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Thursday

21st Mar 2024

How to get the most out of education conferences
Conferences can highlight the gaps between research and practice, says Christian Bokhove, but they also have the power to unite the education community
education conferences

Monday

18th Mar 2024

Parents’ evenings: a teacher’s survival guide
Parents’ evenings can be draining, says English teacher Emma Newton, who shares advice on how to make sure your appointments run smoothly and are beneficial for all involved
Parents' evening survival guide

Sunday

17th Mar 2024

5 ideas for Scottish schools to explore on World Poetry Day
By helping pupils see poetry in the real world and appointing a school makar or poet laureate, schools can show that poetry is not stuffy, says English teacher Alan Gillespie
Timorous beastie Poetry

Wednesday

13th Mar 2024

Talk for learning: a 5-point checklist for teachers
Schools must teach the skills that underpin spoken language more explicitly, Ofsted says. But what does that look like in practice? Kirstin Mulholland takes a look
Talk for learning: a five-point checklist for teachers

Monday

11th Mar 2024

How to get peer assessment right
Peer feedback and assessment has the potential to improve learning and cut teacher workload, says Alex Quigley, so why isn’t it used more often in the classroom?
How to get peer assessment right

Friday

8th Mar 2024

‘Witches’ and helping pupils with a dark chapter in Scottish history
On International Women’s Day, teacher Gemma Clark looks at how schools can make sense of the period in which Scotland tried thousands of women for witchcraft
Scottish witch trials

Wednesday

28th Feb 2024

The real problem with the learning styles ‘myth’
The idea that individuals are suited to a certain style of learning is widely seen as a damaging myth. But, says neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath, there’s more to the belief than meets the eye
Myths Loch Ness monster

Tuesday

27th Feb 2024

Does teacher ‘looping’ really boost results?
Previous studies suggested teachers remaining with the same class for two or more years leads to better outcomes, but new research casts doubt on that, says Loic Menzies
Identical twins

Wednesday

21st Feb 2024

Why research needs to reconnect to the classroom
Reflecting on decades of education research, psychologist Peter Blatchford says the hunt for ‘what works’ could be throwing us off track when it comes to improving teaching and learning
Peter Blatchford

Tuesday

20th Feb 2024

Rosenshine’s principles: not all they seem
Barak Rosenshine’s principles of instruction underpin many teaching approaches used in classrooms today. But how much do we know about the research behind them? Christian Bokhove takes a look
Hall of mirrors Rosenshine

Sunday

18th Feb 2024

Why inclusion makes economic sense
Arguments for inclusion usually draw on moral grounds, but there are economic reasons to make schools more inclusive, too, says Rob Webster
Inclusion economic sense escalator

Monday

12th Feb 2024

We don’t need ‘magic bullets’ to help pupils with SEND
Improvements to our SEND system are desperately needed, but teachers already possess a wealth of powerful strategies that can make a difference, says Alex Quigley
SEND magic bullet