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The school leader: using mental models effectively
In the first of two posts on how school leaders draw on their expertise to solve educational problems, headteacher and author, Matthew Evans, considers the mental models which guide expert decision making.
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Explaining the science of learning to teachers
Harry Fletcher-Wood introduces The Learning Curriculum 2.0 – a revised version of his guide for teacher educators on how to teach teachers the science of learning.
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Avoiding 'lethal mutations'
Good ideas – even when they are well-rooted in evidence-based research – can be implemented in ways which render them no longer effective or even counter productive. How can we avoid these lethal mutations?
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The role of forgetting as we learn
Don’t be disheartened when your pupils forget what you’ve taught them! Forgetting plays a crucial part in learning, says Nick Rose.
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My New York diary: leading, teaching and learning
Ambition Deputy CEO Melanie Renowden gives an update from her visit to New York with nine academy principals to look at how charter schools are having an impact on their pupils.
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