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This year ITM will be following the debate about assessment and we start by interviewing Steffen Sommer who presents his manifesto for ‘Assessment 3.0’.
Also in the month’s ITM, Richard Crawshaw looks at the growing problem of school refusal, Nick Chaddock takes us on a Gold ‘DofE’ expedition to Japan and Professor Helen Bilton looks at movement for learning in the early years/
Alexandra Dragomirescu, Laura Spargo and Holly B.F. Warren write about new approaches to lesson planning and scaffolding, while Sneha Chakravarty and Anveshna Srivastava are worried about ‘outsourced thinking’ and the issue of student ‘cognitive debt’.
Sally Flint finds out what Richard Human is reading in the latest of her School Readers series and witht he 2026 recruitment season already under way, Pierre de Mirman looks at the importance of medical insurance for recruitment and retention.
EDITORIAL: JULY AND AUGUST 2025
THE CHIMERA OF AI As the Northern hemisphere breaths out at the end of the school year, ITM puts the spotlight on
AI FOR BEGINNERS
AN OUTSIDER’S VIEW Brian Ambrosio has dabbled with the usual platforms, but has just let AI wash over him, until he asked
AI AND ASSESSMENT
A NEW AGE OF ORACY? In a series of online essays, Jonathan Wheeldon has been exploring the wider implications of AI for
AI JOURNEY
FROM LITERACY TO LEADERSHIP What has enabled RGS Worcester to become a world leader in AI? John Jones, Director of Innovation, reflects
AI IN SCHOOLS
THE TEACHER’S VIEW Introducing AI into the curriculum can be overwhelming. What does AI even mean? Richard Human, Head of AI at
AI & TEACHER RECRUITMENT
TIME TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS Helen Kavanagh asks whether human recruiters are about to become redundant as the bots take over? A
SCHOOL READERS
DAVID INGRAM Consilium Education library specialist, Sal Flint, continues her column – School Readers – in which she talks to educators about their favourite books.
A SENSE OF BALANCE
FINDING PURPOSE AND MEANING IN THE CURRICULUM For Mark Beverley, we have to get beyond the mechanics of syllabus coverage if we
REIGNITING A CULTURE OF LEARNING
FROM COMPLIANCE TO CURIOSITY Mark Pollitt wants us to have the courage of our convictions in order to get the joy back
THE DISCIPLINE OF LANGUAGE
TEACHING ACADEMIC LITERACY For Tristan Reynolds, learning the right kind of academic language is central to student understanding of any subject. Developing
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