Thinking
The latest thinking from our team of experts and our community of frontline educators.
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Leadership knowledge: more inclusive and hopeful than the 'born to do it' narrative
Principal of Lodge Park Academy Carly Waterman rejects the 'born to do it' mythos in favour of a more inclusive – but potentially more challenging – vision of what it means to be a school leader.
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From trainee teacher to tech problem solver – one man’s plan to use instructional coaching to build an army of expert teachers
When Josh Goodrich first stepped into the classroom back in 2009, he knew he had a lot to learn. What came of his early struggles was a platform to deliver instructional coaching to teachers across the country.
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Using prior knowledge to tackle memory retention and reduce cognitive load
Sabrina Castro unpacks how insights from her professional development have helped to maximise pupil learning, such as using prior knowledge to reduce cognitive load.
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The inspirational women making waves in education
As the 2019 School Workforce Census shows, three out of every four teachers are women. Here, two of the participants on our Teacher Educator Fellows programme share their incredible stories with us for International Women's Day 2021.
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Using the science of mental models in my classroom
Kat Howard explains how combining an approach based on mental models with curriculum design has helped her to make learning stick.
