Thinking
The latest thinking from our team of experts and our community of frontline educators.
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Balancing the purposes of instructional coaching
Instructional coach and Ambition Fellow Steve Farndon explores some of the purposes of instructional coaching – comparing an emphasis on habit formation with one that prioritises the development of teachers’ mental models around teaching.
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Six opportunities to develop your teaching and leading with the specialist NPQs
We take a look at how three new specialist NPQs can help develop teaching and leading in your school.
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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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What are teaching school hubs?
We break down everything you need to know about the DfE's teaching school hubs announcement, including what they are, where they are, and why they're here.
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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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