Teacher Clarity: A Potent Yet Misunderstood Teaching Strategy
Teacher clarity allows you to have a much larger impact on how well your students achieve. But this clarity involves more than most people think. Discover ..
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Know Thy Impact, Improve Your Teaching & Boost Student Learning
John Hattie calls on teachers to ‘know thy impact’, but what does this mean? Discover 3 steps that will help you know the impact you have on your students.
New Teachers: 10 Things They Should Know Before Starting Day 1 In The Classroom
As a new teacher, your 1st day with your own class is exciting, nerve-racking, and incredibly important. Here are 10 things you must know before that day.
Homework: How to Make It All Worthwhile
Homework is the bane of many people’s lives. Teachers hate setting it, let alone marking it Students hate doing it Parents hate ensuring it done (and trying to work out what it is that the teacher really wants) So why do we bother? Let’s have a look. Homework or No Homework Most schools require teachers to … Read more
Peer Tutoring: A Potentially Powerful Way to Help Struggling Students
Peer tutoring provides all teachers with a potentially powerful way to offer much-needed help to struggling students. But only if you do it right. Learn ..
6 Avoidable Mistakes That Can Kill A New Teacher’s Career
You must mentally prepare yourself for the challenge ahead. So you’ve graduated and landed a job – congratulations! You have made the first step in what can be one of the most rewarding professions around. The alarming news is that not all new teachers make it. In fact, research1 shows that about 30% of new … Read more
Plain Old Good Teaching
There are a lot of elaborate theories and vogue words that try to describe what good teaching entails. Sadly, some of them have little, if any grounding in evidence at all. Others do, but they are difficult to carry out and their effects are small. A teacher has limited time, and this makes your time a valuable commodity. When you choose … Read more
Teaching to Minimize Misbehaviour
The way you go about organising & structuring your teaching affects how well your students behave. In this article, you will find 5 critical tactics you can
3 Reasons Why More Reading Won’t Build Kid’s Vocabulary
Research shows that enriching students’ vocabulary improves their reading comprehension. This is especially the case when: You teach challenging words contained in a text Students then read the text with those targeted words I surveyed 300 teachers about how they help students to improve their vocabulary. 248 teachers responded with how they help students improve their vocabulary. … Read more