Daisy Christodoulou

Daisy Christodoulou is Director of Education at No More Marking, an online engine which aims to help teachers with comparative-judgement assessment of school work. Before this she was head of education research at the charity Ark, where she continues to be involved in an advisory capacity.[1]

Background

Christodoulou grew up in London and attended the University of Warwick.[2] She first gained attention for appearing on University Challenge as the captain of the Warwick team, which won the 2006-2007 series.[3] She was trained as a secondary English teacher under the Teach First programme.[4]

After leaving university, she wrote the book Seven Myths about Education which suggests that declarative knowledge such as facts is being neglected in modern education because of the priority given to procedural knowledge such as skills.[5][6] Her second book, Making Good Progress? The future of Assessment for Learning, was published in 2017.[7] She has also taught in two comprehensive schools in London.[4]

Christodoulou is also an advocate of curriculum reform and education assessment reform.[8] In 2017 she was named by Anthony Seldon as one of "The 20 most influential figures in British Education".[9]

References

  1. ^ Bloom, Adi (13 April 2017). "Ark's head of assessment leaving to work on comparative judgement". TES. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ "A beginner's guide to Daisy Christodoulou". edcentral.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ Danielle Dwyer (15 April 2007), "Is Daisy Britain's brightest student?", Sunday Express
  4. ^ a b "Daisy Christodoulou - The Education Policy Institute". Education Policy Institute. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ^ Dominic Lawson (16 March 2014), "Seven Myths About Education by Daisy Christodoulou", Sunday Times, archived from the original on 21 July 2015
  6. ^ Wilby, Peter (25 November 2014). "'Britain's brightest student' taking aim at teaching's sacred cows". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  7. ^ Counsell, Christine (16 February 2017). "Making Good Progress: the future of Assessment for Learning, by Daisy Christodoulou". Schools Week. Pearson PLC. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Making Good Progress: Daisy Christodoulou launches new book | Ark". arkonline.org. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Daisy Christodoulou". The Seldon List 2017. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.