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
Educational research refers to the systematic collection and analysis of data related to the field of education. Research may involve a variety of methods and various aspects of education including student learning, teaching methods, teacher trai ...
at the charity
Ark, where she continues to be involved in an advisory capacity.
Background
Christodoulou grew up in London and attended the
University of Warwick. She first gained attention for appearing on ''
University Challenge'' as the captain of the Warwick team, which won the
2006-2007 series. She was trained as a secondary English teacher under the
Teach First programme.
After leaving university, she wrote the book ''
Seven Myths about Education
''Seven Myths About Education'' is a book about education by Daisy Christodoulou. It suggests that declarative knowledge such as facts is being neglected in modern education because of the priority given to procedural knowledge such as skills. I ...
'' which suggests that
declarative knowledge such as
fact
A fact is a datum about one or more aspects of a circumstance, which, if accepted as true and proven true, allows a logical conclusion to be reached on a true–false evaluation. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scient ...
s is being neglected in modern education because of the priority given to
procedural knowledge such as
skills.
Her second book, ''Making Good Progress? The future of Assessment for Learning'', was published in 2017.
She has also taught in two comprehensives located in London.
Christodoulou is also an advocate of education assessment reform, curriculum reform, and nation examination readiness.
In 2017 she was named by
Anthony Seldon as one of "The 20 most influential figures in British Education".
References
External links
The Educators— BBC radio interview
Alumni of the University of Warwick
Contestants on University Challenge
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People educated at the City of London School for Girls