Teaching and Learning

Why Schools Need To Embrace The Old

January 16, 2019January 14, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments Age UK, Channel 4, Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds, Saga, United For All Ages

How often does your school involve older members of the local community? Is it something along the lines of inviting

Teaching and Learning

Ditch Writing Lesson Objectives

January 12, 2019December 13, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments Edvard Munch, Invisible Sun, lesson objectives, policy, time management

Are lesson objectives a waste of time?

Management Teaching and Learning

Having A Plan B Is Not Enough

December 18, 2018November 29, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments activities, lessons, organisation, planning

Lots of cars now are made without a spare tyre which I have never got my head around. Why would

Improvement Teaching and Learning

6 Principles For Improvement

December 4, 2018January 18, 2019 johndabell 0 Comments James Hiebert, James W. Stigler, system, teachers, The Teaching Gap

School leaders are always thinking about improvement but the ‘doing’ part is the hard bit. Improvement doesn’t just happen. Improvement

Collaboration CPD Teaching and Learning

Jugyou Kenkyu

November 28, 2018December 19, 2018 johndabell 1 Comment Collaborative Lesson Research, improvement, Jugyou Kenkyu, kyozaikenkyu, lesson study

The central feature of teacher learning in Japan is called Jugyou Kenkyu or lesson study. It is a way for

Teaching and Learning

The Law Of Requisite Variety

November 25, 2018November 18, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety., First Law of Cybernetics, W. Ross Ashby

You will no doubt have heard the following before, spuriosuly linked to Henry Ford: If you always do what you

Psychology Teaching and Learning

Thorndike’s Law of Effect

November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments B.F. Skinner, Edward Lee Thorndike, Law of Effect, operant conditioning, positive reinforcement, psychology

One of the first principles associated with learning and behaviour was developed by Edward Lee Thorndike and this has become known

Teaching and Learning

DNA On Entry

November 21, 2018November 15, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments DNA on entry, Do Now, Doug Lemov, Larry Ferlazzo, Teach Like a Champion

In Teach Like A Champion, Doug Lemov refers to something called a ‘Do Now’. I have also seen this called

Teaching and Learning

Why We Don’t Need Highlighters

November 18, 2018November 13, 2018 johndabell 1 Comment Benedict Carey, highlighter pens, memory, Professor Paul Dunlovsky, revision, study techniques, WHSmith

Mark Enser recently drew our attention to a 2017 blog produced by @WHSmith and research behind using coloured pens in

Teaching and Learning

No Cold-Calling Please!

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 johndabell 0 Comments autonomy, case discussion, choice, class discussion, class participation, cold calling, group call, participation, principle of nonmaleficence, responses, student voluntary participation, students’ comfort participating, volunteering

No one likes cold callers do they? Cold-calling is a teaching technique used by many teachers as a way of

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Why Schools Need To Embrace The Old

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