This is the third blog, in a series of three, about story- making. Let me make it clear when I use the word “story” I am not making a judgement on the truth, or otherwise, of the content rather I mean that the message is conveyed using story telling techniques. The first blog describes how… Continue reading Blogging as story telling: unveiling the progressivism at the heart of the trivium and quadrivium

The words below are the opening paragraphs of  a sacred scripture describing the second age of the elder race of man. The elder race of man, were an ancient civilisation who inhabited middle earth in a long forgotten age. These extracts are from a larger text found in an earthenware pot in the desert. It… Continue reading On the discursive gap: a story about why stories are so scary in education

I’ve been pondering whether multiple choice questions assess “higher order thinking“. Daisy Christodoulou thinks they do: It is true that many selected-response questions do measure only shallow learning, but well-designed selected-response items can probe student understanding in some depth.’ Citing Dylan Wiliam: Wiliam gives some good examples of these types of question This example is… Continue reading Do multiple choice questions assess “higher order thinking”?