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What makes an outstanding lesson? In my day job, I travel the country talking to school teachers and leaders and the question I am asked more than any other is this: “What is an outstanding lesson?” My answer, rather disappointingly for my inquisitors, is that there is no “silver bullet”. Let me explain… I have taught and observed a lot of lessons over the years and I think I’m pretty good at recognising an outstanding one when I see it. Having read the guidance Ofsted provides for its inspectors, I am also confident I know how Ofsted differentiates between an outstanding lesson and, say, a good one. And yet when I am asked that question – what is outstanding? To prescribe a formula for outstanding lessons is to ignore the fact that what makes one lesson outstanding might not necessarily do the same for another, and what works for one teacher with one class might not work for another teacher and another class. The Ofsted framework echoes this view. Are all pupils being challenged? Progress And what is progress anyway?

World History World history World history, global history or transnational history (not to be confused with diplomatic or international history) is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective. It is not to be confused with comparative history, which, like world history, deals with the history of multiple cultures and nations, but does not do so on a global scale. Establishment of the field[edit] The advent of world history as a distinct academic field of study can be traced to 1980s,[1] and was heralded by the creation of the World History Association and graduate programs at a handful of universities. Organizations[edit] History[edit] Pre-modern[edit] The study of world history, as distinct from national history, has existed in many world cultures. In Ancient China, Chinese world history, that of China and the surrounding people of East Asia, was based on the dynastic cycle articulated by Sima Qian in circa 100 BC.