Blogs

The wealth of blogs online today means that there is information at our fingertips that can insure we have our finger on the pulse to improve our knowledge of practice. The following are suggestions.

• http://www.danielwillingham.com/ - Daniel Willingham. Not only does this link to his blog, but also to many of the papers and articles he has written about how we learn.
• https://learningspy.co.uk/blog/ - David Didau's (a friend of BSAK!) thoughts on education. See the talk David delivered at the inaugural BBC Teaching Conference hosted at BSAK in 2018 here and the slides for the presentation here.
• https://gregashman.wordpress.com/ - Greg Ashman's 'Filling the Pail' blog is excellent, and controversial in equal measures - never shying away from hot topics in education.
• https://chronotopeblog.com/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-5 - Carl Hendrick, an English teacher from Wellington College UK - superb information on here.
• https://evidenceintopractice.wordpress.com/ - Nick Rose, a cognitive scientist who co-authored 'What Every Teacher Should Know About Psychology' with David Didau.
• https://robertslavinsblog.wordpress.com/about/ - Robert Slavin, who writes about research and reform in education.
• https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/ - Alex Quigley, who is the driving force of the Huntingdon Research School
• http://www.ollielovell.com/blog/ - Ollie Lovell - if you prefer to listen to your learning, he has an excellent series of podcasts where he interviews eminent educational thinkers.
• https://achemicalorthodoxy.wordpress.com/ - although based in Science education, there are many terrific blogs in here for everyone.
• https://teachreal.wordpress.com/ - Mark Ensor - author of Making Every Geography Lesson Count - is, like all good geography teachers, epic!!
• https://lovetoteach87.com/about/ - Kate Jones our very own Head of History at The British School Al Khubairat!
• https://primarytimery.com/ - don't be fooled by the primary in the title - this is a fabulous blog on memory and curriculum and how the two need to be considered for learning to take place.
• https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/blog/ - award winning blog from the UK.
• https://3starlearningexperiences.wordpress.com/ - for evidence-informed learning professionals - exactly what we are trying to achieve at BSAK!
• http://www.learningscientists.org/ - The Learning Scientist is all about the new wave of practitioner research, and how it can impact our teaching lives!
• http://mrbartonmaths.com/podcast/ - My new favourite! These podcasts have an amazing array of top notch education personalities. Listening to one of these is like spending $$$ on listening to a presentation or going to one of their courses!