Context: The White Paper ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’ (DfE, 2016) sets out the policy agenda for the government from the present to 2020. Lumby and Muijs (2014) remind us that in the UK, a government White Paper is intended to set out legislation
Author: Julie Smith
Observing lessons: Ofsted vs. Lesson Study
Context: This study, which I completed for an MEd in 2015, explores the impact of two models of classroom observation on teaching and learning: the Ofsted approach, and Lesson Study – an evidence-based / practice-based approach to improving teaching through lesson observation. Introduction: I