Cognitive Load Theory, the Classroom and our Children.
What CLT means for our classroom practice and most importantly children. Some science, some suggestions but very much only a scratch on the surface…
23 Mar 2021
A Desirable Difficulty
Another ramble about the reasons why we need to increasingly learn about learning. It is always going to be difficult, but here I unpick one tool which is descried as a ‘desirable difficulty’.
23 Mar 2021
A Mindfulness Matter
Mindfulness, as much as we are becoming increasingly familiar with it in practice, still very much remains a mystery. This blog unpicks its potential, and looks at the possibility of making mindfulness a pedagogy .
1 Mar 2021
The Road to Becoming a Researcher
Why our role as researchers is inescapable. A few thoughts to be considered and some practical pointers along the way.
1 Mar 2021
The reality of Rosenshine
A lesson about learning. Unpicking Rosenshine’s principles and what the reality of these are in practice.
28 Feb 2021
The Lesson our Curriculum could Learn from Maths
A matter of pedagogy not programme of study. What I believe could be the key to creating ‘masters’ in every subject area. Not something I am claiming to have yet perfected in practice, but the makings of my own ‘curriculum masterclass’ inspired by what I have learnt about teaching and leaning in maths.
28 Feb 2021
Pupil voice, a pursuit worthwhile
An ‘unpicking’ of policy and it’s ever ambitious impact. Some suggestions of what pupil voice could look like in practice but most importantly, why it is always a pursuit worthwhile.
28 Feb 2021
Fluency? Reasoning? Problem-solving? Sorry, what was the question?
Things I wish I could go back and tell my NQT-self. A journey of understanding what teaching for mastery really means and how this enables every child to become a mathematician. A matter of inclusion, as well as mathematics.
26 Feb 2021
Creating Connections or Causing Confusion?
A research write up. Something I thought I knew the answer to yet how it became a topsy turvy learning journey for me and the children.
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