Brilliant ASE conference! Loads of curriculum thinking. Disciplinary and substantive knowledge very important (see Counsell here). Charles Tracey (@physicsnews) suggested … More
Category: Literacy
My ASE Slides – before I present them
This may be counter productive, but ASE conference time is precious. If you were thinking of coming to my presentation, … More
How Knowledge Grows…
We are all now familiar with the idea of schema: the mind-map diagrams representing knowledge and the relationships between items … More
Applying Efrat Furst’s Model of Building Long-Term Memory Representations
One of the challenges facing teacher is to know when to apply specific tasks to support long-term learning. I have … More
My ResearchEd Ipswich Slides (Disciplinary Literacy in Science)
I had a great time at ResearchEd Ipswich on Saturday – and learnt loads (almost too much). Here are my … More
Faded Support Terminal Velocity Writing Scaffolds
Explaining terminal velocity is a classic piece of GCSE writing. The cognitive demands are high: recalling the sequence; structuring the … More
The Origin of Species Packet
Four years ago I adapted the first four chapters of Darwin’s The Origin of Species for my year 6 classes (see here). … More
A Knowledge Curriculum, Informed by Cognitive Science with a Disciplinary Literacy Focus
Colleagues at Paradigm Trust are developing a KS1-3 curriculum. It is a knowledge curriculum, informed by cognitive science with a … More
Characteristics of Science Vocabulary and Some Classroom Tools
I’m really excited to be part of a sequence of blogs – a symposium – on writing in science coordinated by Pritesh … More
The Privileged Status of Story – Energy – Audio Version
I wrote my book for novice physics teachers and I’ve had some very kind feedback about it. Chapter Zero in … More
Reading for Learning 