The Leitner System Of Revision
johndabell It’s all about retrieval. A wealth of previous research has shown that testing is beneficial for learning and memory. Using flashcards is an easily implemented teaching strategy that can help…
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School Leaders As Gardeners
Schools are where leaders excel. Well, some leaders that is. Every Headteacher has their own style and some tap into more than one approach or behaviour. There is another type…
The 4D Approach in Education
What is an effective way to make change happen? Managers, senior leaders, teachers all have to lead change and one way to do it is use the approach called Appreciative…
Global Citizenship Education
It’s often said that we are all connected and “it’s a small world”. Umm. Unfortunately we are very much disconnected, the world is huge and there is plenty of evidence…
Call My Bluff
Go on. Do it. Call my bluff. This classroom strategy is one of those gems that doesn’t get used enough because it is perhaps deemed ‘old-fashioned’. Rubbish. It’s as relevant…
Breakfast Study
Never let those idle moments at breakfast go to waste. If your stand mindlessly at the cereal packet in front of you absorbing the ingredients as you munch away then…
Proper Differentiation
Some teachers fret about differentiation and tie themselves up in knots about it. I used to. My early teaching career was blighted by the wrong advice and that advice was…
5 Steps To Discourage Student Absenteeism
How can we address and discourage student absenteeism? You might imagine that children would be excited going back to school after the lockdown but not everyone is. There is plenty…
The Post-Lockdown Staffroom
Many schools have stayed opened throughout the pandemic and their staffrooms have stayed open too. But there are plenty of staffrooms that haven’t. These have been out of bounds because…
The CPD Magic Carpet
The educational magic carpet hasn’t left the ground for quite some time now because of lockdown but in some cases that hasn’t been a bad thing. CPD conferences used to…