It is easy to fall into the trap of being overly critical.  As an insider you know why things are done a certain way.  Often it is a comprom...

I was given advice when I started teaching - have a five year plan. It's good advice - like most good advice I've been given it was ...

As a HoLA there are a range of tasks you need to perform.  As part of a mentoring course a model was put forward that described these duties...

Learning via ICT is an odd fish in education.  Often seen as a panacea and the enabler for a transformation in education, it has consistentl...

My daughters do a maths challenge each week at their primary school.  I didn't pay much attention to it until my youngest was worried th...

One of the roles of a HOLA is to assign classes to teachers each year.  Constraints limit putting the strongest teacher with the optimum cla...

When the Classpad replaced graphics calculators, the thought was that it would drive a new level of applied mathematics, removing from stude...

The current Mathematics course is not my favourite of the past few editions.   It has four main courses:  - Foundations (for students that r...