Jenny Boyd

JB

Looking forward to starting this course and engaging with educational research that will inform my teaching.

Location UK

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  • Jenny Boyd made a comment
    Being your own critic

    All the double line spacing and indentation that I spent ages double checking according to the PDF went out of the window when I copied and pasted on here. Then I spent ages doing it all again before I pressed 'post'. Again, all disappeared and hope my reviewer will accept this was not my fault!

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    Jazz

    A little frenetic for my taste. Had to read a few times, but the comments suggesting this is a bit like a jazz jam session is clever, as is the writing.

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    Formulating and sharing technical opinion

    I loved Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch. Outstanding characterisation and so well written. She took ten years to write this book, so I'm not surprised that it reads as if every sentence was crafted (in a good way)! I felt invested in all the characters and the plot was very entertaining. I could hardly put the book down.

    At the moment I'm trying to finish...

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    Talking about characters

    I think I'd need to research a character of the opposite sex to give them authenticity.

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    Considering characters

    I chose the meticulous manager who lives in a messy house. She's a bit OCD in the office - staff exasperated at her high expectations and everything having to be done just so - yet her home is a mess. I tried to challenge expectations by including the fact that her mother (only relative) is in a home suffering from Alzheimer's. She feels duty bound to visit...

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    Editing practice

    The heavy sky groaned with rain clouds ready to fall on the unsuspecting rush hour crowds. Concealed inside her voluminous coat, Hillary carried a loaded gun.

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    More starting ploys

    Yes - 'Emma said' helped me start this.

    Her date had ended ‘tragically’. It had taken months to build her confidence to do this again. She sat morosely in the car staring at the windscreen wipers on double time, whilst the torrent of tears cascaded down her face.

  • Jenny Boyd replied to Kate Myott
    The blank page

    Hi Kate, me too! For me it's going to be a case of taking small steps!

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    Familiar words in unfamiliar places

    The sun drew back its curtains prematurely.

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    Imagining writing spaces

    Two writers in two settings
    Languishing in bed, Jane felt her anxiety rise as she stared at the empty screen in front of her. At her feet and under the covers she could feel the warmth of her beloved spaniel, whose rhythmical snoring was interrupting her train of thought. She was aware that outside, the sounds of a new day would continue to distract her:...

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    Developing a character from your notebook

    Glancing up, she stared into the distance pensively. Holding a pen in her hand and twirling it round her fingers like an experienced majorette, she sighed heavily. Her lustrous hair was mostly hidden under a colourful crocheted hat; a small, dark ringlet escaped its closeted constraint and playfully bobbed this way and that, as she moved her head downward...

  • Jenny Boyd replied to Jenny Boyd
    The writing journey starts

    @MurtazM I think what I meant was that going to school is something we have to do, but we get so much from the experience. I loved English, it was my favourite subject and I enjoyed writing poems and stories , but I never avidly took writing up. As I now teach English, I'd like to become better at writing my own stories. By the way I was also taken to ballet...

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    The writing journey starts

    I have relatives who are writers and poets, but it was not something I wanted to do. I've always liked to read and berate myself for not having the imagination to write. At school, I loved to write stories and poetry, but it was because I had to. I switched career after I had children and became an English teacher! For me, this course is about improving my...

  • Jenny Boyd made a comment
    Fact and fiction

    Three facts and a fiction:

    Of course I was indulged by my parents and family, as the youngest of six, when I proclaimed to be a Peruvian Inca princess. It seemed I could get away with anything. Spoiled by my grandmother and older siblings, it seemed my precociousness and the fact I ‘could sing like an angel’ endeared me to them. It was true that from the...

  • Jenny Boyd replied to Claire Willott
    Final reflections

    Cultural bias

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    Concluding the course

    Thank you. Much appreciated.

  • Jenny Boyd replied to Jenny Boyd
    Cognitive biases

    @LewisGroves Ours is a mixed comprehensive school. I certainly think this way of conducting CPD is the way forward and think most colleagues did too. The issue now is getting good practice from T&L to filter back into all departments because some excellent research is being completed and change is happening at an individual level rather than whole department...

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    Final reflections

    Engaging with research and articles that I can source on the internet, whilst keeping an eye out for reliability and bias.

  • Jenny Boyd replied to Amanda Hubball
    Cognitive biases

    I agree Amanda. Even though our school has established research led CPD, not all the teaching and learning filters back into the departments – this is a pity because some excellent research is being completed and there’s is no doubt this is affecting teachers on a individual level but not being adopted at department level. More work to do!

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    Cognitive biases

    Over the last couple of years our school has worked together to embed a culture of evidence-based professional development. It has transformed our CPD. Instead of a one size fits all approach, we choose the areas we'd like to develop. Our focus this year and next is going to be on metacognition and cognitive load and our groups are currently being set up. ...

  • Jenny Boyd replied to Jenny Boyd
    Conducting a search

    @DeborahYoudell Yes I agree that these findings appear contentious. Not an area of expertise, but interesting to explore the debates.

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    Conducting a search

    I decided to look at Twitter using #classroomclimate and #relationships for learning. I enjoy using Twitter and sharing ideas with other professionals in education. I often enjoy the articles that people share, but haven't always thought about reliability - take it for granted that it is a bona fide source. So I clicked on an article by Tom Rogers 'Teachers...

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    Search tips

    Thanks - useful resource!

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    Course expectations

    Hi I'm Jenny and I predominantly work with KS4 students. I teach English and work with students who require intervention. I am also a GCSE tutor. I am interested in keeping up to date with educational research.