From Camouflage to Classroom is about everything George Vlachonikolis learned with the Army in Afghanistan and has brought to his classroom teaching today. George aims to explore the role of the classroom teacher from an original perspective: one based on military principles and practice.
Formative practices can motivate students, enhance their self-regulation, and help find a better balance between education and assessment. However, the successful implementation of formative practices and feedback in lessons begins with a well thought out educational design
"Follow the science." The message seems straightforward: Identify best practice according to the evidence, and then do it. But it's not quite that simple in the real world. It's also clear that "the science" is constantly contested, both by scientists and the larger public. That's the essence of science: no one gets the exclusive right to claim ......
Why it's time to turn your school and community inside out
This brilliant book, focused on the education of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, argues for a move to place equity at the heart of school leadership.
Generative Learning in Action helps to answer the question: which activities can students carry out to create meaningful learning? It considers how teachers can implement the eight strategies for generative learning set out in the work of Fiorella and Mayer in their seminal 2015 work Learning as a Generative Activity.
Following the successful Feedback: Strategies To Support Teacher Workload and Improve Pupil Progress, by best-selling author Kate Jones this practical resource guide is the go-to guide for a wide range of actionable feedback tasks and techniques which teachers can use inside and outside their classrooms to move learning forward.
This is a book about what happened when a small team of teachers seized an opportunity to provide their students with the knowledge, the skills and the confidence to take control of their own learning. This journey began with a question: how and what would we teach, if there was no one watching?
Early language deficits affect too many pupils on entry to nursery, reception and school settings, negatively impacting not only children's engagement with curriculum content, but also their self-regulation and mental health. Drawing on Joan Tough's research and inspiration, Alex Bedford has reignited and reimagined her systematic language ......
A collection of GCSE essays to support students and teachers in achieving success
Have you ever marked a set of student essays and been left with little time to develop a resource which pushes your students further? This collection will offer you a time-saving resource to alleviate that workload, alongside developing your subject knowledge and raising the academic aspirations of your students.
