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Is wellbeing a passing trend or are we seeing a sustainable change in education?

December 11, 2020December 10, 2020Oxford Education
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Louise Aukland examines the current evidence surrounding wellbeing in young children and offers advice to help teachers embed wellbeing support into their lessons.

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Keeping it simple but meaningful during school closures

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020Oxford Science Team
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Head of Biology Amelia Kyriakides discusses the ways in which her department has adapted to home learning and how the strategies they’ve developed will continue to benefit her GCSE cohorts on their return to school. For many of us, adapting for home learning meant rapidly rethinking lesson planning. Quick decisions needed to be made based […]

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Engaging Pupils Remotely – Martha O’Dell

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020Oxford Education 1 Comment
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As the nation’s pupils self-isolate, we discuss ways in which teachers can achieve the impossible: keeping learners engaged and motivated while working remotely. Respond and praise  We know that pupils thrive on being told they’ve done a good job. But without the presence of a teacher, with their verbal signals, smiles of encouragement and recognition […]

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Daisy Christodoulou on remote learning

March 16, 2020March 20, 2020Oxford Education
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Back in 2008, the business professor Clayton Christensen predicted that by 2019, half of all US high school classes would be taken online. It’s now 2020 and this prediction has not come true, in the US or any other country. Why is this? Is it fundamentally impossible to get remote learning to work as well as […]

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Daisy Christodoulou on Teachers vs Tech 3/3

March 6, 2020March 20, 2020Oxford Education 1 Comment
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What skills will be needed in the economy of the future? Suppose a friend came to you and told you they wanted to visit Siberia for the whole of next February. They want to prepare for their visit, and to do so they need a precise weather forecast. They want to know exactly what temperature […]

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Daisy Christodoulou on Teachers vs Tech 1/3

February 28, 2020March 16, 2020Oxford Education
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Daisy Christodoulou talks about some of the important questions and popular ed tech ideas she explores in her new book, Teachers vs Tech? The case for an ed tech revolution. As long ago as 1913, people were predicting that technology was going to transform education. “Books will soon be obsolete in the public schools. Scholars […]

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Daisy Christodoulou on Teachers vs Tech 2/3

February 28, 2020March 20, 2020Oxford Education
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Daisy Christodoulou’s new book, Teachers vs Tech? is all about how we can use technology to improve learning. In this blog post she considers the benefit of spaced repetition algorithms in helping students retain knowledge. Recently, I started flicking through a book I’d read about ten years ago, Juliet Gardiner’s The Thirties: An Intimate History. […]

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Planning Ahead: How to find a work-life balance as a teacher

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019Oxford Education

By Gemma Bott At last the final half term of the year has arrived.  The time of year when you can get caught up with all of those jobs you’ve been putting off or just not had time to do. For secondary school teachers, exam classes have left, hopefully leaving extra PPA time in the […]

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Top 5 spelling tips for primary school children

July 18, 2019March 7, 2023Oxford Primary
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In this blog, find 5 exciting spelling tips to help children become better spellers and build a lasting understanding of spelling rules and exceptions.

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Putting yourself first this September

July 10, 2019July 22, 2019Oxford Education

Andy Chandler-Grevatt Back to School. The end of the summer break and the new term. New students, new timetable, new you? What will you do differently this school year? An often neglected part of our ambitions, planning and targets is looking after ourselves. How are you going to look after yourself this year? Teachers are […]

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