In this episode of Teaching Talk, maths teacher John Mulhern talks about how he has focused on developing the ‘deliberate practice’ that takes place in his lessons: TT7 John Mulhern – Deliberate Practice from Jason Ramasami on Vimeo. Advertisements
Teaching is a creative profession, and at DHS we want our teachers to be innovative and excited about what they do – not stifled by an overly prescriptive approach to teaching. We want teachers to takes risks and try new … Continue reading
Over the last few weeks members of the SLT visited the lessons of some of our most successful departments. We decided to take a rather different approach to how we usually do things like this. Rather than the usual ‘Department … Continue reading
As another school year comes to an end, I thought it would be worth summarising a number of key ideas that have shaped my thinking this year. Many of them have come via twitter and/or the many excellent blogs that exist … Continue reading
In his book ‘Outliers‘ Malcolm Gladwell claims it takes 10 000 hours of sustained and deliberate practice to become an expert in a particular ‘skill’ – whether it be chess, playing the violin or basketball. For teachers, this would amount … Continue reading
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