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...writing, learning diaries). Provide exemplars, marking guidance, or previously graded assessments to help students understand what good work looks like. Explicitly show how strong assignments map onto the marking criteria (e.g. what counts as ‘analysis’?, what does ‘relevance’ look like?). Signpost when students should begin preparing for assessments, particularly...

...writings that show the value of personal experiences. This has given me legitimacy to draw on my South Asian Indian heritage and value the fashions that my family has worn, such as my mother’s saris, valuing Indian clothing as a legitimate source of fashion knowledge, rather being used as a superficial motif or tokenistic symbol for design appropriation. I now teach...

...writing rather than an optional extra’ (p. 269). Indeed reading, like learning, is a social and collaborative act of participation, as well as an individual one, a point which Goswami also underscores in the CPRT research review into Children’s Cognitive Development and Learning. In order to avoid reading for pleasure becoming little more than a colourful visual laid...

...writing fortnightly columns and producing digital media content that showcased the achievements of disabled athletes. These experiences strengthened my communication skills, my confidence and my commitment to inclusive storytelling. Leadership My leadership journey began even earlier, with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. It was the first time I recognised my own...