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Developing A Research Methodology

21st July 201919th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 154 Views 0 Comments 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 486 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 834 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 704 Views 0 Comments 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 1935 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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Leadership Podcasts Research

Podcast 54 – How Can Schools and Teachers Perform Better?

6th July 20196th July 2019 Joshua McGovern 1215 Views 0 Comments 11 Plus, 11+, Accrington, Boston, Co-Created, community, Disadvantaged, disadvantaged pupils, Effect Sizes, equity, Geography, Grammar Schools, grouping, Hull, John Hattie, Journals, Knowledge, leadership, Local Authority, Michael Fullan, OECD, performance table, Podcast, Poverty, Professional Capital, Professor Andy Hargreaves, Research, Secondary Modern, Sheffield, Sheffield City College, Sociology, streaming, Switzerland, Teach First, Teacher Researchers, TES, The Full Monty, Tony Blair, Universities

Reading Time: 1 minute How can we design a world-class education system?

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Curriculum Review Students

Give Your Students A Head Start!

5th July 20195th July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 727 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 829 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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CPD Psychology Workload

#1MinCPD: Seven Times Why You Should Say ‘No’

3rd July 20193rd July 2019 Hanna Beech 692 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, Attrition, Capability, Doris A. Santoro, Emails, Meetings, Mental Health, productivity, Tasks, To do list, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute Do you find yourself saying ‘yes’ when you really mean to say ‘no’?

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Curriculum Mental Health Teaching and Learning

Movement for Learning

2nd July 20192nd July 2019 Will Swaithes 683 Views 1 Comment Active Schools, activity, Aerobics, AfL, Assessment for Learning, attainment, behaviour for learning, Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor, CLASSPAL, Cognition, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), exercise, Guy Claxton, Intelligence in the Flesh, Learning, movement, neuroscience, PE, physical education, Professor John Ratey, SPARK

Reading Time: 3 minutes Should we all be ensuring more daily movement to unlock learning potential?

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Resources Review Technology

Robotics and Coding For Primary Children

1st July 20191st July 2019 @TeacherToolkit 717 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 2434 Views 2 Comments

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

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Podcasts Research Students

Podcast 53: How Can You Establish A Bully-Free School?

29th June 201928th June 2019 Joshua McGovern 822 Views 1 Comment #100women, #TTkitPodcast, 100 Women, Harvard University, Military, Milwaukee, Podcast, Single-parent, The Alliance School, The Alliance Way, Tina Owen-Moore

Reading Time: 2 minutes Is it possible to create a bully-free school?

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Primary Resources Review

3 Reasons To Get Passionate About Creative Writing

28th June 201928th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 866 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 842 Views 0 Comments 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 1220 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 1073 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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