Learning

CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

365 Characteristics Of Good Teachers

26th December 201831st December 2018 John Dabell 6161 Views 2 Comments Assessment, Characteristics of Effective Learning, child-centred, Learning, Outstanding, Professional development, superpowers, teaching, The Policy Exchange, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 9 minutes Are you a good teacher?

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Podcasts Students Technology 

Podcast 27: Why Don’t We Let Children Lead Their Education?

29th September 201828th September 2018 Joshua McGovern 936 Views 1 Comment #TTkitPodcast, BETT 2018, BETT Show, Camilo José Cela University, Computing, Education Secretary, engagement, Interview, Learning, learning innovation, Madrid, Podcast, Professor Stephen Heppell, Secretary of State for Education, Self-regulation, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute Why don’t we allow pupils to lead their own education?

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NQTs Teacher Training Teaching and Learning 

5 Essential Tips For Newly Qualified Teachers

28th August 201828th August 2018 Hayden Reynolds 1895 Views 0 Comments Learning, Newly Qualified Teacher, NQT, planning, Relationships, Resources, student names, teaching

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you ready for your first year of teaching?

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Psychology Resources Teaching and Learning 

Improving Your Classroom Environment

9th June 20186th January 2019 James Manwaring 2227 Views 0 Comments chairs, Classroom, classroom displays, Classroom Management, Classroom Walls, Desk, desks, displays, ecosystem, environment, Learning, Music, Music teaching, technology

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can you improve your students’ learning environment?

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Research Students Teaching and Learning 

Educational Fad: Sitting In Rows

3rd June 20183rd June 2018 John Dabell 2158 Views 1 Comment classroom layout, education fads, flexibility, furniture, horseshoe, Kerra Maddern, Learning, nested tables, rows, Seating Plans, tradition, Victorian

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do your students sit in rows?

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Conference CPD Teaching and Learning 

How To Get The Most Out Of CPD

27th March 201826th March 2018 Victoria Jagger 1383 Views 1 Comment courses, CPD, Ideas, Learning, networking, personal development, self-directed learning, sharing, teacher professional development, Training

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can you get your money’s worth from an external CPD course?

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Mental Health Parenting Podcasts 

Podcast 11: Why Should Teachers Model Resilience?

2nd March 201812th November 2018 Iesha Small 1416 Views 2 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, #vote100, inspiration, Jaz Ampaw-Farr, Learning, motivation, oprah winfrey, Podcast, Primary, Resilience, role model, Skills

Reading Time: 1 minute Why do teachers need to model resilience?

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Curriculum Review Students 

What Will Your Students Do With A Tenner?

13th February 201812th February 2018 Holly Gardner 1315 Views awards ceremony, business, Business Studies, Competition, Curriculum, Employability, enterprise, Entrepreneur, Learning, national challenge, Product Review, student business, Tenner Challenge, Young Enterprise

Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you registered to see what your students do with a tenner?

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Assessment CPD 

Giving Constructive Lesson Feedback

5th February 20185th February 2018 Beth Hartwell 4922 Views 0 Comments Assessment, authetic voice, Dr Stephen Brookfield, feedback cycle, John Driscoll, Learning, pedagogic rectitude, pedagogy, PGCE, plan-do-review, Professor Robert Coe, Self-Reflection, supervision

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you a critically reflective teacher?

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Policies Politics Students 

The Real Disadvantage Gap In Our Schools

21st January 201829th December 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4969 Views 1 Comment @Edu_Historian, achievement, Algebra, attainment gap, Disadvantaged, Family, Home, Jack Schneider, Learning, Literacy, Magritte, Massachusetts, Money, poor, Progress, Pupil Premium, Reading, rich, scores, social mobility, socio-economic, Sommerville, Tests, the nook

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does having a family culture and structure at home, which aligns to the values of a school, equate to success?

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Psychology Research Teaching and Learning 

Why Learning Is More Than Cognition

28th December 201727th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3532 Views 0 Comments Anxiety, attention, British Psychological Society, Cognition, David Putwain, Edge Hill University, Education, Jonathan Firth, language, Learning, Marc Smith, Memory, planning, Problem Solving, Psychology, Psychology in the Classroom, Reinhard Pekun, Schools, teaching, text anxiety, The Emotional Learner, University of Munich, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is learning more than thinking?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning Workload 

Work Less Than Your Students

7th December 20176th December 2017 Hazel Brinkworth 5490 Views 4 Comments Action Research, Assessment, David Didau, Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time, Education, Feedback, Green for Growth, Green Great, Learning, live marking, Marking, marking codes, Ross Morrison McGill, Schools, teaching, Think Pink, Tickled Pink, time-management, Verbal Feedback, Verbal Feedback Stamps, Well being, Workload, Yellow Box

Reading Time: 4 minutes Do you need a marking and feedback time-saving toolkit?

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NQTs 

5 Tips For NQTs: Reflect and Look Ahead

28th October 20174th November 2017 Claire Boyd 3036 Views 1 Comment Education, Learning, NQT, planning, Questioning, School, success, teaching, treat, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you reflected on your successes and thought about the term ahead?

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Research Teaching and Learning 

The Flow Model

25th October 201725th October 2017 @TeacherToolkit 7046 Views 2 Comments engagement, Feedback, flow model, happy, Learning, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, objective, struggle zone, the decision book

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can teachers enable pupils to learn more effectively?

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Behaviour Policies Teaching and Learning 

10 Tips For Creating Classroom Rules

14th October 201725th October 2017 James Manwaring 5173 Views 2 Comments Behaviour, boundaries, consistency, discipline, inclusive, Learning, positive, Respect, rules

Reading Time: 3 minutes How do we create rules to benefit the whole school?

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Teaching and Learning 

Fidget Spinners Are Over And Out

24th June 201723rd June 2017 John Dabell 3554 Views 1 Comment ADD, ADHD, Alzheimer's Society, Asperger's, Autism, ban, BusinessWaste.co.uk, concentration, confiscate, craze, distraction, fad, fidget gadgets, fidget spinners, fivethirtyeight.com, focus, landfill, Learning, Mark Hall, recycling, School, teaching

Reading Time: 4 minutes What’s going to happen to all those fidget spinners?

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Teaching and Learning 

Who Needs Tables?

20th June 201720th June 2017 James Manwaring 3958 Views 2 Comments Collaboration, desks, Education, lean, Learning, Schools, tables, teaching

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do we really need tables in our classrooms?

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