The three types of mistake and how to use them in the classroom
When a child makes a mistake in my maths class, my typical response has usually been something along the lines of, “can you spot where you […]
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Time out: another point about teacher workload
Teacher workload. Right. Teachers have a lot to do and there’s a lot being written and talked about in terms of SLTs tackling unnecessary workload, targeting […]
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Developing language in maths
Whether or not you pay much attention to Bloom’s Taxonomy and the like, teaching children how to explain their thinking/working/methods etc in maths is key. […]
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Why do I need to know this?
The idea that the only things worth learning at school are things you are going to need to use later in life annoys me. Of […]
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The 12 Joys of Teaching returns for 2016!
Two years ago, I started The 12 Joys of Teaching as a bit of light relief for teachers during what is often a long, tiring and […]
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The simple rule for giving feedback
When it comes to giving feedback, surely there is one very simple rule that needs to be followed. It doesn’t matter if the feedback is verbal […]
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5 teacher take-aways from The Great British Bake-Off
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s near impossible to not know it’s The Great British Bake-Off final tonight. Here’s a few things teachers […]
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Modelling a growth mindset
Growth mindset, the theory that sets out the idea that a person’s abilities, like intelligence, are not fixed traits, has been taking the world of education […]
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Every damn day
Over the past three months, I’ve worked out pretty much every morning for 30+ minutes, except for two for being ill and one for being […]
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Knowing vs feeling
Recently, I’ve been thinking about a few things that have happened to me, which have reminded me about the benefit of not just knowing something, […]
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