According to its last annual report, half of all senior leaders in England consult the Education Endowment Foundation’s Teaching and Learning Toolkit to inform ...
The literature on group work indicates pros and cons to its use in the classroom. By looking at mechanisms of group failure and success and then linking these t...
The topic of behaviour management and the problems teachers face in dealing with disruption to lessons continues to evoke strong argument within the profession....
Any discussion about behaviour should begin with thinking about our values. What do we mean by ‘good behaviour’? How do we want our children to think about thei...
A significant proportion of students in schools in the UK use English as an additional language (EAL). Latest figures show that EAL learners in England account ...
This article explores what an inclusive culture in the primary classroom entails, and how it can be created and sustained. Drawing on my recent work (Eaude, 201...
"Some years ago I took on a combined Reception and Year 1 class and very soon began fleshing out what form the teaching and learning might take. Upon my suggest...
This article argues for a situated perspective of new teachers’ work and professional learning, and highlights important considerations for retention and succes...
There is an ever-increasing focus on teacher learning. Teacher learning aims to improve teacher practice, which has an impact on student outcomes. It is therefo...
Teachers have a responsibility to impart knowledge to students that can be applied later in life. However, this knowledge may not always be effectively transfer...
Teaching is an intellectual profession and, as such, its knowledge bases are underpinned by research, one definition of which could be new knowledge made public...
This is the story of two teachers. Angela and Amber have been teaching for 10 years each. Angela is a 32-year-old primary teacher whose particular specialism ha...
"This is not about ‘revolutionary’ change, but rather about ‘evolutionary’ change – starting from where you are, experimenting, adapting and learning by doing –...
Curriculum is all about power. Decisions about what knowledge to teach are an exercise of power and therefore a weighty ethical responsibility. What we choose t...
Michael Young and colleagues’ principle of ‘powerful knowledge’ (Young et al., 2014) reignited debate about how the school curriculum can be a tool for social j...
England’s National Curriculum states, in an echo of Matthew Arnold’s words from his book Culture and Anarchy (Arnold, 1869), that teachers should provide ‘pupil...
Public debate across the West is often polarised, angry and hysterical. Social media amplifies extreme and strident views. People tend to think the worst of the...
In the last few years, there has been a fascinating debate developing around the concept of a ‘knowledge-rich curriculum’. Sometimes this is referred to as know...
This article discusses curriculum content and structure for pupils with a distinctive profile: those who have a learning disability, whose learning attainments ...
What is the purpose of education?
If a button were pressed, and you found yourself with a blank slate for deciding what would be educationally worthwhile to ...
