Normal Service Will Be Resumed Shortly?
When there is a power cut, there is a ‘points failure at Clapham’ or when the TV doesn’t work, we long for normal service to be resumed. When a global… Read more Normal Service Will Be Resumed Shortly? →
Why abolishing Ofsted is not such a bad idea
The Labour Party’s proposal to abolish Ofsted has outraged many and provoked others to argue for a revised regime that produces more reliable ‘judgements’. Both perspectives miss the point: Labour’s… Read more Why abolishing Ofsted is not such a bad idea →
Responding to Melissa Benn: ‘We need to bring public education back into public hands’
On 4th July this year, the writer and campaigner Melissa Benn gave the Annual Education Lecture at King’s College London. To a full house in the Great Hall at the… Read more Responding to Melissa Benn: ‘We need to bring public education back into public hands’ →
Curriculum, educational research, partnership: three of Harry Judge’s Oxford papers
Imagine this: The headteacher of a large secondary school takes over the Department of Education at the local university. Other school teachers from different parts of England join the new… Read more Curriculum, educational research, partnership: three of Harry Judge’s Oxford papers →
Learning, Assessment and Boundary-Crossing in Teacher Education (LAB-Ted): New research project
I recently tweeted about the successful outcome to a research funding application that will bring together a group of researchers to carry out an intervention study in the teacher education… Read more Learning, Assessment and Boundary-Crossing in Teacher Education (LAB-Ted): New research project →
The Changing Landscape of Teacher Development
The ways that schools have changed in England since 2010 are pretty obvious to see. Ideas like ‘academies’, initially proposed by New Labour for ‘failing’ schools, have become (more or… Read more The Changing Landscape of Teacher Development →
Teacher research groups in a Chinese primary school: What if …?
Teacher research groups have been a feature of the Chinese school system for over 50 years, including outside the special regions (such as Shanghai and Bejing) with which westerners are… Read more Teacher research groups in a Chinese primary school: What if …? →
Transformation: What exactly does it mean?
Transformation has, rather like innovation, become a popular way of describing of change, perhaps especially in public services. There are several books with ‘transforming teacher education’ somewhere in the title… Read more Transformation: What exactly does it mean? →
Professor Viv Ellis 