The Ingredients for Great Teaching
The Ingredients For Great Teaching is an evidence informed book by Pedro De Bruyckere on some broad themes that help make teaching great....
Make It Stick
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning is an excellent introduction into the many areas of cognitive science that sheds light...
Dunning-Kruger and Curse of Knowledge
Recently I have been looking into the idea of Cognitive Biases (https://yourbias.is/), both from a personal level and an educational...
The Science of Learning
Article: The Science of Learning Author: Deans for Impact Article Reading Time: 20 minutes Summary The Science of Learning is a summary...
How I Teach - Dan Rodriguez-Clark
In this post I am going to share some of the ideas I use in my day to day lessons. These aren't lessons that I have prepared specifically...
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...
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,...
Contemporary educational ideas all teachers should know about
As I was looking ahead to starting a new job as Headteacher, I was thinking about all the conversations we were going to have about...