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23 April 2022
Blake Harvard explores how assumptions, from both teachers and pupils, can harm learning. He shares a few areas, both from the pupil and teacher’s point of view, where assumption negatively…
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When teaching, every second counts. But what if having a few extra seconds of silence meant that your pupils were more engaged and participated more often? Well, that is exactly…
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Ensuring every child has the necessary skills they need to read is an essential component of literacy education. It enables children to not only learn across the curriculum but also…
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Spatial thinking matters for mathematics development. In addition to geometry, it is important in understanding number lines, working with pattern, interpreting graphs and using measurements. Also referred to as ‘spatial reasoning’…
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Dual coding, which is the process of blending words and pictures together, allows students to learn and recall information better. However, a separate area of psychology, the Redundancy Effect, suggests…
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week takes place this week 21st - 27th March. It is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. It aims to transform how neurodivergent…
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If there’s one thing that goes out the window faster than anything else in a primary school lesson it’s the modelling. By modelling we mean showing the children how to do…
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The EEF has released a brand new episode of ‘Evidence into Action’, a podcast which explores important areas of educational research, and how it is being put into practice in schools. In…
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The teaching of grammar in primary schools in England (a key feature of England’s national curriculum) does not appear to help children’s narrative writing, although it may help them generate…
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The Geographical Association is encouraging schools to take part in National Fieldwork Week, to be held in the summer term in the week 6 to 10 June 2022. Fieldwork is an essential part of…
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Ordinality, put simply, is where numbers come in the number system and their relationship to each other. But there’s more to it than that… What is ordinality? A helpful definition…
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The DfE have released a blog containing advice and resources for teachers and schools of how to talk to children about distressing complex, emotive news stories. The Educate Against Hate website is…
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