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Thursday

28th Mar 2024

Why giggling in class is so contagious
An outbreak of continuous laughter can derail a lesson, but does it also bring benefits that teachers may want to utilise, wonders Simon Creasey
Behaviour: How teacher can stop laughter in lessons

Wednesday

27th Mar 2024

John Dunlosky’s guide to building better learners
Cognitive psychology should be at the heart of what schools do when teaching both knowledge and skills, world-renowned psychologist John Dunlosky tells Simon Lock
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Monday

25th Mar 2024

Daniel Willingham on memory, phonics and metacognition
Professor Daniel Willingham’s ideas have helped drive English education’s embrace of cognitive science, but how well does he believe those ideas are being put into practice? Jon Severs finds out
Daniel Willingham on memory, phonics and metacognition

Friday

22nd Mar 2024

Do phones, tablets and laptops really disrupt learning?
The great tech fightback in schools is well underway, but Holly Korbey finds that technology’s true impact on education is more nuanced
Do phones, tablets and laptops really disrupt learning?
Explicit instruction: why we need it and how it works
Explicit instruction is not a one-sided process but a complex social interaction requiring mutual adaptation from teacher and learner, explain neuroscientists Chris Frith and Uta Frith
Explicit instruction

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
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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
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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
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