The Nice Man Who Teaches Languages

"The Nice Man" is how my pupils referred to me in the videos I made for remote learning in the 2020-2021 pandemic. It is also a reminder to me to use the blog to celebrate other people, and to not treat everything like an intellectual argument.

Monday, 5 July 2021

Policy, Politics and Pedagogy

 A selection of posts looking at Pedagogy and the Policies and Ideologies pushing and pulling at us.

Grammar or Communication?
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/07/communication-or-grammar-or-both-its.html
Ideology in the curriculum:
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-swing-of-ideological-pendulum.html
A good idea but is it enough to build a National policy?
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-great-pet-debate.html
The old orthodoxy - TL teaching:
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/06/target-language-teaching.html
Where next?
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/06/what-next-for-proposed-new-gcse.html
Community, confidence, consensus:
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/06/consensus-sharing-vision-in-mfl.html
Learning Styles and Knowledge Curriculum
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/06/thinking-about-learning-styles.html
Our own beliefs:
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/05/what-do-you-believe.html
Pressures and directions for curriculum change:
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/05/curriculum-change-choices-and-direction.html
Staying in control of curriculum change:
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2021/03/thinking-nice-thoughts-about-curriculum.html
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