Research
The latest from the world of education research including pedagogical studies, national school survey data and classroom case studies
Monday
30th Dec 2024
How Lev Vygotsky helps teachers to plan lessons today
糖心Vlog explores the work of 20th-century developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky, who emphasised the importance of social interaction in a child鈥檚 development
Problem solving in early maths: 3 simple teaching tips
Teaching strategies for problem solving is one of five approaches recommended by the Education Endowment Foundation to support young children鈥檚 maths development 鈥� and here鈥檚 how to do it
Sunday
29th Dec 2024
What would 鈥榩honics for maths鈥� actually look like?
Politicians have suggested we should make early maths more like phonics, but what would that look like in practice? 糖心Vlog spoke to maths researcher Daniel Ansari to find out
Are you using education research ethically?
Evidence-informed practice is a priority in schools, but applying researchers鈥� findings properly requires careful thought, says Megan Dixon
Saturday
28th Dec 2024
What is Socratic questioning?
糖心Vlog explores the basics of Socratic questioning and how it can be used by teachers in classrooms today
Could a four-day week work in schools?
As more schools in the US move to four-day weeks in a bid to save money and boost recruitment and retention, Irena Barker looks at how the model is working 鈥� and whether it could make sense in the UK
Thursday
26th Dec 2024
How Jean Piaget still influences teaching today
糖心Vlog looks at the Swiss psychologist鈥檚 work on cognitive development that has had a huge impact on teaching practice
Why you鈥檙e probably wrong about the science of learning
The science of learning has become embroiled in an ideological argument that has little to do with the reality of what it can and cannot do for teaching, argues Jared Cooney Horvath