On a societal level we often see sleep as an afterthought, taking time away from our other pursuits. To an adult, this may be staying late in the office. For ...
An extract from an article that first appeared in Education Week on 22 September 2015. Reprinted with permission from the author.
For many years, I secretly ...
Theory and research often don’t offer simple answers, which can be frustrating for practitioners, and it is easy to oversimplify the original research. In the c...
This article is based on an original research article published in Frontiers in Education (Müllensiefen et al., 2015).
Theories of intelligence and academic ...
Since 1997, UK governments have advocated evidence-based practice in English education policy (DfE, n.d.) ; (also see Ball (Ball, 2013) and Whitty (Whitty, 2016...
In one of our Year 10 lessons this week, Salim called out ‘Does it have to look like that?’ His exaggeratedly aghast manner suggested several things all at once...
It’s Monday morning, a full day of classes, and you’ve just remembered that the marking you spent Sunday evening doing is locked in your car. You’ve already rec...
Numeracy skills measured at age five, prior to the start of primary school, are strong predictors of later academic achievement in both reading and maths (Dunca...
The manner by which pretend play contributes to children’s cognitive development has gained increasing interest recently. Play provides children with opportun...
Research on growth mindset suggests that students’ beliefs about intelligence have a significant impact on their attainment. Students who believe intelligence...
Since the launch of the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) in March 2016, students and teachers who work with us have access to cutting-edge research pr...
Oakthorpe Primary School in Leicestershire has had a keen focus on improving children’s wellbeing and resilience for the last six years. This started in respons...
Why this? Why now? Why us?
Jerome Bruner, the renowned American psychologist, states that the primary objective of any act of learning, over and beyond the p...
The study and teaching of modern history can rely heavily on the use of multimedia. Video is now commonplace in education and more accessible than ever before t...
Interest is an elusive state, one which everyone experiences at some point but one which is often difficult to define. A wide range of terms are used by some a...
In 2014, I followed an interdisciplinary arts project called ‘Songlines’, delivered over two terms by The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. It aimed to:
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