Pedagogy

The latest research and advice covering the theory and practice of teaching, including teaching methods and tips

Sunday

2nd Feb 2025

How debate can help your students see their blind spots
Debating expert Michael Hepburn explains how a discussion about masculinity showed just how powerful debating can be to get students to challenge their thinking
How debate can help your students see their blind spots

Monday

20th Jan 2025

How to tell if your lessons are having an impact
Your classroom may be a flurry of activity but is the learning making a difference? A simple acronym can help to answer this complicated question, explains Mark Enser
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Sunday

19th Jan 2025

5 essential skills for teaching a variety of SEND needs
With around five pupils in the average classroom having a diagnosed SEND, ensuring that we cater to all is more important than ever, writes Sendco Kirsty Simkin
Primary classroom with teacher

Tuesday

14th Jan 2025

How to meet the needs of left-handers in EYFS
The world is set up for the right-handed, writes Julian Grenier, so we need to champion left-handed children in the early years
How to meet the needs of left-handers in EYFS

Thursday

9th Jan 2025

‘Teaching is not a craft - but neither is it a science’
It involves incredible feats of creativity and technical know-how, but can educating really be described as an art or a craft? Bernard Andrews explores
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Wednesday

1st Jan 2025

What is flipped learning?
Tes explores flipped-learning teaching and how teachers can encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own learning
What is flipped learning?

Monday

30th Dec 2024

How Lev Vygotsky helps teachers to plan lessons today
Tes explores the work of 20th-century developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky, who emphasised the importance of social interaction in a child’s development
The Russian developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky
Problem solving in early maths: 3 simple teaching tips
Teaching strategies for problem solving is one of five approaches recommended by the Education Endowment Foundation to support young children’s maths development – and here’s how to do it
Problem-solving in early maths: 3 simple teaching tips

Saturday

28th Dec 2024

What is Socratic questioning?
Tes explores the basics of Socratic questioning and how it can be used by teachers in classrooms today
What is Socratic questioning?

Thursday

26th Dec 2024

How Jean Piaget still influences teaching today
Tes looks at the Swiss psychologist’s work on cognitive development that has had a huge impact on teaching practice
Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, whose work on cognitive development still influences teaching today

Tuesday

24th Dec 2024

What is formative assessment?
Tes looks into the origins of formative assessment and how it is used in classrooms
What is formative assessment?
EYFS: How ditching our maths scheme is transforming teaching
Prescriptive schemes may make teaching seem simpler, says Helen Pinnington, but they can disconnect staff from vital skills
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