What's the purpose of school
Education is ideological. Everyone involved in education has their own opinions on the main purpose of school. When people disagree on...
50 Great Activities For Any Classroom
A few years ago I wrote a book on activities to use in the classroom. I have run an INSET on this theme several times since being at...
How Knowledge Helps
Article: How Knowledge Helps Author: Daniel T. Willingham Article Reading Time: 20 minutes (11 pages) "It's true that knowledge gives...
Making Every Lesson Count
This post is a summary of the book Making Every Lesson Count by Shaun Allison and Andy Tharby. The book aims to provide a set of...
Retrieval Practice
Video from https://www.retrievalpractice.org/ Retrieval practice is a strategy to help improve learning. In it's simplest form, it is the...
A simple but effective use for Google Docs in class
Google Docs is a very powerful suite of software, and there are many great uses in the classroom. The real power over the more...
Inclusion and the Big Ship
Type the word ‘inclusion’ into google scholar and you’ll get a bazillion hits...it has been a buzz word for more than two decades in some...
Motivation in class
How do we motivate students in the classroom? I think most teachers would agree that motivation plays a huge part in education, and that...
Thinking Activities
I recently came across a couple of excellent templates for some brilliant activities to help get students thinking more deeply about the...
Cognitive Load Theory: Research that teachers really need to understand
Article: Cognitive Load Theory: Research that teachers really need to understand Author: Centre for Education Statistics an Evaluation,...