Teaching and Learning
What do you believe about 'teaching'?
Key features of learning cultures in a schools include a climate of mutual trust, inquiry and collegiality (ACER, 2016, National School Improvement Tool. Victoria, Australia: Australian Council for Educational...
Teaching and Learning
A Professional Development Programme for your school
Consistency of practice across and within subjects has one of the most significant impacts on student learning and outcomes. It is important that all staff are 'on the same page' and teach in the way...
Teaching and Learning
Characteristics of high-performing schools
An introductory video stresses the importance of relationships to learning. Two videos introduce this consideration of what makes teaching and learning effective. The first is set in a traditional Chinese...
Teaching and Learning
Teacher workshop: Lens on Learning - PD presentation
In this 'Lens on Learning' we look at what all teachers should know about how students construct learning? This mini-workshop will provide you with a quick and engaging way into understanding how to scaffold...
Teaching and Learning
Student work - book scrutiny
One way of understanding how students are learning is to carry out a book scrutiny - whereby a group of teachers analyse the work students are producing in their books. On this page we provide a protocol...
Teaching and Learning
How do we make learning memorable?
Note that I use the word 'learning' and not 'teaching'. Whilst students may remember a particularly entertaining lesson this does not mean that they are able to recall the learning. On this page we look...
Teaching and Learning
How do we help students who struggle?
I am indebted to Terry Heick for an article he wrote: ‘Why did that student fail? A diagnostic approach to teaching’, Terry Heick, Teachthought (June 2019). He presents the following 8-step process a...
Teaching and Learning
How does 'learning' happen in your school?
Do all members of your school community share a common language? Do you share the same beliefs about learning? Are all your decisions based upon those beliefs? These may sound straight forward questions....
Teaching and Learning
Emotions are central to learning
How a student feels about learning in your subject WILL affect their ability to learn. We need to engage students in their learning at an emotional level as well as a cognitive level. Use this page to...
Teaching and Learning
Creating the optimal conditions for learning
How do you create the best conditions for learning to take place? As a school do you have an agreed and consistently upheld understanding of how to create the best conditions for learning to take place?...