The case for direct instruction
MARCY STEIN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, USA KRISTEN ROLF, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, USA For over 50 years, the best way to educate children has been heatedly debated by those who favour what might be described as ‘teacher-directed instruction’ and those who favour ‘student-centred instruction’. In this article, we contend that Direct Instruction […]
Modelling examples under the visualiser
DAVE TUSHINGHAM, LEAD PRACTITIONER MATHEMATICS, THE GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST, UK Teaching in the pandemic In March 2020, immediate and urgent change to our pedagogical approaches was needed as the world went into lockdown. For most students, learning now largely took place online. For teachers like myself, live ‘performance’ in the classroom was replaced with practice […]
Alphabetic writing systems: The importance, and limits, of phonics
John Bald (FCCT) Independent educational consultant. Former tutor in charge, Reading and Language Centres, Essex Education Department. Introduction Controversy over methods of teaching reading and spelling began with the spread of state primary education in the nineteenth century, and soon occupied similar ground to that of today (Parker, 2021). Should children be taught to recognise […]
Rosenshine’s Principles: Questioning, with Tom Sherrington
Tom Sherrington is an education consultant and author. He writes the popular blog teacherhead.com and his books include The Learning Rainforest and best-seller Rosenshine’s Principles in Action. Most recently he co-authored the Teaching WalkThrus series with Oliver Caviglioli. With 30 years’ experience as a physics and maths teacher and school leader, Tom is in demand […]
Rosenshine’s Principles: Sequencing concepts and Modelling, with Tom Sherrington
Tom Sherrington is an education consultant and author. He writes the popular blog teacherhead.com and his books include The Learning Rainforest and best-seller Rosenshine’s Principles in Action. Most recently he co-authored the Teaching WalkThrus series with Oliver Caviglioli. With 30 years’ experience as a physics and maths teacher and school leader, Tom is in demand […]
Teaching Assistants and supporting SEND, a roundtable discussion with the Chartered College of Teaching and nasen
The Chartered College of Teaching and the National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen) are delighted to announce a roundtable discussion with Professor Dame Alison Peacock and Annamarie Hassall MBE. Teaching assistants (TAs) play a significant role in the teaching profession, supporting SEND and also influence pupil outcomes. Join us, as we bring together TAs […]
Behaviour: What are you permitting? with Sam Strickland
Chartered College of Teaching, Bristol Network event FREE online talk with Sam Strickland, author of ‘The Behaviour Manual: An Educator’s Guidebook’. Hosted by Dr Steve Murray, Lead Practitioner for Data and Research at Orchard School Bristol. Resources Webinar playback and resources: #ECSeries: Managing Behaviour in the Classroom with Amy Forrester Webinar playback: ‘Teach Like a […]
Supporting students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Introduction This themed collection is designed for teaching assistants on the theme of supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A themed collection brings together a range of useful resources on a specific topic to support practitioners deepen their knowledge in this area and shape their own professional learning. These collections can also […]
Moving Forwards, Making a Difference: A Planning Guide for Schools 2022-23
Exploring the evidence base: The role of routines in creating an effective learning environment
Ann-Marie Argyropulo-Palmer, Subject Leader for Music, University of Birmingham School, UK Whether introduced by individual teachers or employed school-wide by leaders, routines – a specific sequence of actions regularly followed – are a common feature of UK classrooms (DfE, 2011). Routines as recommended classroom practice can also be seen at a national level, with the […]
#ECSeries: Managing Behaviour in the Classroom with Amy Forrester
In this webinar Amy Forrester shares her key takeaways on behaviour management. This webinar will focus on practical, evidence informed strategies regarding managing behaviour in the classroom. Amy will cover a number of approaches, as well as exploring the ways in which we view behaviour, and how these are best deployed to help us all […]
Is schema theory the answer to gaps in knowledge for both students and staff?
At present, the learning gap is something that is of great focus in schools. While cognitive strategies and retrieval practice are embedded parts of teaching, how much are these strategies explicitly taught to students from a meta-cognitive angle? In focusing on schema theory as a particular strand of cognitive science, we can form specific strategies […]
Peer feedback during distance learning
Context The British International School in the Netherlands. The school is a private, non-profit organisation serving the international community, with 450 pupils on roll. Most of our families have most of the school fees paid for by their employers; a small percentage of our families meet that fee cost independently. A significant majority of our […]
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 […]
Dialogic and shared reading for young children to support language and literacy
Reading with young children is an important activity to support early language and literacy, and how we share books with children can magnify its impact. During shared reading, adults and children talk about and around the book, rather than focus just on the text. The adult encourages children to play an active, rather than passive […]
Testing and spacing: Effective learning strategies for the classroom
Online Learning ¬∑ Testing and spacing: effective learning strategies for the classroom Educational practices inspired and supported by cognitive science are increasing in popularity. This can be seen in the worldwide increase in both academic (e.g. Roediger and Karpicke, 2018) and practice-oriented publications (e.g. Surma et al., 2019). Apropos these developments, we highlight two […]
Poverty in education across the UK: A comparative analysis of policy and place
This is an abridged version of the introduction to Poverty in Education Across the UK, edited by the authors. Permission to publish this extract is granted by the publisher. Online Learning ¬∑ Poverty in education across the UK: a comparative analysis of policy and place Poverty and place matter to children’s education (Lupton, […]
Developing teachers’ confidence in enhanced e-learning at an all-through school
Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Developing teachers’ confidence in enhanced e-learning at an all-through school Recent times have prompted profound change in education, specifically due to school closures and the migration to e-learning. This paper discusses the need to ascertain staff confidence in e-learning before discussing how e-learning provision may be enhanced. The majority […]
Parental support and access for home-based elearning
Education has faced profound and rapid change during the COVID-19 pandemic, with large-scale reactive measures introduced to ensure continuity of learning. While some schools have established integrated infrastructures whereby each student is expected to have, or is provided with a personal mobile device, the majority have relied on students utilising readily available home devices. Device […]
Supporting students to become self-regulated learners: Teaching metacognition matters
Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Supporting students to become self-regulated learners: teaching metacognition matters One of the authors of this article, Paul A Kirschner, featured in a webinar about ‘How Learning Happens’. We recorded the video for you to watch back. When a teacher announces the deadline for an upcoming test, students are instantly […]