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Gregor Steele
All articles by Gregor Steele
Pain of practical assessment and misery of metaphorical hoop jumping are felt by all
The question is: if I don’t get it, and you don’t get it, then who’s really benefiting from it?
7 October 2011
Like a good tune, my old physics professor filled the room and resonated with us all
Musical instruments helped a former university tutor amplify his talk and rock the audience
23 September 2011
Mark my words: close reading really is a rubbish instrument of assessment
Exam questions are harder to understand than the novels and poems themselves
9 September 2011
Delete practical work, remove science funding, download ephemeral software
Anything can become dated in a matter of moments – you just have to stick a date on it. So ensuring ICT systems are current is an exercise in futility
26 August 2011
Science is about more than making cups of tea. It’s time to stir up some ideas
Attempts to make science relevant to children needn’t result in making it dreary
12 August 2011
SUVs and burning questions that could put the wheels of change in motion
My new Jimny 4x4 and a dream involving monkey nuts offered me fuel for thought
29 July 2011