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Excellent education for all: Interim Report of Independent Review

#ECSeries: RE curriculum and assessment

As part of the #ECSeries, we welcome Dawn Cox MCCT, CTeach (Leadership), who will discuss ‘RE curriculum and assessment”. In this session Dawn will be looking at assessment in RE. She will look at the challenges with assessing RE and some potential solutions to ensuring that curriculum and assessment align, whilst keeping things manageable for […]

#ECSeries – Secondary Geography: Embedding fieldwork in practice

#ECSeries – Secondary Geography: Embedding fieldwork in practice The Chartered College of Teaching is delighted to have partnered with the Geographical Association to present an online webinar for Secondary colleagues. This webinar is part of the #ECSeries, exclusively for teachers and subject leads. This webinar is part of the #ECSeries and will focus on five […]

#ECSeries: Why is anti-racist practice important in the early years?

As part of the #ECSeries, we welcome Liz Pemberton who will discuss ‘Why is anti-racist practice important in the early years?’ As children are growing and developing it is our job, as early years educators, to help them form a positive sense of themselves and the people in the world around them. If we are […]

#ECSeries – Primary Geography: Embedding fieldwork in practice

#ECSeries – Primary Geography: Embedding fieldwork in practice The Chartered College of Teaching is delighted to have partnered with the Geographical Association to present an online webinar for Primary colleagues. This webinar is part of the #ECSeries and will focus on five keys areas: 1. What fieldwork enquiry is (and isn’t) and how it has […]

Glossary of Terms

This page contains definitions of some key educational terms and acronyms. When you’re browsing an article, words in the glossary will be highlighted and you can hover over them for a definition.

Principles of Instruction

Effective instruction |Expert teacher |Memory |Metacognition Bookmark(0) Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin In 2012, Barack Rosenshine published the Principles of Instruction: a set of 10 research-based principles of instruction, along with suggestions for classroom practice. The principles come from three sources: (a) research in cognitive science (b) research on master teachers, and […]

Distance learning and digital technology: Adapting a microblogging tool to develop online collaboration

Chartered College of Teaching · Distance learning and digital technology The sudden shift towards distance learning has led many teachers to seek out a variety of distance-learning tools, such as Google Classroom, Skype or Zoom. These tools bring many benefits, but their efficacy as a partial replacement for face-to-face teaching is undergoing a severe practical […]

Rosenshine’s seminal Principles of Instruction: A dead-end or a must-read for teachers in the early years?

In 2012, Barack Rosenshine published the Principles of Instruction: a set of 10 research-based principles of instruction, along with suggestions for classroom practice. The principles come from three sources: (a) research in cognitive science, (b) research on master teachers, and (c) research on cognitive supports. The 10 Principles of Instruction are as follows: Principle 1: […]

Curriculum in the Early Years

Curriculum in the Early Years Ofsted’s consultation about its new education inspection framework (2019), with its focus on the curriculum, is leading Early Years practitioners to wonder what a curriculum for the youngest children might look like. It is, perhaps, useful to begin the discussion by outlining some of the things that we do not […]

Feedback in a primary classroom

When it comes to providing high quality feedback, we need to ensure that we are teaching responsively – actively eliciting evidence about our pupils’ learning in order to inform and adapt our teaching to meet their needs (Black and Wiliam 1998). One efficient and immediate response to move pupils’ learning forward is to provide verbal […]

Feedback in secondary science

Whole class feedback in a secondary English lesson

When it comes to providing high quality feedback, we need to ensure that we are teaching responsively – actively eliciting evidence about our pupils’ learning in order to inform and adapt our teaching to meet their needs (Black and Wiliam 1998). One efficient approach to managing marking workload and maintaining meaningful feedback is to provide […]

Interviewing for a job

This is the third in a series of three blog posts on becoming a teacher – the first is on looking for a job and the second is on applying for a job. You’ve done your homework, you’ve applied for your dream role and now you’ve had the exciting news that you’ve secured an interview! […]

Applying for a job

This is the second in a series of three blog posts on becoming a teacher – the first is on looking for a job and the third is on interviewing. After doing your homework on a school and investigating if the role is right for you, the time will come to complete the application form. […]

Looking for a job

This is the first of three blog posts on finding a job in teaching. Here you are at the gateway to your career in teaching. You are deep in your training and your thoughts turn to how you can find and secure that first teaching post. Finding your first post can be tricky: where do […]

Designing a curriculum in secondary subjects

This case study is written by James Tomlinson, Curriculum Leader of Geography at MEA Central. As you read this case study, reflect on how the curriculum has been shaped and developed. Take some time to think about how some of these approaches might translate to your own context. Designing a Curriculum To define curriculum, Lambert […]

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