While learning can happen without feedback, it will always tend to be better when feedback is involved. The less expert anyone is … More

The Holy Grail For some, ‘independent learning’ is the holy grail of education. Teaching students how to learn by themselves, without … More

Content is the curriculum. Therefore, curriculum planning needs to focus on content. Rationale Curriculum planning needs to start with the big picture … More

Different and the same Students are all different. They arrive at our lessons knowing and being able to do all … More

Thinking takes place in working memory. However, our working memory is limited both in terms of the space it has to … More

How important is your school’s curriculum in determining student outcomes? Does it matter if students who go to different schools … More

The relationship between knowledge and skills Any debate about whether skills are more important than knowledge – or vice versa … More

Establishing a Professional Reading Group in your school can be one of the best things you can do to develop … More

Asking questions is one of the most important things a teacher can do to help students learn and to check … More

What is learning and how does it happen? These are key questions for anyone involved in education. In The Teaching Delusion, … More