Life Without Goals – setting intentions for the new year

Life without goals? Ironic or what? I’ve been teaching goal setting and target setting all term but I don’t do it myself! I’ve tried goal setting and all it does, for me, is set me up to feel like a … Continue reading

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Open Badges Learner Story

For week 2 of our Semester of Learning at P2PU we are looking at Learner Stories – imagined examples of how our learners might benefit from our use of the Open Badges scheme. I’m interested in the scheme mainly from … Continue reading

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Teaching Assistants Level 1

maths equipment to help place value

Teaching Assistants Level 1 – reflecting on my learning I mainly work at Level 1 which is pretty basic in UK further education. My learners are mostly volunteering as teacher’s helpers in primary (elementary) schools, maybe hearing readers or tidying … Continue reading

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How Should We Assess People in Educational Contexts?

How should we assess people in educational contexts? - Quora

There’s an interesting group of answers to this question appearing on Quora as part of #purposedassess. I thought I’d add my answer here as well: When working with adults in my role in FE I am involved with portfolio and … Continue reading

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Action Logging Again

Action logging

Action Logr is Andy’s new blog on the topic of keeping an action log. Inspired by him and wanting to get my work patterns back on track after a busy teaching term I decided to start action logging again. It’s … Continue reading

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