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Mounting the defence for a knowledge-rich curriculum
A few years ago I wrote a series of blogs on curriculum theory and design. I did this for a few reasons. Firstly, I always felt as though these were tricky concepts to wrestle with. My hope was to distil some of this complicated thinking into a single, accessible series. To this day, I hope…
Tackling the Exclusion Problem
September 2019: Student X arrives at secondary school. They are lively and full of energy, but can also be challenging and they sometimes struggle communicating respectfully with adults. September 2020: Student X is now in Y8. Y7 was difficult. There were lots of detentions for behavioural reasons. Student X received support from school pastoral networks,…
Curriculum as the progression model: what are we really talking about?
This is the final post in a curriculum series I am writing for those who are relatively new to curriculum design, theory, and leadership. It would make most sense to read this final post having first read all previous posts. You can find them here. Curriculum: what are we really talking about? Knowledge-rich: what are…
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