in their own independent practice. Yet, whilst we may be […]
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The Oxford Children’s Language Team reflect on the Government’s white paper for schools, highlighting the importance of vocabulary.
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Dr Andy Chandler-Grevatt discusses the challenges of improving science curriculum and argues that there are many strategies to support developing metacognition and self-regulation.
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We all know the benefits of project-based learning. It makes students into more independent learners and universities are also increasingly seeing the value in such projects. In fact, some universities are giving reduced offers to students who achieve a qualification in the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) or International Independent Project Qualifications such as the OxfordAQA International IPQ . They […]
Read more Recently, I’ve been playing around with and using a lot of Oxford University Press Shakespeare materials and resources, which are proving to be excellent. In particular, I’ve been experimenting with their ‘Macbeth GCSE Revision Workbook’ by Graham Elsdon, which is part of the Oxford School Shakespeare series. I’ve been using this in the more traditional […]
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