Stephen
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“Now that’s what I call Curriculum” The MYP as a Greatest Hits album
Over the last couple of days I’ve been reading about ‘Knowledge and the Curriculum‘ as part of the Curriculum Studies unit. Through the tasks set in the MA online resources, I’ve been re-familiarising myself with ideas about curriculum, largely through David… Continue reading
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“Stick ’em with the pointy end.” Curriculum Studies, Game of Thrones & the MYP
What is Curriculum? The image above was used in a stimulus for a set of activities to complete as part of the Bath MA in International Education. It immediately triggered imagery of Game of Thrones, my other holiday project. So… Continue reading
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My EdTech Choices: More ‘why’, less ‘wow’ (now)
Another tweet-inspired post. Twitter really is great PD, as long as you’re happy to read the links and think about how they apply to your own practices and thought processes. @FernandaDesani retweeted a link to this article at Education Week… Continue reading
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“Unit plans‽ But we have a subject guide!”
This post (June 2012) relates to my MA assignment in Curriculum Studies and recognises the tension that can be generated when asking IBDP teachers to plan a unit: traditionally the subject guides have been very prescriptive, making a content-driven approach to exam… Continue reading
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“When you have interest, you have education.”
It’s the last day of the academic year, and the kids have just left the building. I went on Twitter for a quick read and saw this video from GOOD Magazine, after a tweet from Adrienne Michetti (@amichetti). If this reads… Continue reading
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Reflection on Professional Goals 2011-12
This has been a fast-paced, challenging but very positive first year at Canadian Academy. I have been fortunate to work with outstanding and supportive colleagues and very capable students. At the start of the year, as a new teacher to… Continue reading
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Learning Science By Doing Science: A quick reflection on Student feedback to teachers
The results of teacher evaluations by students were sent out to teachers this week and I was generally pleased with the feedback I received. Students here have written fairly and with thought and obviously appreciate their education. As a teacher… Continue reading
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New records & future musings on i-Biology.net
This week had three new site records in a row for views to i-Biology.net, before and during the IBDP Exams for the northern hemisphere schools. That gives me a sense of pride in what’s been achieved here, but also a… Continue reading
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MA Assignment: Proposed Assessment in MYP Next Chapter Sciences
This is a piece of work I submitted in February for my MA in International Education unit on Assessment with the University of Bath. I was given permission from my tutor to post it on this personal professional reflective blog.… Continue reading
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Areas of Interaction Workshop: A Quick Reflection
Tomorrow we’re back to work, after a long weekend for Golden Week, preceded by a long weekend in Singapore on a Category 3 Areas of Interaction workshop with a colleague. With a ton of work to shift and the faculty… Continue reading
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Concept Cartoons in Science Class
EDIT Dec 2018: Super old post (2012) now, but Concept Cartoons are the gift that keeps on giving and I was reminded of it from this Twitter thread. I’m not sure if Millgate House have produced these resources as online… Continue reading
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Experiments & Challenges in Peer Instruction
I heard this talk from Dr. Eric Mazur earlier in the academic year, when thinking about getting back into Physics teaching. I gave it a listen again this morning, while tidying up and reminded by a post by Ed Hitchcock*.… Continue reading
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My Biggest Challenge: Striking the Balance
Is it possible to be too reflective? Sleep is a challenge for teachers. Certainly for me. At any given time I have multiple streams running through my brain and it can be difficult to switch off. At times it is… Continue reading
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A Year of Meat-Less Living
This is a re-post of a piece I wrote on my family blog in 2011, but I was encouraged to edit and re-post today by an article posted on GOOD Magazine’s website: “Eating some meat may be better for the… Continue reading
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Biology4Good is taking off!
After a run of generous donations, i-Biology users have so far donated well over £700.00 to my chosen charities, including the Marine Conservation Society, Mines Advisory Group, Hope HIV, Save the Children, Save the Rhino, Tree Aid and Medecins sans… Continue reading
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