Encoding is a key concept in our theory of learning but I continually find that it is under-emphasised in the ‘how we learn’ discourse and in the practice that this translates into in classrooms. …| teacherhead
I find the concept of schema-building incredibly useful when thinking about curriculum design and teaching. It’s a really a spatial metaphor more than anything physical/concrete – but it has fantastic explanatory power and can help teachers consider the whole process of securing each student’s understanding of a set of ideas. I”ve written about this before […]| teacherhead
In December, Efrat Furst delivered a superb masterclass as part of our In Action series where she explained the stages of learning using the models used in her brilliant blog posts such as Within t…| teacherhead
As I explored in a previous blog post, it can be useful to condense the complexity of teaching down to just a few key ideas. Here’s what I came up with: Obviously there’s a lot to unpac…| teacherhead
