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Assessment Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

5 Tips For Making Project-Based Learning Work

9th Dec 201810th Dec 2018 Laura George 166 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), Finland, Knowledge, phenomenon-based learning, Project Based Learning, Resources, Skills, SOLE, Star Wars, Star Wars In The Classroom, Sugata Mitra

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can pupils and teachers excel in project-based learning?

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International Publication Research 

What Do The British Public Think About Teachers?

18th Nov 201813th Nov 2018 @TeacherToolkit 770 Views 2 Comments British Public, Finland, Gloabl Teacher Status Index, OECD, Performance Management, Pisa, Salary, Singapore, status, Teacher Index, Teacher Status, teachers, teaching, The Varkey Foundation, United Kingdom, Working Hours, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is the status of teachers in the United Kingdom?

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Curriculum Leadership Ofsted 

How Should Ofsted Reform Itself?

3rd Nov 20183rd Nov 2018 @TeacherToolkit 556 Views 0 Comments accountability, Amanda Spielman, Complaints Process, Curriculum, Evidence Base, Finland, machine learning, National Audit Office, NfER, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, reform, Singapore, YouGov

Reading Time: 2 minutes How far Ofsted is prepared to hide from accountability behind the threat of costs to children?

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Policies Publication Research 

What Impact Does Accountability Have On Education?

23rd Sep 201823rd Sep 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1375 Views 0 Comments accountability, Assessment, Australia, Canada, Curriculum, England, Estonia, Evaluation, Finland, Germany, high-stakes accountability, Japan, Massachusetts, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, National Foundation for Educational Research, New Zealand, NfER, OECD, Ofsted, Pisa, Poland, Rankings, Singapore, Sweden, USA, Wales

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can we improve school accountability in England?

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International Policies Teaching and Learning 

Why Finland Is Breaking Down Barriers – Literally!

10th Mar 20189th Mar 2018 Hollie Jones 2140 Views 4 Comments architecture, Clever Classrooms, David Price OBE, Design, desks, Finland, GERM, Global Education Reform Movement, Graham Brown-Martin, John Dabell, Phenomenon Based Teaching, Project Based Learning, Suomi, tables, Timothy D. Walker, walls

Reading Time: 4 minutes Should we abolish walls and open up learning?

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Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

10 Tips for Promoting Creativity

22nd Feb 201821st Feb 2018 Michele Hill 3334 Views 2 Comments Creativity, Differentiation, Failure, Finland, Genius Hour, Mistakes, multidisciplinary learning, multiple intelligences, phenomenon-based learning, Project Based Learning, Sir Ken Robinson

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are we killing students’ creativity in school?

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Behaviour Psychology 

Are You An Elephant Teacher?

9th Sep 20174th Oct 2017 John Dabell 2604 Views 0 Comments authority, Behaviour, Classroom Management, confidence, Education, elephant teacher, empathy, Finland, law, Respect, ryhmäyttämisen, School, teaching, tiger teacher, Timothy D. Walker, Trust

Reading Time: 4 minutes Should you lay down the law at the start of the term?

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Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

The Homework Conundrum

8th Sep 20178th Sep 2017 Alice England 4688 Views 3 Comments A level, achievement, attainment, Duke University, Erika A Patall, Finland, flipped learning, GCSE, gradees, Harris Cooper, Homework, Jorgianne Civey Robinson, Texas, Time Magazine

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do we really expect of students when setting homework? And, should teachers set it at all?

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Teaching and Learning 

8 Strategies For Happier Classrooms

29th May 20174th Jul 2017 John Dabell 18620 Views 1 Comment @timdwalk, Day of Failure, Education, Finland, happiness, joyful, outdoor education, outdoor learning, School, Sir Ken Robinson, Suomi, Teach Like Finland, teaching, Timothy D. Walker, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we make our classrooms happier?

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Teacher Training 

Just The Job

5th May 20175th May 2017 John Dabell 2544 Views 1 Comment Chartered College of Teaching, Clever Lands, Dame Alison Peacock, Education, Finland, Lucy Crehan, Masters degree, profession, Professional, Research, Richard Ingersoll, School, Teacher Training, teaching, The Independent, The Knowledge, Tom Bennett, toolbox.finland.fi, Tristram Hunt, University of Pennsylvania

Reading Time: 4 minutes Is teaching a profession?

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Politics Technology 

Competitive Education

21st Apr 201721st Apr 2017 Gerard Greally 3041 Views 0 Comments Candace Lindemann, Competition, Finland, OECD, Project Based Learning, Richard Bruton, STEAM education, technology

Reading Time: 3 minutes Should education systems be more competitive?

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Research Teaching and Learning 

100 Reasons To Visit Suomi

7th Feb 20176th Feb 2017 John Dabell 4248 Views 0 Comments 100 Finland, Collaboration, Finland, HundrED org, innovations, Learning, Schildt Upper Secondary School

Reading Time: 3 minutes Should we spread our ideas like viral margarine?

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International 

Those canny Finns!

12th Nov 201619th Dec 2016 John Dabell 15717 Views 6 Comments David Price OBE, Finland, GERM, Global Education Reform Movement, Graham Brown-Martin, John Dabell, Phenomenon Based Teaching, Project Based Learning

Reading Time: 5 minutes Why is Finnish education so good?

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Policies Politics 

School for Scandal

23rd Oct 201623rd Oct 2016 @TeacherToolkit 5125 Views 0 Comments 11+, Brexit, CBI, Centre for Cities’, David Blunkett, David Cameron, Ed Straw, Educational Excellence Everywhere, Europe, Finland, George Osbourne, Germany, Gordon Brown, Grammar Schools, Headteachers Roundtable, House of Lords, James Park, John Bird, Martin Rowson, Martin Wolf, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, Ofsted, The Big Issue, Theresa May

Reading Time: 10 minutes How can we engage, deliberate and decide on what’s best for our education system?

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Recruitment 

Stay On The Bus

4th Jun 20164th Jun 2016 @TeacherToolkit 7232 Views 0 Comments Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Bus, Bus Station, College of Teaching, Finland, Helsinki, James Clear, The Helsinki Bus Station Theory

Reading Time: 4 minutes If teachers quit the classroom, do they reach their ‘best before end’ date too early? And what is the reason behind

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International Publication Research 

Global Status #TeacherIndex

8th Mar 201413th Nov 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2231 Views 3 Comments Education, education system, Finland, OECD countries, Pisa, Rankings, South Korea, Varkey Gems, Varkey Gems Foundation

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is the perception of British teachers?

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Ofsted Thunks 

Should OfSTED Exist?

27th Oct 201221st Oct 2017 @TeacherToolkit 1434 Views 0 Comments Chris Woodhead, Education, Finland, Monty Python, Ofsted, Passchendaele, Tim Brighouse

Reading Time: 2 minutes Should Ofsted exist? 

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