Director, English and Media Centre, author of Creativity and Learning in Secondary English (Routledge). Now posting only on Bluesky @andrewemc.bsky.social
@greeborunner I wish I could share your optimism. The process is well under way now and we haven't heard a single thing, so I suspect putting us there is a holding strategy, certainly for KS3+4
@greeborunner 3 of the EMC team are on the framework but that shouldn't allay concerns about the limited number of people writing the NC. We haven't been approached by the DFE or the 2 writers. Anyone on this list but not the one published in the TES is not currently involved + might never be
November's Big Picture Writing webinar with me + @BarbaraBleiman explores 'composition-led writing' - getting something on paper + working with it. It's such an important part of any effective writing pedagogy! https://t.co/xh812JN69L
A wonderful new blog by @AndrewEMC for @EngMediaCentre describing a lesson he saw taught by one of EMC’s current Associate Teachers & what it reveals about the potential for expansive learning & multiple outcomes from expansive, imaginative, open tasks. https://t.co/cWUcew3Ic2
This is an absolute must-read by the brilliant @DamsonEd! Some of us have been trying to make these points for a long while, especially about reading being more than decoding, and meaning being more than words in isolation from text.
Spring course programme up and ready to book. Including the Spring Webinar Package, with access for all your department!
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Jaw is dropping afresh on reading this, even tho general position on Ofsted's misuse of research ev in these reviews is well-known. One finding: Ofsted based a statement in its report on the findings of a study involving only four children,then "generalis[ed] to all children"
"Stifle talk and you stifle thinking. Stifle thinking and you stifle learning ... ": a terrific, uplifting account of #oracy in action from @AndrewEMC (HT @BarbaraBleiman): https://t.co/9vOfOrgR4l
@BarbaraBleiman Brilliant blog, Barbara, and well done for speaking out. It's time to move on from the 'discourse of derision' used for so long to discredit + erroneously label sound, established practices
I offered some thoughts to the arguments about knowledge that blew up on X a few days ago. X isn't great for extended thinking, so I've done a short blog, raising a few points about the past period from my pov & interest in knowledge in subject English. https://t.co/IAXXBgHuvI
Terrific piece, opening up serious questions that go well beyond what to ‘keep in’, ‘add’ or ‘lose’ in curriculum reform. Great on linearity, subject differences, complexity & the journey not being the same as the outcome.
At what point will govt sit up & take notice? GCSE English results are of critical importance to students, for future study & employment. Also to schools & teachers proving 'success' to Ofsted. Yet, as @mr_englishteach says, the system is broken! It's not reliable.
EMC CPD Online: Grammar – Getting the Balance Right at KS3 (6.11.24)
Andrew cuts through the myths and misconceptions to help you get your grammar teaching right at KS3.
Book your place by 8.00am on 4 Nov
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EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Assessment – Principles & Practices (19.11.24)
"I came away buzzing with ideas and a vision of how I would love to change what we do, and elements of how we do it."
Book your place by 8.00am on 15 Nov
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EMC CPD Online: Audience with a GCSE Poet – Liz Berry, AQA Worlds and Lives (24.10.24)
A chance to hear live from poet Liz Berry and put your questions to her.
Book your place by 8.00am on 22 Oct
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@ahernahern @BarbaraBleiman We're not advocating just showing students texts. We're advocating getting students working on texts, noticing things in texts, big + small. Our concern is with the excessive focus on bottom up, component-led approaches + assumption that this is what 'some kids' need most