Inclusive education is no longer a theoretical ambition but a real and pressing goal in classrooms worldwide. Schools are working to create environments where students with varying abilities and backgrounds can learn together, but achieving success in inclusive settings requires… Read More »5 Steps to an Inclusive School: How Teacher Beliefs Influence Student Well-being
Metacognition, often known as ‘thinking about thinking’, is on the radar of more and more schools. And why wouldn’t it be? Sitting at the top of the EEF leaderboard for most effective teaching pedagogies. With a reported 7-month increase in… Read More »What Do Students Need to Know About Metacognition?
This is the third and final part of a series in which we have taken a research-informed look at feedback. In part one, we explored the feedback loop, where it occurs during the learning cycle and why feedback sometimes does… Read More »The Role of Feedback in the Story of Learning: A Guide For Teachers (Part 3)
This is part two of a three-blog series taking a close look at feedback: exploring why it matters, what it looks like, and when it can go wrong. We offer some guiding principles and practical strategies to help teachers optimise… Read More »The Role of Feedback in the Story of Learning: A Guide For Teachers (Part 2)
Before we begin, it should be clear that what follows is not a feedback policy. The frequency, type and delivery of feedback will differ in different subjects. How often, how much and how it is delivered should be influenced by… Read More »The Role of Feedback in the Story of Learning: A Guide For Teachers (Part 1)
Flexible grouping is an important part of effective teaching but, in my experience, it is not overly prevalent in many classrooms and is a source of constant debate amongst those who espouse its benefits. Such debates typically begin with the… Read More »3 flexible grouping challenges (and how to navigate them)
As educators, we continually seek efficient and effective ways to enhance learning. One powerful but perhaps overlooked tool is the humble exit ticket. This simple piece of paper (or digital equivalent) has the potential to help us gauge student understanding,… Read More »Small But Mighty: Getting The Most From Exit Tickets
To say teaching is a complex activity is something of an understatement. Teachers make 1000s of decisions every day. These decisions are influenced by various factors such as beliefs about what to teach, how to teach it, how to manage… Read More »Eight Essential Ingredients for Transformative CPD
In the ever-evolving landscape of leadership, a curated collection of domain-specific literature can serve as a guiding compass. In this post, we delve deep into the ALTA bookshelves, uncovering the wisdom of three must-have books that every leader should consider… Read More »What are the 3 Books that Every Leader Should Have on Their Shelf?
There just aren’t enough hours in the day. How often do you feel like, no matter how hard you try or how long you work, the tasks on your to-do list will never fit in the time you have available… Read More »3 Ways to Organise Your Leadership Time
How would you define knowledge? What is learning? Before going any further, I would like to start by defining knowledge as everything that we know (or can do) which is stored in our long-term memory. This allows us to define… Read More »Why Learning Mathematics Is Hard… and What We Can Do To Help.
Thank you for reading this far! By daring to lead with the words ‘Active’ and ‘Learning’, I expect many potential readers are already a dozen items further down their feeds. Those of you who have remained have likely done so… Read More »Active Learning: Powerful Pedagogy or Futile Fad?
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