Being a PGCE mentor – supercharge your practice!

Thanks to Ben Longworth of Millthorpe School in York for this blogpost. There is a huge need for ITE mentors and Ben wants to persuade other colleagues that the mentoring role is great CPD for the mentor as well as vital for trainees. Might you volunteer to be an ITE mentor at your school next year? “And we’d like you to be the PGCE mentor … Continue reading Being a PGCE mentor – supercharge your practice!

1381 HATF: calling time on classroom myths and misconceptions!

The Historical Association’s People of 1381 Teacher Fellowship programme is underway. It began with a residential at Mansfield College, Oxford last week. The team of fellowship teachers spent an intense and enjoyable two days working with the People of 1381 academic project team to understand what their research is revealing. It is now our task to bring this new research to teachers and pupils. This … Continue reading 1381 HATF: calling time on classroom myths and misconceptions!

Decolonising Source Analysis and Introducing Sikh Female History to Year 9

Many thanks to Dr Danielle Donaldson, Head of Department, Concord College, Shrewsbury for this blogpost sharing her department’s work to extend the range of sources used in class and to teach the history of Sikh women. The curriculum intent & context We have been working on decolonising and integrating more representative history in our schemes of work at Concord College. Our enquiries are aimed to … Continue reading Decolonising Source Analysis and Introducing Sikh Female History to Year 9