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stretch and challenge

What’s the issue? Embedding issues and debates throughout the course

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018Oxford Psychology Team

Where to start? I’m someone who likes to keep mixing things up to see if new combinations of ingredients result in surprising and delicious outcomes, like Heston Blumenthal’s egg and bacon ice cream. Enjoying the freedom of being able to teach topics in any order, I can’t resist tweaking the Scheme of Work to see […]

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Understanding challenge activities

January 11, 2018November 20, 2018Oxford Science Team
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Education is fast moving, with new ideas, recycled ideas, and changes in the political landscape which feed into curriculum change and inevitable examination changes.  A rising hot topic is ‘stretch and challenge’, but what exactly is it? As part of the Teaching and Learning group in my school we have been exploring ‘Stretch and Challenge’ […]

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Is there a champion geographer in your classroom?

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017Oxford Geography Team 1 Comment
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One of the ways that I like to stretch my most able students is by offering them the opportunity to enter nationwide geography competitions. The benefits of this are threefold: students get the chance to challenge themselves and expand their geographical knowledge; the profile of the geography department is raised; and older students gain valuable […]

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