Can social media play a positive role in supporting young people’s mental health?
Often blamed for contributing to the poor mental health of young people, social media can actually be a useful route to support.
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College of Teaching – How can professional standards be meaningful and driven by teachers?
Have your say on the College of Teaching proposal.
Comparing literature texts in an exam
Join Mark Roberts for his third piece on how to help students effectively compare texts. This time – comparing literature texts in an exam.
What should schools be doing to support the mental health of their students?
Catherine Miller explores the key issues faced by young people, and how the new ThinkWell initiative can help to solve them.
Comparing texts – next steps – GCSE English language
In his second piece of a series focusing on comparing texts at GCSE, Mark Roberts explores how to help students effectively plan their comparisons.
How to compare texts
Mark Roberts, Head of English at Tavistock College, shares 7 tips to help students better link together different texts.
Questioning – Challenge & engagement
Gary King, Assistant Principal at Tavistock College, unpacks how to make questioning engaging & challenging for all learners.
Anxiety used to get the better of me
Anxiety severely restricted the rational thinking skills of this blogger. Here, they suggest how you can ensure this doesn’t happen to young people today.
Confessions of a PE teacher: Breaking the mould
Ben Baines, assistant principal at SSAT member school The Duston School, highlights the importance of PE in improving the mental health of young people.
The role of the teacher should be privileged over any leadership role
Carl Hendrick, English teacher at Wellington College, argues that not all teachers can be, nor want to be, leaders.
