The Six Facets of Understanding
Extracted from: Understanding by Design (2005) from Wiggins & McThigh “The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own...
Reflecting on Student Learning in Chemistry
Chris Binge and the Impact team are leading the way to introduce reflective skills-based education at Markham College. Under the...
Teach Like a Champion 2.0
Teach Like A Champion 2.0 by Doug Lemov is a practical teaching book. Unlike many others that go into detail on the theory of education...
Hands On - Theory into Practice
Developing independence and creativity through teaching approaches that promote collaboration and risk taking. After getting an idea of...
Drip Feed Activities in Chemistry
On the front page of the March 2019 was a quote from Ben Gordon ‘Students are rarely given enough time to practise’. This had a...
Concept-Based Learning in English
Every two or three years Cambridge, in their wisdom, decide to change the texts we can teach in IGCSE Literature. Sometimes this can be...
What do we mean by Objective Driven Teaching?
When planning lessons it is easy to think "What activity shall I get the students to do?" or even "I have this wonderful activity, let's...
Ideas for "Do Nows"
Broadly speaking, there are two purposes behind a great "Do Now" activity: preview or review. Personally, I am a fan of review, as this...
Making use of my Big Whiteboards
One of the Principles of Great Teaching that I have chosen to focus on this year is Checking for Understanding. This is something that I...
Content, Concepts and Skills
The IB has a focus on conceptual understanding (it is one of their Approaches to Teaching) but also recognises the importance of...