Yesterday, I started a Masters in Education back at Cambridge. I am thoroughly looking forward to the opportunity to learn from other teachers and, more importantly, to reflect upon my own practice during the course of the next twelve months. However, the university will not be awarding the badge for thinking and reflection and I am also faced with the daunting prospect of writing a 20,000 word thesis about a topic of my choice; that is 20,000 words of substantive text not including references and appendices. It promises to be another busy academic year.

The choice that I now face is what to write about. I have two ideas that really interest me, both of which I have blogged about before: transition readiness; and genetically influenced education. Both topics are huge and fraught with ethical considerations and will hence prove controversial and even potentially confrontational. Never one to shirk a good discussion, I can’t wait.

Leatherhead, 27th September 2015

Published by Mark Scholey

After a successful fourteen year career in business, predominantly in the business of sport, I retrained as a teacher. I am currently a Head of Prep and Vice-Chair of a Multi Academy Trust. As a hard working and ambitious person with a passion for learning, I love working with and leading children and staff. I use my experiences and skills to inspire and ensure the academic, extra-curricular and pastoral development of each individual.

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