Motivation is a complicated beast. Traditionally broken into intrinsic and extrinsic types, students may be motivated by a whole host of competing and intertwin...
Developing a culture of learning at Bradford Academy that reflects our desire to be a ‘great school’ has become our major focus. The founding teaching and learn...
When I started teaching in the 1990s, I knew almost nothing about the students in my new classes apart from their names. Now every September I have data for eac...
Increasing motivation in MFL is crucial for the success of the subject at all key stages. This paper sets out a simple method with which to help increase motiva...
Challenging students to think hard is bread and butter in teaching and learning at The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School. But how does a department enhance lite...
Behaviour management remains a critical matter that can cloud the working day for too many teachers (NFER, 2013). The advice below is for teachers who, like me,...
Children and young people can present with behaviours of concern, particularly if the pupil has additional needs associated with a social or communication diffe...
Lesson study has been ‘the primary form of professional development in Japan for over a hundred years’ (Takahashi and McDougal, 2016, p. 514). The features of e...
Appraisals, done well, can be at the heart of moving a school forward. My experience, however, is that they are more often part of a cycle in a busy schedule of...
Observation is not a term that is often met with excitement or jubilation by teachers across the profession, even though there is an acknowledgement of the impa...
A learning community can be seen as one where the concept of learning moves beyond the idea of ‘learning = being taught’ towards the view that ‘learning = const...
The DfE standard for teachers’ professional development (2016) states that effective professional development should have ‘explicit relevance to participants’ a...
The challenge of making schools more research-led
On a national scale, it is increasingly accepted by school leaders, teachers and policymakers that education ...
Teachers often feel that they don’t have time to research; the pressures on the teaching profession are immense and the last thing a leader needs to do is add m...
I am very fortunate to have worked in two schools that promote and celebrate teacher development. As I attended a university in which exercises prior ...
City of London School for Girls provides students and staff with iPads, and all departments are encouraged to explore how best to integrate the use of mobile te...
Over the years, we have worked hard to make sure that our curriculum delivered authentic learning opportunities for our children, but partnerships with other or...
Childhood is a special time in our lives and as educators we recognise that we are very privileged. Our curriculum is thoughtfully crafted in order to stimulate...
“Nature is written in mathematical language.”
Galileo Galilei
Background
In 2015, biology teachers began teaching a new A level curriculum, which whilst not ...
In September 2017, Dom met his first cohort of secondary PGCE students. He was delivering the subject-specific module, Teaching and Learning in Science. James w...
