School

NQTs Research Teaching and Learning 

Lesson Observation: “Not terrible though?”

7th January 20196th January 2019 Phil Naylor 851 Views 0 Comments BBC2, Behaviour, Bill Gates, Castle School Education Trust (CSET), Coaching, cognitive bias, Doug Lemov, Dylan Wiliam, Feedback, initial teacher training, Lesson observations, Ofsted, ResearchEd, School, Teacher Development Trust

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we improve our lesson observations?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 8: Pupils Are Digital Natives

25th February 201824th February 2018 John Dabell 1276 Views 0 Comments Angela McFarlane, digital native, Education, fluttering, Homo Zappien, Paul A. Kirschner, Pedro De Bruyckere, School, teaching, technology

Reading Time: 1 minute Are pupils digital whizz-kids?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 6: You Only Use 10% of Your Brain

11th February 201810th February 2018 John Dabell 1330 Views 0 Comments 10% myth, Barry Gordon, brain science, Dr Eric Chudler, Education, fMRI, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Lucy, PET scans, School, teaching

Reading Time: 1 minute How much of your brain do you use?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 3: Learning Styles

21st January 201828th January 2018 John Dabell 2514 Views 3 Comments auditory, Carol Lethaby, Daniel T. Willingham, David Didau, Education, kinaesthetic, Learning Styles, Patricia Harries, Paul A. Kirschner, School, Scott O. Lilienfeld, teaching, visual

Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you succumbed to using Learning Styles?

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Staff Well Being Staffing 

Staffroom Politics

20th January 201818th July 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1520 Views 1 Comment comedy, Education, James Wren, mindfulness, Podcast, politics, Relax, School, Staff Room, Stress, teacher, teaching

Reading Time: 1 minute What does mindfulness look like in your school?

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Curriculum Students Teaching and Learning 

Differentiation: What Works And Why

14th January 201815th January 2018 Claire Boyd 8966 Views 5 Comments Anders Ericsson, Assessment, Classroom Management, Differentiation, Education, efficacy, Intervention, Learning Objectives, next steps, School, success criteria, teaching, Zoe Elder

Reading Time: 4 minutes How committed are you to differentiation?

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Blogging 

The Top 10 Blogs of 2017

27th December 201723rd December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2098 Views 1 Comment 2017, Analytics, Assembly, blogs, Coding, demoti, Differentiation, Fads, Feedback, leadership, Marking, School, SEO, teacher, Top Blogs, Twitter, Wellbeing, Workload, Writing

Reading Time: 1 minute What were the most-read blogs over the last 12 months?

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Research Teaching and Learning 

12 Educational Research Myths

26th December 20175th September 2018 John Dabell 12984 Views 23 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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Policies Seasonal Workload 

The 12 Days of Christmas

25th December 201719th November 2018 John Dabell 1577 Views 1 Comment #MarkPlanTeach, 12 days of Christmas, Assessment, budget, Christmas, Christmas carol, Education, Headteacher, Interventions, Marking, NQTs, Raspberry Pi, School, Seating Plans, teaching, www.raspberrypi.org

Reading Time: 2 minutes What does the twelve days of Christmas look like in your school?

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CPD Seasonal Teacher Training 

10 Highlights From My Education Travels

16th December 201716th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2123 Views 1 Comment #TTkitCPD, Chris Fletcher, Chris Moyse, Conferences, Culture, diary, Dr Tim O'Brien, Dubai, Education, environment, Graded Lessons, Hull, Keynote, leadership, medication, Ofsted, Ross McGill, School, school buildings, SCITT, Sirius Academy West, teacher, Teacher Training, Tom Sherrington, travel, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 6 minutes What are your teaching highlights from the term / year?

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Behaviour 

How To Help Prevent Students Being Excluded

12th December 201712th December 2017 Sian Edwards 3727 Views 3 Comments attendance, Barnardo’s, Behaviour, crime, Dr Ted Cole, Education, Exclusion, Jane Evans, life chances, Professor Tamsin Ford, Psychological Medicine, School, school discipline, Sir Martin Narey, teaching, The School Exclusion Project, University of Exeter, University of Oxford

Reading Time: 3 minutes What can you do to keep students at risk of exclusion in school?

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Blogging Social Media Technology 

What Are You Reading?

10th December 20175th January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1706 Views 4 Comments Analytics, Blogging, Bounce Rate, Classroom, Design for Digital, Education, Facebook, Google, Google Analytics, November 2017, School, SEO, sessions, teacher, teaching, Traffic, Twitter, users, Website

Reading Time: 3 minutes How do you know what your website readers are ‘actually’ reading?

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Assessment Students Teaching and Learning 

We Need To Pop The Differentiation Bubble!

9th December 201723rd November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 10544 Views 11 Comments #DifferentiationBubble, ability, average, Differentiation, Education, Edward Thorndike, Fads, Freddie McGill, gimmick, Harvard, Instructor, mixed ability, Myths, PIRLS, Pisa, Rankings, School, setting, standardisation, Swimming, teacher, teaching, The End of Average, The Law of Effect, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Todd Rose

Reading Time: 7 minutes Can teachers actually meet the needs of all their students?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

Would Ofsted Dare?

6th December 201710th December 2017 A Teacher 3630 Views 3 Comments accountability, Amanda Spielman, Education, grading, NASUWT, NUT, Observations, Ofsted, Parent View, pressure, School, senior management, social-media, Teacher View, teaching, Well being, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why should teachers have to use social media as a pressure relief valve?

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Behaviour 

Are You Trauma Informed?

5th December 20174th December 2017 Daisy-May Lewis 7285 Views 2 Comments attachment trauma, Barbara Oehlberg, Behaviour, Bruce Perry, Dr Sandra Bloom, Education, emotional dysregulation, Heather Geddes, Judith Herman, Kate Cairns Associates, loss, Louise Bomber, post-traumatic stress disorder, School, secondary trauma stress, teaching, The Sanctuary Model, trauma, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does your school have a trauma informed behaviour policy?

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Review Technology 

Reduce Workload and Increase Motivation

27th November 201725th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5795 Views achievement, Achievement Points, Analysis, Badges, Behaviour, Ben Dunford, Data, Data Analysis, Detention, EdTech, Education, epraise, epraise.co.uk, Exeter, Homework, Intervention, Louise Dunford, MIS, Parents' Evening, Primary, Product Review, Rewards, Rewards System, School, Schools, Seating Chart, seating plan, secondary, Software, teacher, teaching, technology

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can teachers and schools reduce workload whilst increasing impact and student motivation?

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Policies Politics Research 

7 Education Policy Recommendations

9th November 20177th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4269 Views 0 Comments David Frost, Department for Education, Education, Education Forward, Educational International, Flip the System, government, Jelmer Evers, John Bangs, leadership, Lord Jim Knight, Policy, policymakers, politics, Rene Kneyber, School, Schools, teacher, Teacher Self-Efficacy, teaching

Reading Time: 2 minutes At what point will teachers begin to drive the education agenda?

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