EAL AND ORACY
GOOD FOR EAL, GOOD FOR ALL EAL and Multilingualism Coordinator, Barbara Stoecker thinks that the techniques used for EAL learning can have […]
Category: learning & teaching
THE POWER OF DIAGRAMS
DIAGRAMS: A KEY COMPONENT OF A TEACHER’S TOOLKIT Elen Steadman believes using diagrams to teach is an effective way of communicating, but […]
LEARNING OUTDOORS
DESIGNING AN OUTDOOR SYLLABUS FOR YEAR 7 BIOLOGY Karen Mylod and the Biology Department at Sevenoaks School are planning for their Year […]
ART AS A WAY OF KNOWING
WHY ‘MAKING’ MATTERS MORE THAN EVER For Suzanne Rodgers art education is about critical and analytical thinking, adaptability, empathy and creative confidence. […]
THE DISCIPLINE OF LANGUAGE
TEACHING ACADEMIC LITERACY For Tristan Reynolds, learning the right kind of academic language is central to student understanding of any subject. Developing […]
THE ILLUSION OF IMPACT
DID IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Matthew Savage wonders whether impact assessments really reveal the full – or true – effect of the […]
EXPLICIT TEACHING
A STEP FORWARD – OR BACK? Brian Ambrosio explores the new focus on ‘explicit teaching’ in Australia and returns to the timeless […]
THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS
FOM WYTHENSHAWE TO BOLOGNA In the first of two extracts from his new book “Through a Different Lens, the inimitable Ger Graus […]
METACOGNITION MADE SIMPLE
THINKING MOVES Roger Sutcliffe makes the case for a common and comprehensive language with which to teach thinking processes and metacognition – […]
TWO (OR MORE) HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE
THE BENEFITS OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING Grace Kelly firmly believes that Franklin’s maxim, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may […]
