For our #FutureOfTeaching series, Professor Barry Carpenter joins Professor Dame Alison Peacock – CEO of the Chartered College of Teaching – to discuss a ‘recovery curriculum’. With a look at the emotional impact of the pandemic on children, the aims of a ‘recovery curriculum’ and how to re-engage the disengaged. What should the future of teaching look […]
In our report Education in the time of crisis: The potential implications of school closures for teachers and students we considered what we could learn from past crises about the potential implications of school closures and the crisis more widely for students’ learning and student as well as teacher wellbeing. While we can learn a […]
After the period of lockdown away from their friends and social support networks, getting back to a Drama classroom will allow students to reconnect socially, emotionally and creatively. Even if we are physically socially-distanced, the Drama classroom is a safe space where students can talk about their emotions, their lived experiences, developing empathy for others […]
Join Professor Dame Alison Peacock (Chief Executive, Chartered College of Teaching), Dr Lisa-Maria Muller (Education Research Manager, Chartered College of Teaching), Bavaani Nanthabalan (Executive Headteacher, Netley Primary School) and Dr Marcelo Staricoff (Author, Director and Consultant, JONK Thinking and Learning) as they: present findings from a scoping review on the links between multilingualism in the […]
In the beginning of January 2020, Time Magazine published an article about the benefits of being bored, particularly in relation to adults, and the way in which boredom can spark creativity. Boredom has a very bad reputation over the years. “The devil makes work for idle hands” (anon), “Boredom is the enemy of successful education” […]
Local authorities in Scotland have been exploring whether outdoor learning could be part of the answer to achieving social distancing and minimising transmission of COVID-19 in schools (Brooks, 2020). Scientists and medical experts are increasingly confident that coronavirus spreads less easily outdoors due to better ventilation; whilst virus-laden particles may be able to travel tens […]
TeachTogether is a free service from the Chartered College of Teaching and The Behavioural Insights Team, which sends one text a week to support teachers’ wellbeing. You can find out more and sign up here. In one week’s message, we asked teachers to tell us what small things they do to take care of themselves […]
Overview Recent events have highlighted a long since established need for educators to examine how we can advance racial equality in and through education. This is clearly a complex issue with varied and strongly-held views, but no simple solutions. This reading list is an extended and updated version of an earlier reading list supporting teachers […]
In this video, Vijita Patel, Principal of Swiss Cottage School, discusses how to support pupils with additional needs during school closures, as well as supporting the wider group of pupils. Vijita discusses the impacts of Covid-19, including: the loss of school structures, routines and daily interactions grief, including potential bereavements within families, as well as […]
Wellbeing, in a nutshell, is the point of balance between the pressures and stresses of life and a person’s capacity to deal with them (Dodge et al, 2012). It comprises of three strands: physical, psychological and social. These interwoven strands can’t be neatly separated out and neither can they be broken into handy categories, making […]
What’s the idea? Whilst face-to-face teaching has not been possible, schools have taken many different approaches to providing remote learning for pupils – from synchronous or asynchronous lessons, to project-based approaches. One particular approach is the use of independent study projects – typically making use of the internet for research. This kind of project usually […]
Teacher Aisha Thomas, in her recent TED talk, spoke of how ‘every day BAME children are educated without seeing themselves in the curriculum or their environment. They hear about the greatness of others, all that they have conquered and contributed. Then they look at their own skin and think, what have my people achieved?’ (2020) […]
As my stomach turns at the loss of yet another life due to skin colour, I can’t help but feel the injustice seep beyond the media headlines and flow straight into the classroom. Coronavirus aside, our pupils will be making their way back to our classrooms: the rooms we deem safe, inclusive and a home […]
About the speakers Doug Lemov is the author of the international bestseller Teach Like a Champion, and Teach Like a Champion 2.0. He is the co-author with TLAC team colleagues of Practice Perfect, Reading Reconsidered: A Practical Guide to Rigorous Literacy Instruction, and Teach Like a Champion Field Guide 2.0. In addition to his work […]
TeachTogether is a free service from the Chartered College of Teaching and The Behavioural Insights Team, which sends one text a week to support teachers’ wellbeing. You can find out more and sign up here. In one week’s message, we asked teachers to tell us a resource they’ve found helpful to support remote learning – […]
Allen M, Mabry E, Mattrey M, et al. (2004) Evaluating the effectiveness of distance learning: A comparison using meta‐analysis. Journal of Communication 54(3): 402–420. Introduction This Research Digest summarises a meta-analysis of over 500 research papers on distance learning. A meta-analysis is a way of combining data from several studies on the same subject. Merging […]
Introduction In these top tips, Cornelia Lucey, psychologist and leadership consultant presents some possible approaches to building resilience for teachers and educationalists and shares ways they can be applied to build resilience. It is important to note that these are only some tips to help you cope with everyday challenges at work and beyond. It […]
Cognitive science is the study of the human mind. It is difficult to study and teach, and because it doesn’t have fixed laws like Newton’s Laws of Motion, is open to interpretation. But there are principles that can be utilised to design more rewarding educational experiences for young people in schools (Bermúdez, 2010). To utilise […]
Behaviour is crucial to the success of both you and your pupils. When your classes are civil and keen, content is covered and everyone’s opportunities are multiplied. However, learning can dissolve in the presence of even a few stubborn individuals determined to set their shoulders against your ambitions. But teachers can reset and reboot their […]
Identify opportunities and advice for you to best showcase yourself in an online interview Understand how to demonstrate your competence as a teacher without teaching in front of a class To share potential sources for interview prep and how to impress headteachers and ‘land’ the role for you For teachers at the early stage of […]
