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CPD Curriculum Research 

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

1st April 20187th April 2018 John Dabell 1594 Views 2 Comments 21st century skills, Daisy Christodoulou, Education, Google, Knowledge, Myths, Parents and Teachers for Excellence, Schools, self-educate, teaching

Is it a myth that teachers do not need to teach knowledge anymore?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 11: Ability Grouping

25th March 201823rd March 2018 John Dabell 3235 Views 3 Comments ability grouping, Durham University, Education, Education Endowmwnt Foundation (EEF), Professor John Hattie, Professor Rob Coe, Schools, setting, teaching, Tim Dracup

Why do we bother with ability grouping?

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Blogging Social Media Twitter 

What Are You Reading?

13th March 201821st May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2037 Views 0 Comments advertising, Analytics, Blogger, Blogging, Bounce Rate, Classroom, content, Design for Digital, Education, Facebook, February 2018, Google, Google Analytics, marketing, Schools, SEO, sessions, Traffic, Twitter, United Kingdom, USA, Website

What does Google Analytics tell you? And what have you been reading on Teacher Toolkit?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 9: Boys Are Better At Maths Than Girls

3rd March 20182nd March 2018 John Dabell 1222 Views 0 Comments Daniel Ansari, Education, environment, Gender, gender gap, Jo Boaler, Maths, maths brain, Mindset, Schools, teaching, WomenEd

Do girls perform more poorly than boys at maths?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 7: Brain Gym

18th February 201820th February 2018 John Dabell 1238 Views 0 Comments Ben Goldacre, Brain Gym, Charlie Brooker, Education, Education Kinesiology, Gail Dennison, neuroscience, Paul Dennison, Schools, teaching

Can Brain Gym lead to optimal learning?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1568 Views 2 Comments @TeacherToolkit, Amanda Spielman, blogs, British Values, busload of heads, Curriculum, Education, evidence, Examinations, Exams, gaming the system, hijab, HMCI, HMI, Inspection, leadership, Michael Gove, Michael Wilshaw, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Parent View, Peter Wilby, School Inspection, Schools, Sean Harford, Teacher Toolkit, Teacher View, teaching, Testing, The Guardian, Trojan Horse

Is the inspection ‘fear narrative’ out of proportion claims OfSTED’s chief, Amanda Spielman?

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CPD Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: Giving Instructions

7th February 20187th February 2018 Hanna Beech 2941 Views 2 Comments #1minCPD, Education, Explain Everything, explanation station, Feedback, instructions, misconceptions, Schools, teaching

What is an explanation station?

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CPD Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: More Inclusive Questioning

31st January 201831st January 2018 Hanna Beech 2273 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, closed questions, Education, open questions, Questions, rephrasing, Schools, teaching

Do our questions inhibit learning?

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Podcasts Primary Staff Well Being 

Podcast 3: What Do Head Teachers Learn From Teachers?

19th January 201828th October 2018 Iesha Small 1217 Views 0 Comments #TTkitPodcast, Bristol, Education, Headteacher, Jamie Barry, Justine Greening, leadership, member of parliament, parson street, Podcast, Primary, Schools, teaching, Wellbeing, Workload

What do head teachers learn from putting themselves in their teachers’ shoes?

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Curriculum Students Teaching and Learning 

Saving Design Technology

13th January 201813th January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 5310 Views 12 Comments blogs, Curriculum, Design, Design Technology, DT, EBacc, Education, English Baccalaureate, Food Technology, Funding, Graphics, leadership, Resistant Materials, Schools, subject knowledge, Systems and Control, Textiles

If Design Technology is to survive in an EBacc world, should technology teachers reconsider their curriculum?

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International Podcasts Staff Well Being 

Podcast 2: What Would You Do On A 3-Month Sabbatical?

12th January 201828th October 2018 Iesha Small 1005 Views 0 Comments #TTkitPodcast, Australia, blogs, Brisbane, Brisbane Christian College, Christian, Education, leadership, long service leave, Podcast, Principal, Queensland, sabbatical, Schools, Sean Morrison, travel, Wellbeing, Workload

What would you do if you had a 3-month sabbatical?

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Curriculum Review Teaching and Learning 

Teaching Money Management: CPD Courses

12th January 201810th January 2018 Holly Gardner 1067 Views blogs, Curriculum, Education, England, Finance, leadership, Money, Money Management, National Curriculum, Product Review, Schools, secondary, Tenner, Wales, Young Money

Why don’t we show students how to manage money?

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Research Students Teaching and Learning 

Challenging The Average

30th December 201730th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2155 Views 2 Comments ability, blogs, Differentiation, Education, Edward Thorndike, End Of Average, grouping, leadership, mixed ability, Schools, setting, standardisation, teacher, teaching, Todd Rose

Why do we compare one student’s ability against an overall average of everyone else?

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Psychology Research Teaching and Learning 

Why Learning Is More Than Cognition

28th December 201727th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3173 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

Is learning more than thinking?

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Seasonal Teaching and Learning 

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

23rd December 201723rd December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 1546 Views 0 Comments Assessment, blogs, Christmas, Education, Feedback, leadership, Marking, Poem, poetry, prose, Schools, Snow, teacher, teaching, Twas the night before Christmas, Winter, Workload

What if every child’s exercise books were stolen from school?

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