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Friday

19th Aug 2022

5 teacher memory tricks for learning students’ names
Brand-new classes mean a lot of brand-new names. Grainne Hallahan offers her tried-and-tested memory tricks for remembering them
How teachers can remember their school pupils' names

Thursday

11th Aug 2022

Want to close the word gap? Focus on talk
Teachers are brilliant at enabling talk in the classroom – but if we want to reduce the word gap, we need to timetable specific time for talk, says Ros Wilson
Want to close the word gap? Focus on talk

Wednesday

10th Aug 2022

Welcome to the children’s book club... for teachers
Could taking the time to engage in children’s literature with other teachers have tangible benefits for teaching and learning? Kate Parker finds out
Welcome to the children’s book club... for teachers

Friday

5th Aug 2022

5 research studies teachers should know about
Education research is having more influence than ever on classroom practice. Here, we round up some key papers published in the 2021-22 academic year
reading approach

Wednesday

3rd Aug 2022

ÌÇÐÄVlog Podagogy: 11 episodes to listen to this summer
Season 15 of ÌÇÐÄVlog Podagogy has finished and we’re taking a break over the summer. But here’s a round-up of new episodes from the past six months
Podcast

Thursday

28th Jul 2022

What’s it like to teach at an online-only school?
After lockdowns, this tutoring firm saw a gap in the market for a fully online school that gives pupils, teachers and parents ultimate flexibility. Molly Bolding finds out how it works
Would you teach at an online school?

Tuesday

26th Jul 2022

How self-determination theory can boost your teaching
Focusing on autonomy, competence and relatedness has improved student motivation and boosted learning, says this teacher
How self-determination theory can boost your teaching

Friday

22nd Jul 2022

How attention training supports autistic pupils’ learning
An evidence-backed computer programme promises to boost autistic children’s attention skills and, as a result, boost their learning. Kate Parker talks to the researchers to find out how, and why, it works
Computer, spade

Thursday

21st Jul 2022

Why - and how - you should plan for positive behaviour
Teachers should spend just as much time planning for behaviour as they do on the curriculum, headteacher Sam Strickland tells ÌÇÐÄVlog
Why - and how - you should plan for positive behaviour

Friday

15th Jul 2022

How to arrange flexible working as a classroom teacher
As the desire for flexible working increases in schools, new research reveals the best steps for classroom teachers to take to secure a new working pattern
Time

Thursday

14th Jul 2022

8 tips for managing behaviour in class - inspired by PMQs
After yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions descended into chaos, Gemma Clark suggests some school behaviour management techniques that the Commons speaker could use
Puppet
Micro:bits and how to use them in the classroom
Every primary and secondary in Scotland should have received 20 micro:bits – so, what are they and how can teachers get the most out of them?
digital