CURRICULUM, TEACHING & EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
Publications
Brown, G. (2025) 'History Teacher CPD: HA Teacher Fellowship Programme'. One Big History Department - Historical Association, 6 May 2025.
Retrieved from: https://onebighistorydepartment.com/2025/05/06/history-teacher-cpd-historical-association-teacher-fellowship-programme/
Brown, G. and Burnham, S. (2004) ‘Assessment Without Levels Descriptions’, Teaching History, 115, Assessment Without Levels? Edition, pp.5-15. https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/2412/assessment-without-level-descriptions
Brown, G. and Burnham, S. (2014) ‘Assessment After Levels’, Teaching History, 157, Assessment Edition, pp.8-17.
https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/8132/assessment-after-levels
Brown, G., Fordham, M. and Stanford, M. (2012) ‘Triumphs Show: Professional wrestling in department meetings’ in Teaching History 146, Teacher Knowledge Edition, pp. 28–29.
https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/5433/triumphs-show-146-putting-an-enquiry-together
Brown, G. and Priggs, C. (2024), 'Gained Time = Curriculum Time'. One Big History Department - Historical Association, 4 June 2024. Retrieved from: https://onebighistorydepartment.com/2024/06/04/gained-time-curriculum-time/
Brown, G. and Stanford S. (2023) ‘Imagining Cities: Exploring historical sites as contest spaces by engaging with conversations between past and present’, Teaching History, 192, Breadth Edition, pp.59-65.
Brown, G. and Woodcock, J. (2009) ‘Relevant, rigorous and revisited: using local history to make meaning of historical significance’, Teaching History, 134, Local Voices Edition, pp.4-11.
https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/2310/relevant-rigorous-and-revisited-using-local-hist
Brown, G. and Wrenn, J. (2005) ‘It's like they've gone up a year!' Gauging the impact of a history transition unit on teachers of primary and secondary’, Teaching History, 121, Transitions Edition, pp.5-13.
https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/125/its-like-theyve-gone-up-a-year-gauging-the-imp
Recent presentations and workshops
2026
'What is Great Teaching?' Two-day conference for all teachers of Unison World School, Deradun, India.
'Beyond the classroom: Using curricular visits to support historical thinking.' Conference workshop at the Historical Association annual conference (delivered with Kath Goudie).
'Narrative and storytelling in powerful history teaching'. Workshop for IAPS London History Cluster meeting.
'Formative assessment in the knowledge-rich curriculum'. Presentation to all staff at Parkhall Integrated College, Antrim, NI.
'Making Learning Stick: evidence-informed approaches to teaching'. Workshop for teachers at King Edward VI Foundation Conference, Birmingham.
2025
'Beyond the spec: using scholarship to bring life to Key Stage 4'. Conference Workshop at the Schools' History Project annual conference (delivered with Catherine Priggs).
Making assessment meaningful and manageable'. Workshop for Sigma Trust teachers.
'Extended writing in history: a necessary challenge'. Workshop for E-ACT history teachers.
'Starting as a senior leader'. Three-part webinar series for new and aspiring senior leaders (delivered with Catherine Priggs).
2024
'Curriculum architects: making the most of the freedom to design and build a high-quality history curriculum across the key stages'. Conference workshop for the Historical Association annual conference (delivered with Catherine Priggs).
'The curriculum: why the what matters'. Presentation to all staff at Parkhall Integrated College, Antrim, NI.
'Curriculum: principles for design and mechanisms for senior curricular leadership'. Three-webinar series for senior leaders of the Antrim Learning Community, Northern Ireland.
'Effective school leadership'. Two-day conference for middle and senior leaders at Mayo College Girls' School, Ajmer, India