In late 2023, John Tomsett, Mary Myatt and I hosted an event at the Regent Hall on Oxford Street. 200 people gathered for a celebration of curriculum thinking and an exploration of the way ahead. I…| teacherhead
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
It's become increasingly clear to me that training teachers on how to use pedagogical techniques is of limited use. Over the past year or so I've lost count of the times I've watched a teacher act on feedback, improve how how they are, say, cold calling, or using a visualiser or mini-whiteboard, and yet still| David Didau
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
