Presentation from the SEDA conference

This is about my contribution to the SEDA conference in November 2016, which was about aspects of the Secondary Teacher Education Programme.

Presentation from the KSSEE conference

The KSSEE (Korean Society for the Study of Elementary Education) had invited me to Seoul, South Korea, to give a talk about ICT in the Primary Curriculum in the UK.

Strategies for learning names of students

Strategies for learning names at the beginning of an academic year, and reasons for why learning names is important.

Guest post: So we are all gifted and talented

Having read "Peak" guest blogger Craig Brown argues that gifted and talented provision needs to be reviewed.

Getting started with educational research

Getting started with educational research is a short introduction to the research process and offers help with questions and methods.

Digest: Value of social networks for teachers

Kelly and Antonio (2016) report on the value of social networks, more sepcifically facebook, for the teaching communities.

Book review: Study skills for students with dyslexia

This review is about "Study skills for students with dyslexia". This is a good resource for teachers helping prepare students for University.

Presentation from the ESLTIS16 conference

Download my presentation from the ESLTIS16 (Enhancing Student Learning Through Scholarship 2016) conference from here.

What are “communities of practice”?

Thoughts on what constitutes and characterises communities of practice and what is required to make communities of practice efficient and effective.

Book review: Doing research in education – Theory and practice

This review is about the book "Doing research in education". A fabulous resource and introduction to doing research in education.

The “I” in Fibromyalgia at the PGFes2016

This is my contribution to the Postgraduate Research Festival, the PGFes2016, at the University of Kent.

Integrity at the core of strategies to prevent cheating and plagiarism

Universities need to teach professional values and integrity, if plagiarism and cheating is to be prevented in the long-term.

Identity boxes

In this post I describe what identity boxes are, how I developed the idea and why identity boxes can be used in research.

How to flip, so it’s not a flop

This post provides some guidance on how to organise your lesson to flip successfully, as to flip cannot be done thoughtlessly.

Is flipped learning really all the rage?

In this article about flipped learning I argue that flipped learning should only be used as one teaching method amongst many others.

Findings from RefME survey on plagiarism

RefME survey findings show how students are affected by plagiarism. More needs to be done to prevent plagiarism by raising awareness.