Knowledge

DfE Leadership Politics 

A New Paradigm For Schools

27th December 201831st January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1071 Views 2 Comments Attrition, Baroness Morris, Exams, GCSEs, House of Lords, Institute of Fiscal Studies, James Pope, Knowledge, LEA, Local Authority, Lord Jim Knight, NHS Digital, OECD, Parents, School Funding, Self Harm, Suicide, TES, Testing

Reading Time: 2 minutes Can the public build consensus for change in our education system?

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Assessment Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

5 Tips For Making Project-Based Learning Work

9th December 201810th December 2018 Laura George 744 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), Finland, Knowledge, phenomenon-based learning, Project Based Learning, Resources, Skills, SOLE, Star Wars, Star Wars In The Classroom, Sugata Mitra

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can pupils and teachers excel in project-based learning?

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Teaching and Learning Teaching Secrets Technology 

The Right Way To Show A Video

4th December 20184th December 2018 David Lowbridge-Ellis 758 Views 0 Comments AfL, Assessment, cognitive load, Cornell method, explanation, film studies, Knowledge, media, multimedia, note-making, notes, Progress, Video, YouTube

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are the common pitfalls of showing a video?

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Teaching and Learning The 5 Minute Series Workload 

Supporting Teacher Workload

29th November 201829th November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1319 Views 2 Comments 5 Minute Lesson Plan, 5MinPlan, Angel Solutions, attitudes, Cognition, Curriculum, Fendick, Impact, Implementation, Intent, John Hattie, Knowledge, Lesson planning, Ofsted, Skills, Stickability, success criteria, Teacher Clarity, the 5 minute lesson plan, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes In a busy working week, how can teachers improve their cognitive thinking?

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CPD Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The New Meaning of Progress

29th October 201825th October 2018 David Lowbridge-Ellis 1363 Views 7 Comments acceleration, Assessment, Culture, Knowledge, language, Ofsted, Progress, Sean Harford, The Thick Of It, understanding

Reading Time: 4 minutes What does progress really mean?

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Curriculum Ofsted Policies 

Will OfSTED Dictate The Curriculum Agenda?

30th September 201829th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1431 Views 2 Comments #Bananas, Amanda Spielman, Bold Beginnings, Curriculum, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Freedom Of Information, Knowledge, Knowledge Rich, Ofsted, qualitative, qualitative research, Requires Improvement, Research

Reading Time: 4 minutes What will the school inspection revolution ask schools do next?

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Psychology Research Teaching and Learning 

Metacognition: Thinking Deeply About Learning

28th April 201828th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2864 Views 5 Comments Alex Quigley, Cognition, concepts, Differentiation, Education Endowment Foundation, evaluate, Independent Learning, Knowledge, metacognition, Monitor, Plan, Self-regulation, Skills

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can teachers get pupils to think about their own learning?

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CPD Curriculum Research 

Research Myth 12: We Don’t Need To Teach Facts

1st April 20187th April 2018 John Dabell 1832 Views 2 Comments 21st century skills, Daisy Christodoulou, Education, Google, Knowledge, Myths, Parents and Teachers for Excellence, Schools, self-educate, teaching

Reading Time: 2 minutes Is it a myth that teachers do not need to teach knowledge anymore?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning 

Homework: Take It Or Leave It

2nd January 20182nd January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3533 Views 4 Comments #TakeAwayHmk, Alfie Kohn, Ashley Loynton, deliberate practice, Effective Primary Teaching Practice Report, Etta Kravolec, Homework, Ian Kelleher, James Theobald, John Buell, John Hattie, Knowledge, Mark Creasy, Memory, Michael Rosen, Patricia Coffey, Paul Moss, retrieval, Tom Sherrington, UnHomework

Reading Time: 4 minutes Can homework be used as a teaching and learning tool?

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Research Teaching and Learning 

12 Educational Research Myths

26th December 20175th September 2018 John Dabell 12524 Views 22 Comments ability grouping, Abraham Maslow, Andy Ash, bandwagon, Brain Gym, Chartered College of Teaching, critical consumers, digital natives, Education, evidence, Fads, hierachy of needs, Homework, Howard Gardner, Knowledge, learning pyramid, Learning Styles, multiple intelligences, neuromyth, Parents and Teachers for Excellence, Pete Boyd, pseudo-science, Research, School, teaching

Reading Time: 12 minutes What was the last bandwagon you jumped on?

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Assessment Research Review 

The Lost Middle

22nd October 201723rd October 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3664 Views 2 Comments ability, average, Broadclyst Community Primary School, EAL, GCSEs, GL Assessment, Hilary Fine, Jonathan Bishop, Knowledge, Learning Styles, middle, Product Review, quantitative, Research, Ross Morrison McGill, Shane Rae, spacial, Students, The Lost Middle, Underperformance, verbal, vocabulary, weak, webinar

Reading Time: 2 minutes Should schools and teachers stop labelling children as ‘average’?

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Seasonal 

End Of Term Pub Quiz

19th July 201719th July 2017 John Dabell 4642 Views 2 Comments Education, End of Term, Fun, General Knowledge, Knowledge, Quiz, Schools, Schools Out, Summer, teaching, Test

Reading Time: 4 minutes How much do you know about education?

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Curriculum Primary 

Jack Of None, Master Of Many

4th June 20174th June 2017 Jen Willis 5973 Views 4 Comments Curriculum, Early Years, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Knowledge, Primary, primary education, primary teaching, Schools, specialism, subject, subject specialists

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are primary teachers failing their students by lack of subject specialists?

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Psychology Teaching and Learning 

The Curse of Knowledge

19th March 201719th March 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4338 Views 1 Comment Henry L. Roediger III, Knowledge, Lesson gradings, Making It Stick, Mark A. McDaniel, Memory, Observations, Peter C. Brown, Recall, School Inspections, Teaching and Learning

Reading Time: 3 minutes Can mastery and knowledge (of a subject / topic / process) go against an individual?

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Teaching and Learning 

How To Teach?

30th November 20164th December 2016 @TeacherToolkit 7356 Views 4 Comments Curriculum, Knowledge, Progressive, Skills, Traditional

Reading Time: 5 minutes How do you teach your students?

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Teaching and Learning 

Pedagogically Speaking on #Piaget by @TeacherToolkit

14th May 201523rd May 2015 @TeacherToolkit 4978 Views 14 Comments 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers, Child Psychology, Constructivism, Education Act, Jean Piaget, Knowledge, Knowledge Versus Skills, Lev Vygotsky, MacBeth, pedagogy, Progressive, Psychology, Risk, Skills, SOLO taxonomy, Traditionalist

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a blog about teaching pedagogy; and psychologist Jean Piaget.

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Blogging Resources 

The Battle of Waterloo by @Waterloo200org

9th February 20152nd March 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2765 Views 4 Comments Battle of Waterloo, Find My Past, History, Knowledge, teaching, Waterloo 200

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a blog to help students, teachers and my blog readers, rediscover the Battle of Waterloo; the 200th anniversary

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