teaching

Assessment Video Workload 

Yellow Box Methodology

19th May 201819th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 808 Views 2 Comments #30ClassroomIdeas, Assessment, classroom strategies, manageable, Marking, meaningful, motivating, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Video, Workload, Yellow Box, YouTube

How can teachers reduce the day-to-day marking burden?

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Awards Teaching and Learning Technology 

Stupendous Teaching!

12th May 201811th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 851 Views 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence, Exam Specification, Hallmark, Judging, Micro Celebrity, outcomes, Outstanding, Pearson, pedagogy, Relationships, teaching, Teaching Awards, technology, The Pearson Teaching Awards

What makes one teacher stand above the rest?

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CPD Students Teaching and Learning 

Ability Groups Are Damaging, Ineffective And Chaotic

3rd May 20183rd May 2018 Nick Burton 1680 Views 8 Comments ability, Differentiation, groups, self-confidence, teaching

Are ability groups a form of segregation?

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Recruitment Research Workload 

How Does Teaching Compare To Nursing And Policing?

15th April 201813th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1974 Views 0 Comments Earnings, job satisfaction, National Foundation for Educational Research, NfER, Nursing, Police, Recruitment, Retention, School Holidays, teacher retention, Teacher Supply, teaching, Turnover, workforce, Working Hours

How do the working hours and earnings in the teaching profession compare to nursing and policing?

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CPD Curriculum Research 

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

1st April 20187th April 2018 John Dabell 1115 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 2369 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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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 9: Boys Are Better At Maths Than Girls

3rd March 20182nd March 2018 John Dabell 717 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 8: Pupils Are Digital Natives

25th February 201824th February 2018 John Dabell 729 Views 0 Comments Angela McFarlane, digital native, Education, fluttering, Homo Zappien, Paul A. Kirschner, Pedro De Bruyckere, School, teaching, technology

Are pupils digital whizz-kids?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 7: Brain Gym

18th February 201820th February 2018 John Dabell 665 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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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

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

11th February 201810th February 2018 John Dabell 785 Views 0 Comments 10% myth, Barry Gordon, brain science, Dr Eric Chudler, Education, fMRI, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Lucy, PET scans, School, teaching

How much of your brain do you use?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1101 Views 1 Comment @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 2268 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 1643 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, closed questions, Education, open questions, Questions, rephrasing, Schools, teaching

Do our questions inhibit learning?

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Mental Health Parenting Students 

Hospital Teachers

26th January 201825th January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1489 Views 1 Comment Cancer, children, Education, EYFS, hospital, Hospital Teaching Service, hygiene, Illness, iPads, Kate Sumner, KS4, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Royal Berkshire Hospital, rubber gloves, sick, support, teacher, teaching

Are you familiar with the role ‘hospital teacher’ and what they to support children?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

Research Myth 3: Learning Styles

21st January 201828th January 2018 John Dabell 1465 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

Have you succumbed to using Learning Styles?

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