Category Archives: General Teaching

On October 16th I presented at ResearchEd Surrey on Disciplinary Literacy in Maths and since then I have had many teachers get in touch who are also interested in this topic. I will therefore use this blog post to expand … Continue reading →

Blog of the week Does that make sense? Breaking bad habits – Helen Skelton In this very reflective blog, Helen identifies three ‘bad teacher habits’ she has and how she is planning to eliminate them. Classteaching ‘Where is the (insert … Continue reading →

This week I have had the pleasure of running one of the research school’s training courses around curriculum design. In preparation for this I returned to my go to resource on curriculum design; Mary Myatt’s “The Curriculum Gallimaufry to coherence” … Continue reading →

Blog of the Week Stating the Obvious or Getting Behaviour Right – Zoe Enser Zoe draws on her years of experience in the classroom to offer some great advice on managing behaviour. Classteaching ‘Making Feedback a Dirty Habit’ by Fran … Continue reading →

It is the time of year where for many schools assessments are in full force, be this mock exams or in-class tests. As a consequence, departments will also be thinking about how best to feedback on their students’ performance. A … Continue reading →

Blog of the week ‘Golden Silence’ by Adam Boxer Adam explains why he loves periods of silence in his lessons and how he achieves it. Classteaching ‘Why is this a metacognitive question?’ by Chris Runeckles Chris explains how we are … Continue reading →

This year my quest to use the principles of metacognition to make permanent changes to the habits of our teachers and students has seen a narrowing of focus to two key areas of practice: questioning and modelling. I wrote about … Continue reading →

Blog of the week ‘Controlling Focus – 5 Practical ways to remove the blur of learning from the classroom’ – James Bullous What can we do in our lessons to focus attention in the classroom, so students are thinking about … Continue reading →

Blog of the week ‘Weaving it all together: 9 key threads for maximising learning’ by Tom Sherrington In this characteristically brilliant blog Tom shares 9 things that he thinks are worth focusing on in order to maximise learning. Classteaching ‘Reflections … Continue reading →

Like most schools, this half term we have been thinking a great deal about our school improvement priorities and how the research evidence can support us with this. The EEF do a great job of distilling evidence on key themes … Continue reading →