Performance Related Pay as an ISA

01May12

I’ve just been reading that the government (in the form of the Education Select Committee) is recommending a return to the idea of performance-related pay for teachers. Now, this is interesting, to say the least – and more than a little political. Because, of course we all know how well a bonus-led culture worked in [...]

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Tags: Education, Education Select Committee, ISA, Performance-related pay, politics, teaching

Exit Questionnaire: Useful?

24Aug11

Last year, as part of the Action Research in Physics Project run through the Science Learning Centres, I collected data in my school about those who didn’t do Physics at AS. If this seems odd, think for a moment. If we ask those who did choose our subject, we’re only getting the success stories. Surely [...]

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Tags: Action Research, Google, Institute of Physics, Physics, School, Science Learning Centres, Student, teaching

The First Rule

10Jul11

“The first rule of Journal Club – is do talk about Journal Club.“ Journal clubs aren’t a new idea – as I understand it, their most wide spread incarnation is within medicine. A bunch of professionals get together to argue about an academic paper, both how it’s written and what the consequences are for their [...]

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Tags: CPD, Education, Journal Club, SciTeachJC, Teacher, teaching, twitter

References and Trust

13May11

A while back I had an interesting Twitter discussion about the problems with assessment in education, and how different approaches might be useful. The others involved (@richardtibbles and @informededu) were much more organised than I am so have long since moved on, after blogging about it. David suggested this concept originally at his blog and [...]

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Tags: assessment, careers, exams, references, teaching, testimonials, Tipping Point

Spot the Physics

11Dec10

As part of a project I’m involved with at the moment (more accurately have been involved with, but haven’t been blogging about) I’ve been looking at ways to get students thinking more about how physics as a subject can affect their future lives. I know we all do loads about context, and how relevant it [...]

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Tags: Creative Commons, Education, Institute of Physics, Lay Scientist, Physics