Julie Smith

“The best that has been thought and written”: Analysing the representation of high expectations in the White Paper ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’

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

Observing lessons: Ofsted vs. Lesson Study

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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