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

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

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

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

Most of the schools I work with identify ‘feedback’ as something they want to improve. However, there are two common…

Think about the last lesson you taught. Was it a successful lesson? Why do think that? Ask a random room…

Education is full of ‘gaps’. People often talk about the ‘attainment gap’ or the ‘achievement gap’. However, the most important…

Teachers across the country are tying themselves in knots with learning intentions and success criteria. Some are using them well;…

1. Use Show-me boards in every lesson 2. Start lessons with Daily Review 3. End lessons with Exit Tickets 4.…