Ruth Ashbee
Whole-school curriculum thinking: SCM2: Structure of Knowledge
The second subject character matrix (SCM) in the series is concerned with the structure of the knowledge of a subject. There are two...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Dec 5, 2018
- 4 min
The language of curriculum
This post is part of the “Curriculum in Science” symposium curated by Adam Boxer (@adamboxer1). Read Adam’s introduction here. Curriculum...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Nov 26, 2018
- 6 min
Whole-School Curriculum Thinking: SCM1: Objects of Study
Attempts at thinking about curriculum across a school have often meant a push from leadership for generic models, consistency, and...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Nov 5, 2018
- 4 min
Thinking about school subjects: Legitimation Code Theory and Subject Character Plots
The universe is unimaginably vast, yet life is only present on one planet that we know of. Evolution has brought about the human brain;...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Oct 17, 2018
- 9 min
Sentences and the web of knowledge
This blog is part 3 of the #WritingInScience symposium curated by Pritesh Raichura. Read Pritesh’s introduction here and part 2 from Ben...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Aug 16, 2018
- 3 min
E. Coli and Quality First Teaching
There has been an outbreak of the E. coli bacterium at the Bella Sophia restaurant. The local hospital has reported that patients being...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Jun 10, 2018
- 11 min
Knowledge, Philosophy and Shed Loads Of Practice: My #rEDRugby presentation
SLOP for declarative knowledge resources here Slides here Starting with a very brief history – this time three years ago, -I liked my...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Apr 29, 2018
- 8 min
Teachers’ time is our most precious resource
I’m lucky to work in a school that invests in freeing up teacher time for the important things. We have centralised detentions, whole...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Feb 14, 2017
- 5 min
Fighting genericism and putting knowledge first: The nature of school science
What is the nature of school science? I ask this because I think we should know the nature of a subject before we design our teaching and...
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Ruth Ashbee
- Dec 22, 2016
- 3 min
Teaching beyond the test
I’ve never had a problem with “teaching to the test” as long as the test asked good things and had a good markscheme. With a few notable...
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