Monthly Archives: February 2018

A consensus view exists about what makes professional development effective Recent reviews have suggested a consensus around the features of effective professional development. Laura Desimone (2009) describes a “research consensus”; Linda Darling-Hammond and her colleagues argue that “Positive findings have … Continue reading →

If you’re a parent and your child misbehaves in public, what do you do? If you’re not a parent, and someone else’s child misbehaves in public, what would you like the parents to do?… Continued here http://ift.tt/2FahGph

Originally posted on Ben Newmark:
I like children in my classes to work in silence a lot. History, the subject I teach, is built on reading and writing and these are best done in quiet, orderly atmospheres which give pupils…

Originally posted on Ben Newmark:
Some time ago I wrote this blog, called Plugged In, calling for more teachers to involve themselves in educational discussion and debate. It was well-received and even quoted by Schools Minister Nick Gibb in a…

1.The Traditionalist-Progressive Divide Teachers on social media often discuss the difference between ‘progressives’ and ‘traditionalists’, but little concrete data exists on the prevalence of each idea. (The terms are used differently by different people, but a handy chart of differences from the Independent … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Ben Newmark:
For far too long I persisted in the belief that source inference in history was a generic skill. Whether this was because of a fault in my training, environments in which this sort of misconception…

Welcome Tappsters! Anyone else been doing that thing this week where they looked each day to see if the user numbers are going up? Did you do a happy dance when it hit 1,700? Source: What Teachers Tapped This Week … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images You may disagree with the evidence I cite. You may disagree with my logic. But let me be clear about what I am trying to achieve: I want young people…

Originally posted on Tabula Rasa:
Back in my early years of teaching- in the high-pressure ‘Special Measures’ school where I cut my teeth- I spent hours planning lessons that aimed to get kids through the GCSE as quickly as possible.…

Originally posted on 3-Star learning experiences:
Paul A. Kirschner & Mirjam Neelen It’s not easy to show that active learning works. However, a combination of active learning and other types of learning can contribute significantly to deep learning. A while…