CPD Psychology Workload 

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

3rd July 20193rd July 2019 Hanna Beech 696 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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Psychology Research Teaching and Learning 

Marking in Red Pens Hinders Retrieval Practice

26th June 201926th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1225 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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Psychology Students Teaching and Learning 

4 Things Teachers Need To Do To Communicate Better

6th June 20196th June 2019 Dan Hallsworth 1212 Views 0 Comments champion, Communication, faith, Non Verbal Communicaiton, non-verbal communication, positive messages, praise, Self-Esteem, Semiotics, Signals, smile, smiling, the power of yet, Verbal Communication

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we improve our communication skills?

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Psychology Research Teaching and Learning 

Believing In Learning Styles Is Detrimental

2nd June 20191st June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1425 Views 3 Comments American Psychological Association, ASA, Audio, educational beliefs, essentialism, kinaesthetic, Learning Styles, Myths, neuromyths, Priti Shah, Shaylene E. Nancekivell, Susan A. Gelman, University of Michigan, visual

Reading Time: 3 minutes What if I told you that teachers still believe in learning styles? Particularly at primary school level…

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Leadership Psychology Teaching and Learning 

15 Cognitive Biases Which Influence The Way You Think

19th May 201918th May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 2837 Views 1 Comment Anchoring Effect, Availability Heuristic, Bandwagon Effect, Behaviour, Belief Bias, Bystanders Uncertainty, Cognition, Cognitive, cognitive bias, Confirmation Bias, Courtesy Bias, Demotivating Effect, Gambler's Fallacy, Illusion Of Validity, Ostrich Effect, Pygmalion effect, Reactive Devaluation, Status Quo Bias

Reading Time: 4 minutes When it comes to making a good decision, how well-informed are you?

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CPD Leadership Psychology 

#1MinCPD: Empathetic Leadership

15th May 201915th May 2019 Hanna Beech 702 Views 0 Comments Appraisal, cognitive empathy, Daniel Goleman, development, empathetic concern, empathy, Feedback, grading, leadership, Line Management, Relationships, self-awareness, Self-regulation, social empathy, support

Reading Time: 1 minute Could leading with empathy improve your team’s outcomes?

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Leadership Middle Leadership Psychology 

The Cognitive Dissonance Model

12th May 201911th May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1307 Views 1 Comment Bullying, Capability, Cognitive Dissonance, Disciplinary, Gagging Order, Intimidation, leadership, Leon Festinger, Mikael Krogerus, Mistakes, NDA, Non Disclosure Agreement, redundancy, Roman Tschappeler, school leadership, strategy, the decision book

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why do some people go as far as defending their actions when they are confronted with their shortcomings?

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Psychology Staff Well Being Workload 

The Choice Overload

14th April 201914th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1345 Views 0 Comments Barry Schwartz, choices, efficiency, Jam, Jam Experiment, Mikael Krogerus, paradox, paradox of choice, Psychologist, Psychology, Roman Tschappeler, Seth Godin, Sheena Iyengar, Strategic Thinking, strategy, The Choices Overload, the decision book

Reading Time: 2 minutes When making a decision, what should you do if you have too many choices?

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Psychology Resources Teaching and Learning 

What is Dual Coding Theory?

8th April 20197th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 3066 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Lesson Plan, 5MinPlan, Allan Paivio, Cognition, concept cartoons, Dual Coding, Dual Coding Theory, Memory, Oliver Caviglioli, retrieval practice, visual, Visual Process

Reading Time: 4 minutes What is dual coding and why is it so important for teachers to know?

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Psychology Publication Teaching and Learning 

Memory: Our Stories Drive Our Perceptions

25th March 201926th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1187 Views 1 Comment Book, brain, Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, Dual Coding, Exile Publishing, interleaving, Knowledge, Multitasking, neuroscience, Neuroscientist, Recall, retrieval practice, spaced practice, Stop Talking Start Influencing, TED Talks, University of Melbourne

Reading Time: 1 minute Have you ever wondered, at the deepest parts of your brain, what happens when you interact with the world?

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Psychology Research Teaching and Learning 

Getting To Grips With Cognitive Load Theory

18th March 201918th March 2019 Phil Naylor 2364 Views 0 Comments Allan Paivio, Cognition, Cognitive Load Theory, complexity, Craig Barton, displays, Dual Coding, Dunning-Kruger effect, Dylan Wiliam, information overload, instruction, instructions, John Sweller, PowerPoint, redundancy effect, Ross McGill

Reading Time: 2 minutes Are we getting in a muddle with cognitive load theory?

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Behaviour Psychology Teaching and Learning 

The Most Powerful Word In Education

14th February 201915th February 2019 John Dabell 2317 Views 0 Comments Carol Dweck, Fixed Mindset, Forbes, Growth Mindset, metacognition, Nelson Mandela, Peter Green, Psychology, Yeti

Reading Time: 3 minutes What’s the most powerful word you can use in the classroom?

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Mental Health Psychology Staff Well Being 

Time To Talk With Natasha Devon

7th February 20196th February 2019 Holly Gardner 946 Views 0 Comments BBC, burnout, Coventry University London, Damian Hinds, Funding, Natasha Devon, Stress, Teacher Recruitment, teacher retention, The Guardisn, Time to Change, Time To Talk Day, Wellbeing, wellness

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you speak up about mental health?

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Policies Psychology Teaching and Learning 

10 Tips For Understanding Dyslexia

4th February 20193rd February 2019 Lynn How 1301 Views 2 Comments Davis Dyslexia Association International, diagnosis, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Scotland, dyslexia.com, Helen Arkell, medical model, Nessy, Reading, Reading Eggs, Writing

Reading Time: 4 minutes What actually is dyslexia?

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Psychology Staff Well Being Workload 

Workload: Are Teachers Just Too Greedy?

25th January 201922nd January 2019 John Dabell 1973 Views 1 Comment ambition, Barbara Mistick, Carl Hendrick, Greed, Jim Smith, Karie Willyerd, lazy teachers, overwork, Peter Gronn, Wellbeing, wellness, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is teaching a job with a consumption problem?

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Behaviour Psychology Staff Well Being 

Dealing With Conflict: When Relationships Go Wrong

24th January 201922nd January 2019 Helen Woodley 1006 Views 0 Comments Abuse, amygdala, arguments, colleagues, conflict, conflict resolution, Daniel Golman, Emotional Intelligence, language, Misconduct, professional standards, Relationships, Stress, system pressures, toxic schools

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we deal with conflict in the workplace?

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Behaviour Psychology Teaching and Learning 

Creating Identity-Safe Classrooms

17th January 201917th January 2019 John Dabell 2120 Views 0 Comments Becki Cohn-Vargas, Behaviour, bias, discrimination, diversity, Dr Dorothy Steele, empathy, Engage in Learning, environment, gender identity, labelling, Learning Policy Institute, Project Implicit, racism, Relationships, sexism, stereotype threat, The Policy Exchange

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your classroom identity safe?

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