The Anniversary Effect
Have you ever noticed that your emotions can get all mushy around an anniversary? I don't mean a birthday or a wedding but a significant event that has more unsettling…
Every Day Is A School Day
Have you ever noticed that your emotions can get all mushy around an anniversary? I don't mean a birthday or a wedding but a significant event that has more unsettling…
The number one concern of any teacher is likely to be related to behaviour management. Certainly for newly qualified teachers it is. Even experienced teachers will be up-ended by discipline…
Are children more willing to punish if the wrongdoer is ‘taught a lesson’? This is the question Marshall et al (2020) set out to answer and the results are rather…
How many teachers really know their students? It might seem incredible but there are teachers out there who don't know the names of some of the students they teach. This…
How many pairs of hands do you have? Teachers have ten pairs of hands because they are magnificent multi-taskers forever plate-spinning and picking up the pieces. But there is another…
Twitter is full of people having squabbles with each other and accusing others of using a straw man argument, but what does this mean? A strawman is a harmless, lifeless…
Do you believe in ‘a place for everything and everything in its place’? The 5S model is for you. 5S refers to five Japanese terms used to describe the steps…
Do you refuse to lower expectations for success? In the US, there is plenty of talk about effective teachers being warm demanders but in the UK it isn't a term…
How do we cope with language abuse in meetings? Institutionally induced coma is commonplace in schools and especially when it comes to meetings or inset days that have 'yawn' written…
It's that time of year again when teachers agonise over rules and procedures for their classroom. Classroom management starts with having clear behaviour rules that are fixed and non-negotiable. These…