Are your schemes of work built for teaching or for learning?
Explore how cognitive science can reshape current schemes of work to support knowledge retention and curriculum consistency.
A scheme of work is a medium-term curriculum planning document that outlines what will be taught, when, and how. But not all schemes are created equal. Some resemble dense tick-box lists or giant PowerPoints—heavy on content, light on cognitive design. Others serve as maps, guiding the sequencing of knowledge, skill development and opportunities to retrieve what students have learned.
Planning for students to forget is a concept that is not new, as it is usually called review. However, the way that it is framed makes me pay closer attention to how I approach review or aka…addressing the normalcy of when students forget; this is what makes this topic intriguing.