Blog of the Week
Kat Howard – A Note on Teacher Autonomy
Maybe one for the purists but I really enjoyed Kat’s weaving of the evidence through this discussion of where teachers may want or need autonomy, and, where they don’t.
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Kate Cooper – Metacognitive Questioning in MFL
A brilliant example from Kate of how metacognition can be incorporated into a secondary school subject and used effectively to help the students within it.
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Tara McVey – What Does Effective Intervention Look Like?
Durrington ELE Tara McVey explores the EEF’s recently published Making a Difference with Effective Tutoring guidance report.
Other Useful Links
- It was out before Christmas, but this is a really brilliant blog from Adam Boxer – The Ratio Lens
- Useful reminders from Inner Drive on why it is important that we chunk learning – Five reasons why you should present material in small steps
- Peps McCrea is offering a new resource to be delivered weekly to our inboxes – Evidence Snacks
- Sarah Cottingham (again before Christmas) adds a useful interpretation of the EEFs Cognitive Science Literature Review – Research into practice: from blueprint to jigsaw
- Via the TES, Kate Parker has written this article on greeting students – Is there a right way to greet your class?
- A useful addition for those seeking to ask more metacognitive questions is this questioning habits tool from the EEF’s Hannah Heron
- Jo Castelino blogs about how we can increase the chances of student comprehension through our question structure in this piece – The click
- Nikki Sullivan gives us a comprehensive run down of her school’s approach to professional development and its provenance in this blog – Further reflections on CPD and putting people first…
Deep Dive Days 2022-23:
This year the Durrington Research School is offering a range of one-day workshops on EEF guidance reports and evidence reviews. You can book your place here.
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