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Is it desirable?)", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2016/01/03/the-reconciliation-of-the-debate-is-it-possible-is-it-desirable/", "published_at": "2016-01-03T12:32:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7700-714c-a473-c3c3bde847b0", "title": "I Was a Teenage Progressive: A Defence of the Debate", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/i-was-a-teenage-progressive-a-defence-of-the-debate/", "published_at": "2016-01-02T17:38:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f7e1286ef", "title": "It’s a Wonderful Battery Life", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/its-a-wonderful-battery-life/", "published_at": "2015-12-18T22:19:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f7e365863", "title": "Essential Books for English Teachers by @JamesTheo", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/essential-books-for-english-teachers-by-jamestheo/", "published_at": "2015-11-19T20:37:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f7ee82f23", "title": "The Jellyfish Effect: why bad ideas hang around", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/the-jellyfish-effect-why-bad-ideas-hang-around/", "published_at": "2015-10-30T11:13:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f7f0ec648", "title": "A free resource – but not for everyone: literary terms display", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/a-free-resource-but-not-for-everyone-literary-terms-display/", "published_at": "2015-09-05T18:40:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f7f67fe82", "title": "The new English Language GCSE: introducing 19th century fiction", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/08/31/the-new-english-language-gcse-introducing-19th-century-fiction/", "published_at": "2015-08-31T17:18:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f7f84685c", "title": "In defence of the Secret Teacher", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/in-defence-of-the-secret-teacher/", "published_at": "2015-08-24T10:38:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f7f947513", "title": "JT Airlines – We’re a Great Way to Fall", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/jt-airlines-were-a-great-way-to-fall/", "published_at": "2015-08-13T10:40:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f807b87ad", "title": "Conspicuous work: do we compound the workload issue ourselves?", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/conspicuous-work-do-we-compound-the-workload-issue-ourselves/", "published_at": "2015-07-30T12:09:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-7701-709b-bc98-925f80d9bd27", "title": "Are these the best English subject textbooks you’ve ever seen?", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/are-these-the-best-english-subject-textbooks-youve-ever-seen/", "published_at": "2015-07-26T19:43:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fcca2cd5dd", "title": "The Final Comedown: Nothing prepares me for the end of term", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/the-final-comedown-nothing-prepares-me-for-the-end-of-term/", "published_at": "2015-07-23T19:26:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fcca766a5a", "title": "The Knowledge", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/the-knowledge/", "published_at": "2015-06-28T13:36:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fccac4f565", "title": "Activities: the devil will find work for idle hands to do", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/activities-the-devil-will-find-work-for-idle-hands-to-do/", "published_at": "2015-06-25T18:08:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fccb2dd26e", "title": "What if everything David Didau thinks about education is right?", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/what-if-everything-david-didau-thinks-about-education-is-right/", "published_at": "2015-06-21T20:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fccbef9f61", "title": "The impression that I get: Sir Ken at #EducationFest", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/the-impression-that-i-get-sir-ken-at-educationfest/", "published_at": "2015-06-19T16:37:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fcccdd42fa", "title": "Knowledge is obsolete! Unburden yourself here…", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/06/13/knowledge-is-obsolete-unburden-yourself-here/", "published_at": "2015-06-13T12:43:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fcccfeb19f", "title": "You Can Do Anything!", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/you-can-do-anything/", "published_at": "2015-06-07T17:35:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fccdd31e61", "title": "Schools: the egg-laying, wool and milk-giving sow", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/schools-the-egg-laying-wool-and-milk-giving-sow/", "published_at": "2015-06-06T17:49:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fcce03c7ac", "title": "Want to share knowledge organisers?", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/want-to-share-knowledge-organisers/", "published_at": "2015-05-27T19:29:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-029a-7165-814e-03fccf00ad15", "title": "The absolute curses of retention and organisation: needlessly yawing mnemonics", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/the-absolute-curses-of-retention-and-organisation-needlessly-yawing-mnemonics/", "published_at": "2015-05-24T18:09:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9a77e31e", "title": "I forget why I’m here: event boundaries in teaching and leading", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/i-forget-why-im-here-event-boundaries-in-teaching-and-leading/", "published_at": "2015-05-03T22:18:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9a92bf2b", "title": "How to choose study texts in English: Part Two", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/how-to-choose-study-texts-in-english-part-two/", "published_at": "2015-04-07T20:42:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9b28f7ad", "title": "How to choose study texts in English: Part One", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/how-to-choose-study-texts-in-english-part-one/", "published_at": "2015-04-06T21:58:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9bca7174", "title": "The bearable discomfort of being… a teacher", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/the-bearable-discomfort-of-being-a-teacher/", "published_at": "2015-04-01T22:32:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9c41c8cd", "title": "Nobody expects a British Education", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/nobody-expects-a-british-education/", "published_at": "2015-03-27T21:01:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9cc059d7", "title": "Blights of the round table: the damage of poor proxies for learning", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/blights-of-the-round-table-the-damage-of-poor-proxies-for-learning/", "published_at": "2015-03-23T19:54:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9d67229b", "title": "The 21st Century Job", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/the-21st-century-job-a-fictional-story/", "published_at": "2015-03-21T11:14:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9e2502d0", "title": "Teachers as stick insects: the constant re-evolution of education", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/teachers-as-stick-insects-the-constant-re-evolution-of-education/", "published_at": "2015-03-07T23:53:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9e417d19", "title": "We are number two but we try harder: the underdog narrative of progressivism", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/we-are-number-two-but-we-try-harder-the-underdog-narrative-of-progressivism/", "published_at": "2015-02-28T22:51:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-626a-71c5-a696-c16b9e5b10c5", "title": "I ❤ January 2015", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/i-%e2%9d%a4-january-2015/", "published_at": "2015-01-31T16:46:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-dfce-731e-997f-2ab8c782649f", "title": "The map is not the territory: embracing desire paths in the curriculum", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/the-map-is-not-the-territory-embracing-desire-paths-in-the-curriculum/", "published_at": "2015-01-31T12:04:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-dfce-731e-997f-2ab8c851f373", "title": "A Christmas Carol | Marking was dead time-consuming: to begin with.", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2014/12/21/a-christmas-carol-marking-was-dead-time-consuming-to-begin-with/", "published_at": "2014-12-21T00:36:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-dfce-731e-997f-2ab8c852a3b8", "title": "EduTwitter: The Christmas armistice of 2014", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/edutwitter-the-christmas-armistice-of-2014/", "published_at": "2014-12-05T20:57:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-dfce-731e-997f-2ab8c8e6aa50", "title": "The Magic Roundabout: why anxiety shouldn’t stop us learning", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/the-magic-roundabout-why-anxiety-shouldnt-stop-us-learning/", "published_at": "2014-11-22T12:41:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-dfce-731e-997f-2ab8c90615ab", "title": "Stop looking for the new Brain Gym. Start looking for the new Monkey Crouch", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/stop-looking-for-the-new-brain-gym-start-looking-for-the-new-monkey-crouch/", "published_at": "2014-10-31T23:48:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-dfce-731e-997f-2ab8c970b5ba", "title": "Workload: “And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint…”", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/workload-and-finally-monsieur-a-wafer-thin-mint/", "published_at": "2014-10-27T10:20:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-dfce-731e-997f-2ab8ca252a39", "title": "The difference between managing and leading", "url": "https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/the-difference-between-managers-and-leaders/", "published_at": "2014-10-05T21:30:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-dfce-731e-997f-2ab8ca4428d1", "title": "Why is opportunity cost so important? 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2024

L’esprit de l’escalier original ↗

29 Aug 2024

2023

The end of things original ↗

13 Aug 2023

2020

An idiot’s guide to the philosophy of education: Part 3 original ↗

28 Dec 2020

2019

All the Gear but No Idea: the Aggrandisement of ‘The Resource’ in Teaching original ↗

19 Aug 2019

The Best Films About Teaching original ↗

26 May 2019

The tantalisation of standardisation: It’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all over again… and again… and again…original ↗

25 May 2019

Tes Education Resources: An Open Expression of Concern original ↗

5 May 2019

An idiot’s guide to the philosophy of education: Part 2 original ↗

13 Apr 2019

2018

An idiot’s guide to the philosophy of education: Part 1 original ↗

22 Dec 2018

An art history of autumn term original ↗

23 Sept 2018

Oblique National Strategies cards original ↗

31 Aug 2018

An art history of inset original ↗

30 Aug 2018

We should future-proof education against the past original ↗

3 Jun 2018

A Glossary of U.K. Education (Vol. 6)original ↗

26 May 2018

Recipes for Teachers: A Cookbook for the Exhausted Educator original ↗

21 Apr 2018

5 common questions from the audience at the education conference original ↗

13 Apr 2018

An art history of exam season original ↗

30 Mar 2018

A Glossary of U.K. Education (Vol. 5)original ↗

1 Jan 2018

2017

Rejected ideas for ‘Get Into Teaching’ Christmas adverts original ↗

22 Dec 2017

The Little Book of Tycche: The Finnish Art of Wellbeing in Teaching original ↗

28 Oct 2017

Teaching: if you aren’t dead yet, you aren’t doing it well enough original ↗

7 Oct 2017

“This debate doesn’t happen in schools”original ↗

28 Aug 2017

An art history of back to school original ↗

23 Aug 2017

A Timeline of Literature (with GCSE texts)original ↗

19 Aug 2017

A Glossary of U.K. Education (Vol. 4)original ↗

21 Jul 2017

A Glossary of U.K. Education (Vol. 3)original ↗

14 Jul 2017

A Glossary of U.K. Education (Vol. 2)original ↗

7 Jul 2017

A Glossary of U.K. Education (Vol. 1)original ↗

1 Jul 2017

5 useful online resources for English teachers original ↗

25 Jun 2017

Teachers: @TesResources has a problem and they want you to work harder to deal with it original ↗

4 Jun 2017

You aren’t a brand; you’re a teacher original ↗

21 May 2017

A tour of Stock Photos Academy original ↗

19 May 2017

7 Venn diagrams about teaching original ↗

13 May 2017

The 5 worst education arguments by graphics original ↗

6 May 2017

Gibberish sprinkled with question marks: in nonsense is strength original ↗

29 Apr 2017

Assessment Objectives: An Ofqual concern for Ofqual people; there is nothing for you here!original ↗

20 Apr 2017

Be more Goose: a school shouldn’t rely on Mavericks original ↗

26 Mar 2017

Is the use of PowerPoint in lessons misguided?original ↗

26 Mar 2017

2016

The variable obscenity of knowledge original ↗

13 Dec 2016

2016: An Education Christmas Hamper original ↗

10 Dec 2016

Shakespeare’s Folio (Education Weekly Subeditors’ Edition)original ↗

3 Dec 2016

Sunbucks, Heimekem and the College of Teaching original ↗

29 Oct 2016

The College of Teaching: a Claim Your Own Adventure story original ↗

2 Oct 2016

The common arguments used against the criticism of the College of Teaching original ↗

31 Aug 2016

“I hate poems”: introducing poetry original ↗

28 Aug 2016

Great chain of being in education original ↗

27 Aug 2016

Visible Learning 2108 original ↗

31 Jul 2016

Schrödinger’s homework: the problem with takeaway menus original ↗

12 Jul 2016

Tell all the truth; don’t tell it slant original ↗

18 Jun 2016

The factory model original ↗

2 May 2016

5 things Einstein didn’t say (that you might hear during CPD or assemblies) by @JamesTheo original ↗

9 Apr 2016

The tale of @ThreeBillyGoatsGruff original ↗

4 Apr 2016

How to Play Trombone: A Guide to this Blog original ↗

28 Mar 2016

Evaluation: it’s a piece of cake original ↗

27 Mar 2016

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the College of Teaching original ↗

24 Mar 2016

Is the DfE employing the Chewbacca defence over the retention crisis?original ↗

12 Mar 2016

Five Common Wrongs for English Teachers to Avoid by @JamesTheo original ↗

26 Feb 2016

How to teach a book by @JamesTheo original ↗

21 Feb 2016

What is the point of Speaking and Listening? #BlogSyncEnglish original ↗

26 Jan 2016

The Reconciliation of The Debate (Is it possible? Is it desirable?)original ↗

3 Jan 2016

I Was a Teenage Progressive: A Defence of the Debate original ↗

2 Jan 2016

2015

It’s a Wonderful Battery Life original ↗

18 Dec 2015

Essential Books for English Teachers by @JamesTheo original ↗

19 Nov 2015

The Jellyfish Effect: why bad ideas hang around original ↗

30 Oct 2015

A free resource – but not for everyone: literary terms display original ↗

5 Sept 2015

The new English Language GCSE: introducing 19th century fiction original ↗

31 Aug 2015

In defence of the Secret Teacher original ↗

24 Aug 2015

JT Airlines – We’re a Great Way to Fall original ↗

13 Aug 2015

Conspicuous work: do we compound the workload issue ourselves?original ↗

30 Jul 2015

Are these the best English subject textbooks you’ve ever seen?original ↗

26 Jul 2015

The Final Comedown: Nothing prepares me for the end of term original ↗

23 Jul 2015

The Knowledge original ↗

28 Jun 2015

Activities: the devil will find work for idle hands to do original ↗

25 Jun 2015

What if everything David Didau thinks about education is right?original ↗

21 Jun 2015

The impression that I get: Sir Ken at #EducationFest original ↗

19 Jun 2015

Knowledge is obsolete! Unburden yourself here…original ↗

13 Jun 2015

You Can Do Anything!original ↗

7 Jun 2015

Schools: the egg-laying, wool and milk-giving sow original ↗

6 Jun 2015

Want to share knowledge organisers?original ↗

27 May 2015

The absolute curses of retention and organisation: needlessly yawing mnemonics original ↗

24 May 2015

I forget why I’m here: event boundaries in teaching and leading original ↗

3 May 2015

How to choose study texts in English: Part Two original ↗

7 Apr 2015

How to choose study texts in English: Part One original ↗

6 Apr 2015

The bearable discomfort of being… a teacher original ↗

1 Apr 2015

Nobody expects a British Education original ↗

27 Mar 2015

Blights of the round table: the damage of poor proxies for learning original ↗

23 Mar 2015

The 21st Century Job original ↗

21 Mar 2015

Teachers as stick insects: the constant re-evolution of education original ↗

7 Mar 2015

We are number two but we try harder: the underdog narrative of progressivism original ↗

28 Feb 2015

I ❤ January 2015 original ↗

31 Jan 2015

The map is not the territory: embracing desire paths in the curriculum original ↗

31 Jan 2015

2014

A Christmas Carol | Marking was dead time-consuming: to begin with.original ↗

21 Dec 2014

EduTwitter: The Christmas armistice of 2014 original ↗

5 Dec 2014

The Magic Roundabout: why anxiety shouldn’t stop us learning original ↗

22 Nov 2014

Stop looking for the new Brain Gym. Start looking for the new Monkey Crouch original ↗

31 Oct 2014

Workload: “And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint…”original ↗

27 Oct 2014

The difference between managing and leading original ↗

5 Oct 2014

Why is opportunity cost so important? Bo knows.original ↗

4 Oct 2014

Bloom’s: the slipperiness of soft skills doesn’t make them higher order original ↗

28 Sept 2014

Killing off the Brontosaurus, again: how can research reach further?original ↗

31 Aug 2014