Explanations: Top 10 teaching tips
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : Very recently I responded to a question about great teaching by Joe Kirby (read this excellent blog post) with the answer that explanations, questioning and...
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Edssential article from @headguruteacher : From my perspective, a number of recent discussions and policy initiatives have missed the target when it comes to tackling the issue of educational...
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Edssential article from @redorgreenpan : It can be easy to gloss over the fact that first year Teach Firsters are mere PGCE students – particularly after Autumn term when our greenness has worn off a...
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Edssential article from @learningspy : It’s become a trite and hackneyed truism that if they’re not learning you’re just talking. We’re all clear that teaching only happens when the little tinkers...
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Edssential article from @johntomsett : Can we really structure our school so that increasing the impact of teaching on students’ learning is at its very heart? I don’t know, but over the next three...
View ArticleWhy is it that students seem to understand, but then never remember?
Edssential article from @Kris_Boulton: Why do we keep forgetting so much of what we learn? There seems to be fervour in education around ‘understanding’, deep understanding, ‘relational’ understanding....
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Edssential article from @kevbartle : This week I was one of a number of school leaders who met as part of the SSAT’s Vision 2040 group under the stewardship of Tom Sherrington, the @headguruteacher....
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Edssential article from @debrakidd : It is a fact of human nature that we are driven by a desire to classify and clarify meaning. And paradoxically, when we find that things are just too complex to...
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Edssential article from @shaun_allison : In 2009, I was fortunate enough to have a book published – The Coaching Toolkit (my mum was very proud, but I was quite embarassed with the cover, which is a...
View ArticleWhat is learning?
Edssential article from @learningspy : Go on, ask yourself, ask other teachers, ask some students: what is learning? It’s a pretty big question isn’t it? One that I might have felt hopelessly unequal...
View ArticleEverything you thought you knew about learning is wrong
Edssential article from @garthsundem : Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite of the best strategies for learning. I recently had...
View ArticleThe Myth of the ‘Quality of Teaching’
Edssential article from @kevbartle : If you’re only as good as your last post on a subject then I am completely off my rocker to even try and attempt a second “Myth of…” post. The first one, on “The...
View ArticleWinning Ugly: The Secrets of ‘Gritty’ Teaching and Learning
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : Americans love a ‘Spelling Bee‘. They are unique competitions where precocious children battle it out in a linguistic street-fight, whilst anxious parents look...
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Edssential article from @mj_bromley : I spend a lot of time travelling the country speaking to teachers and school leaders, and the question I am asked more than any other is this: what is an...
View ArticleApplying Cognitive Psychology to Enhance Educational Practice
Edssential article from Robert Bjork : The primary goal of this research, which is funded by the James S. McDonnell foundation, is to promote learning and memory performance within educational contexts...
View ArticleOFSTED ‘Outstanding’…who me? Never!
Edssential article from @MsFindlater : Observations can be one of the most stressful experiences in a teachers job. As an NQT and well into the first couple of years of teaching, observations were the...
View ArticleA Letter to my NQT Self
Edssential article from @chrishildrew: Dear Chris, It’s 1997, and you’re about to start your teaching career. In May, as you were completing your PGCE, Tony Blair led the Labour Party out of 18 years...
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Edssential article from @BarryNSmith79 : I earn a crust from doing inset. Yes, one of those charlatans that “teaches teachers how to teach” ‘cos he hasn’t got a clue how to hack it in the real world....
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Edssential article from @joe__kirby : “School leaders must never forget: nothing is more important than your people” Paul Bambrick-Santoyo A speech I heard last year by Dame Sally Coates, headteacher...
View ArticleDeveloping CPD as a Whole School (Growth) State of Mind
Edssential article from @deadshelley : In September, I will take up a new post as Assistant Headteacher at my current school. Amongst other things, I will have responsibility for developing aspects of...
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