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Are worksheets a waste of time?

Apr 04, 2012 | Category: learning

Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork And drive the brute off?Philip Larkin - Toads Many people (and many students) seem to expend considerable energy in a...

#work #worksheets

Learning objectives and why we need 'em

Feb 18, 2012 | Category: learning

I remember the first time I saw a learning objective being used in a lesson. My school had just been placed into Special Measures and things were looking grim. I'd only joined the school a few months...

#Dylan Wiliam #learning objectives #James Michie #Paul Dix #success crieria

The 'practice' of teaching

Jan 16, 2012 | Category: learning

Fewer (activities); Deeper (learning); Better (student outcomes). John Tomsett, Headteacher This is not a blog post proper, just some notes on Hattie's introduction to Visible Learning for Teachers. H...

#Dylan Wiliam #John Hattie #learning styles #Visible Learning for Teachers

Why do I need a teacher if I've got Google and a granny?

Dec 04, 2011 | Category: learning

NB - Having reviewed the evidence, I am now thoroughly convinced I was wrong about all this. Instead, try reading Is it just me or is Sugata Mitra an irresponsible charlatan? Over the summer I watche...

#Carol Dweck #Ian Gilbert #SOLO taxonomy #Kenny Pieper #Sugata Mitra #granny clouds #iPads

The ultimate teaching technique

Feb 14, 2012 | Category: learning

UPDATE: I no longer agree with any of the following. It remains on my blog as a warning against hubris. June, 2016 Maybe it's just me, but I seem to be encountering an awful lot of people railing agai...

#group work #Phil Beadle #home & expert groups

Doubts about Dweck? The problem with praise

Jan 27, 2012 | Category: learning

Back in 2010 I was introduced to Carol Dweck's research into fixed and growth mindsets and the scales fell from my eyes. It was an epiphany. A veritable Damascene conversion. And like Saul before me,...

#Carol Dweck #mindsets #John Hattie #Effort #Peanuts #praise

Is it better to be told, or to discover a fact?

Jan 22, 2012 | Category: learning

I've read a lot of blogosphere twaddle about why students don't learn effectively in groups and the only effective method for teaching is direct instruction. My view is there needs to balance in all t...

#group work #Hattie #direct instruction #spelling

What is learning?

Jan 08, 2012 | Category: learning

Go on, ask yourself, ask other teachers, ask some students: what is learning? It's a pretty big question isn't it? One that I might have felt hopelessly unequal to answering before reading Graham Nuth...

#Bruce Hood #De La Soul #Graham Nuthall #Pam Hook

What is good behaviour?

Jan 01, 2012 | Category: learning

There are two schools in every school: the school of the high-status staff member, with the luxury of time and authority to cushion them from the worst classes; and the school of the supply teacher a...

#behaviour #PEEL #Postman & Weingartner #Rober Sylwester

Some thoughts on Learning Styles

Dec 05, 2011 | Category: learning

The rusting can of worms that is Learning Styles has been prised open again and the wriggling mess is crawling all over the educational twittersphere. And on that note I will stop extending the metaph...

#AfL #Ian Gilbert #learning styles #Bill Boyd #Daniel Wilingham #Old Andrew #VAK