Blog of the Week
Dan Nicholls – Privileging disadvantage | Excellence, Equity, Culture
There will be something (probably several things) in this blog that resonates with anyone engaged in tackling educational disadvantage. Some really clear thinking from Dan Nicholls.
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Fahim Rahman – Applying Cognitive Load Theory in Science
Fahim takes another look at his science classroom, this time through the cognitive load theory lens.
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Ben Crockett – Implementation Outcomes: Stepping Stones to Effective Implementation
Ben reviews the implementation outcomes identified in recommendation 3 of the new EEF Implementation guidance report.
Other Useful Links
- Bradford Research School director Mark Miller is publishing a series of blogs on disciplinary literacy, here is the first – Disciplinary Literacy: The Language and the Thinking
- Alex Quigley shines a light on a vital, but often missed aspect of literacy – The ‘Language Leap’ at Transition
- From Inner Drive is this comprehensive review of where we are with retrieval practice – What’s next for retrieval practice research?
- Pete Foster has written a couple on giving feedback, here’s one – Planning Feedback Conversations
- Tom Gray considers the steps to an evidence-informed classroom – Putting Evidence to Work: Where to Start?
- Jack Tavassoly-Marsh gives an honest reflection of his first year since moving school – Reflections on the first year
- From our fellow south-eastern research school, the North London Alliance comes this brilliant clips from the classroom video – ‘Talk’ me through TOLD: four key principles for encouraging high quality talk in mathematics lessons
- Thahmina Begum shares some the best nominations for Forest Gate’s Golden Teacher Awards – Golden Teachers
- Jonathan Mountstevens explains much of the good that’s come from the recent focus on curriculum – A Farewell to Curriculum?
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