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The Graffiti Project
Thanks to Dan for the contribution to the graffiti debate (comments under Taking it Easy) and to Clarinda for drawing my attention to the amazing Kelburn Castle Graffiti Project which is well worth a...
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Schools of the Future
As schools across Scotland break up for the long summer holiday, there will be some who look forward to next session with a sense of excitement and anticipation, thinking of the opportunities afforded...
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No Ordinary Genius
This weekend sees the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norman MacCaig, arguably Scotland’s greatest poet since Robert Burns. To recognise this landmark in Scottish cultural history, a number of events...
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Tall Ships and Fast Cars
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that for the month of July I will be living, working and playing on the Isle of Arran, a One of the impressive Tall Ships which called in on Arran this...
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No More Curriculum for Excellence?
Photo by Cristobal Cobo Romani In a recent interview for the TESS, Professor Tom Devine, Scotland’s pre-eminent historian, was discussing the recent upsurge in interest in Scottish history, and linking...
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Many Stories, One Scotland
My favourite aunt, now living in Houston Texas, has been researching our family tree for a number of years, and in September last year I discovered, thanks to her efforts, that my great, great, great,...
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Still Searching for Scotland
R.F. MacKenzie 1910-1987 In this year of the referendum on Scottish Independence (September 18th) it was appropriate that my ruminations on the future of education, and specifically the ‘Curriculum for...
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End Of An Era
Well, I’ve gone and done it. As of today, I am officially an ‘ex-teacher’. I decided to cancel my registration to the GTCS (General Teaching Council Scotland) since I hadn’t actually taught in a school...
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The Power To Make A Difference
It may sound like romantic tosh, but I’m sure most teachers, if not all of them, enter the profession to try to make a difference to the lives of those they teach. I certainly did. I grew up on a...
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Another Finnish Lesson
This post is appearing simultaneously on Common Space. Common Space is part of the Common Weal, an exciting component of the developing, democratic new media in Scotland. Recently I wrote a comment...
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Curriculum for Integrity
This blogpost is re-published with kind permission from its author, Matthew Boyle. The original can be found on his own blog, Each and Every Dog. Well worth a visit for anyone with an interest in...
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Another Finnish Lesson
This post is appearing simultaneously on Common Space. Common Space is part of the Common Weal, an exciting component of the developing, democratic new media in Scotland. Recently I wrote a comment...
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Curriculum for Integrity
This blogpost is re-published with kind permission from its author, Matthew Boyle. The original can be found on his own blog, Each and Every Dog. Well worth a visit for anyone with an interest in...
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Still Raising the Scores, Still Ruining the Schools
‘Standardised testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it threatens to swallow our schools whole.’ Alfie Kohn, 2000 This was the dramatic –...
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Another Finnish Lesson
This post is appearing simultaneously on Common Space. Common Space is part of the Common Weal, an exciting component of the developing, democratic new media in Scotland. Recently I wrote a comment...
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Curriculum for Integrity
This blogpost is re-published with kind permission from its author, Matthew Boyle. The original can be found on his own blog, Each and Every Dog. Well worth a visit for anyone with an interest in...
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Still Raising the Scores, Still Ruining the Schools
‘Standardised testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it threatens to swallow our schools whole.’ Alfie Kohn, 2000 This was the dramatic –...
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