Author: @TeacherToolkit

CPD International Recruitment 

What I Discovered About Teaching In China

19th August 201919th August 2019 @TeacherToolkit 490 Views 1 Comment Beijing, China, Chinese, EdTech, Harrow International School, Independent Schools, International Schools, Mark-Plan-Teach, middle leaders, Nick Gibb, Report Writing, reports, Shanghai maths, Workload

Reading Time: 5 minutes What is it like to teach in an international school in China?

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Publication Research Writing 

Bringing An Education Book To Life!

11th August 201910th August 2019 @TeacherToolkit 425 Views 0 Comments Beccles, Binding, Bloomsbury Education, Bloomsbury Publishing, books, Costs, CPI Books UK, Glue, Just Great Teaching, Laser Cutting, Lithography, Offset, Paper, Printer, Printing, stitching, Suffolk

Reading Time: 2 minutes What happens when you send your book off to be printed?

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Leadership Psychology Research 

The Stop Rule

28th July 201929th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1284 Views 0 Comments Booster Class, decision making, Donald Sull, GCSE, Gerald Loeb, Interventions, Kathleen Eisenhard, leadership, Management, Mount Everest, Mountian, Non Negotiable, Rock Climbing, Safeguarding, Seth Godin, Simple Rules, the decision book, The Stop Rule

Reading Time: 3 minutes When should we rethink a decision?

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Policies Research Social Media 

Developing A Research Methodology

21st July 201919th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1199 Views 1 Comment Cambridge University, Doctorate, EdD, Education Policy, Faculty of Education, influencer, Macro, Meso, methodologies, Micro, Micro Celebrity, PhD, Policy, practice, Research, social-media, Sociology, Teacher Voice, Theory

Reading Time: 4 minutes How does one go about developing a research methodology for a doctoral degree?

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Publication Research Writing 

The United Kingdom Has Amazing Teachers!

15th July 201915th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1474 Views 0 Comments Bloomsbury Publishing, Book, Case Studies, England, Hell, Just Great Teaching, neuroscience, Northern Ireland, Politicians, politics, Pooja Agarwal, Researching, Scotland, Wales, Writing

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are the strengths and challenges of teaching across the United Kingdom?

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Behaviour Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

Questions Ofsted Will Ask Parents

10th July 201910th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1642 Views 0 Comments Behaviour, behaviour management, data collection, Education Inspection Framework, EIF 2019, Homework, Ofsted, Parent View, Progress, School Inspection, Survey

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does ‘the school makes sure its pupils are well behaved?’, or ‘Does the school makes sure my child is well-behaved?’

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Curriculum Resources Review 

Raising the Profile of Apprenticeships

8th July 20194th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1429 Views 1 Comment ABM, Apprenticeships, attitudes, Careers, careers advice, Careers Guidance, Electricity, Employment, engineering, Experiements, Facilities management, JEEP, Junior Engineering Engagement Programme, Justine Salmon, law, Parents, Perceptions, Product Review, Resources, Skills, STEM, Sustainability, Teacher Resources

Reading Time: 2 minutes Is an apprenticeship a viable alternative to going to university? 

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Publication Resources Seasonal 

10 Books For Your Teacher Bookshelf, 2019

7th July 20196th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 3646 Views 6 Comments 100 Ideas, books, Bullying, burn out, Celebrating Difference, Darren Chetty, Doris A. Santoro, Dual Coding, Fads, Fernando Sdrigotti, Fiona Millar, Jared Cooney Horvath, Jon Tibke, Kate Jones, LGBT, LGBTQ, Love To Teach, Myhts, neuroscience, Oli Caviglioli, Oliver Cavigliolo, Peter Worley, Principled Resistance, Questioning, Research, Richard Gerver, Shaun Dellenty, Shitstorm, Stop Talking Start Influencing, The Alliance Way, The Best for My Child, Tina Owen-Moore, Why The Brain Matters

Reading Time: 5 minutes What books are on your reading list?

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Curriculum Review Students 

Give Your Students A Head Start!

5th July 20195th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1330 Views 0 Comments Apprenticeships, Careers, careers advice, Careers events, Careers Provision, Careers show, college, Education, Employability, Further Education, Gatsby, Gatsby Benchmarks, higher education, National Apprenticeship Service, National Careers Service, Product Review, skills activities, Skills show, Technical skills, Training, Work skills, WorldSkills UK LIVE

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do your students need impartial careers information, advice and guidance?

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Curriculum Seasonal Students 

The Pros and Cons of Sports Day

4th July 20194th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1369 Views 1 Comment community, Competitiveness, Curriculum, Demographics, Drinks, enrichment, extra-curricular, healthy eating, inclusion, Junk Food, Liam Webb, Parents, PE, PE teacher, physical education, Self-Esteem, Snacks, Sport, sports day, Team Games, Team Sport, Team Sports, Timetable

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are the benefits and pitfalls to a school when organising a Sports Day?

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Resources Review Technology 

Robotics and Coding For Primary Children

1st July 20191st July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1135 Views Amazon, Apps, Coding, Dash, Design Technology, engineering, extra-curricular, Google Play, itunes, Maths, Primary, Primary Teacher, primary teaching, Product Review, Robot, Robotics, science, STEM, technology, Voice Commands, Voice Technology, Wonder Workshop

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can you get started with coding and teach primary students about maths, science and technology?

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CPD Research Resources 

64 Websites For Educators Worth Knowing

30th June 201920th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 4232 Views 5 Comments

Reading Time: 11 minutes Which websites should teachers be aware of to help them with their professional development?

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Primary Resources Review 

3 Reasons To Get Passionate About Creative Writing

28th June 201928th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1223 Views Competition, Creative Writing, Curriculum, History, Kent, Literacy, Money, primary teaching, Product Review, Reading, Resources, West Midlands, Writing, Young Writers

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can teachers get all their pupils to fall in love with writing – in just one day?

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DfE Recruitment Research 

Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics

27th June 201927th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1342 Views 1 Comment Census, Class Sizes, Demographics, Department for Education, English as an Additional Language, Ethnicity, FTE, full-time, Gender, Newly Qualified Teacher, Part-Time, Pupil Numbers, pupil teacher ratio, pupils and their characteristics, Qualified Teacher Status, Recruitment, Retention, Salary, School Workforce Census, Teacher Pay, Vacancies

Reading Time: 2 minutes What does the education landscape look like across England?

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Psychology Research Teaching and Learning 

Marking in Red Pens Hinders Retrieval Practice

26th June 201926th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1692 Views 1 Comment & Jiang, & Meinhardt, Appel and Kaspar, Assessment, boys, cognitive load, coloured pens, Compliance, consistency, Context-Dependent Memory, Elliot, Encoding, Friedman, girls, Gnambs, Google, Hurlbert and Ling, Maier, Male Female, Marking, Moller, motivation, Psychology, red pen, retrieval practice, Shi, Test, Testing, valence, Zhang

Reading Time: 4 minutes What impact does the colour red have on a student’s ability to encode and retrieve declarative knowledge?

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Leadership Resources Teaching and Learning 

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

25th June 201925th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1512 Views 0 Comments Assistant Headteacher, Cognitive Dissonance, decision making, Deputy Headteacher, Headteacher, leadership, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Mikael Krogerus, Principal, Roman Tschappeler, School Leader, Strategic Thinking, The Consequences Model, the decision book, The Eisenhower Matrix, The Feedback Box, The Flow Model, The Team Model Evaluation, Vice Principal, Video

Reading Time: 1 minute How can we make better decisions and think more strategically?

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DfE Politics Research 

“I Will Visit Any School” says Nick Gibb MP

23rd June 201922nd June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1482 Views 0 Comments All Saints, BBC, Charlie Stayt, Department for Education, Elliot Hudson, FOI, Freedom Of Information, Great Yarmouth Academy, John Cabot, King Edward, Lloyds, Minister for School Standards, Ofsted, Patchway, Pimlico Academy, School Visits, St. Stephens, Television, Woodkirk

Reading Time: 3 minutes Which schools has Nick Gibb MP visited in his role as Minister for School Standards?

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