mstaunton's blog
Who’s doing the running in the curriculum?
Imagine a foot race, the starter is ready, pistol in hand, the words ‘on your marks, get set’ are said … trigger is pulled, the sharp cracking noise as the gunpowder explodes and … nothing! The runners are still there, watching, talking amongst themselves idling. Frustrated, the starter picks up a runner, carries him/her down the track, drops them over the finish line, races back up, picks up another, carries them down, etc.
Formative Assessment or Formative Teaching? You Decide.
I would like to propose a name change and call it 'formative teaching', because that's what it really is. The use of the word 'assessment' next to the word 'formative' can be misleading, given...
