Memorable lessons and memorisation
I am currently working with a marvellous staff team at Cedars Short Stay School in Newcastle in Staffordshire. This school provides...
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Feedforward
The problem being addressed in this technique Feedback to students is now a firmly established principle in schools. It is designed to...
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Feedback to teachers
The problem being addressed in this technique Responsive teaching is powerful when teachers identify a need while learning is taking...
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Managing group work (3)
The problem being addressed in this technique Critics of group work often accuse teachers of adopting 'wooly' approaches where students...
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Managing group work (2)
The problem being addressed in this technique Critics of group work often accuse teachers of adopting 'wooly' approaches where students...
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Managing group work (1)
The problem being addressed in this technique Critics of group work often accuse teachers of adopting 'wooly' approaches where students...
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Question Time
The problem being addressed in this technique A review of understanding through questioning happens in nearly all classrooms, either to...
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You ask the questions
The problem being addressed in this technique It is important to engage students right from the beginning of a new topic. A brilliant way...
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Support and challenge through talk
The problem being addressed in this technique Many students do not like writing tasks and are reluctant to do more than a sentence or two...
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Part 1. DfE: Trust School Leaders
The DfE's policies in England show how its officers don't trust teachers. They neeed a re-think. tackling an overcrowded curriculum,...
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Part 2. School Leaders: Trust Your Teachers
School and college leaders need to place more trust in teachers: in planning, data collection and analysis, marking, and in how they...
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Part 3. Schools: Develop Trust-Based Policies
Trusting teachers and valuing professional autonomy can be schieved without sacrificing rigour if principles-based policies aree adopted...
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Part 4. Teachers: Harness a Principles-Based Framework
Wanting to be classesd as a great teacher or a great team? Harness this framework based on evidence-informed principles and you will be...
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Great (and poor) teaching takes many forms – despite the claims of some commentators
My new pdf handbook 'Great Teaching: from Principles to Practice' is timely. It addresses two important issues: 1. Teaching approaches 2....
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