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2 weeks ago | teachingtimes.com | Oliver Sullivan

Create or add to an existing Knowledge Bank Select from an existing Knowledge Bank or create a new one using the dropdown Blogs A curriculum cannot be separated from the methods used to deliver it. Rachel Beyer emphasises the continued need to make young people into agentive learners. The government’s curriculum review presents a rare opportunity to improve education for future generations. Yet the interim report overlooks a crucial element by failing to address pedagogy.

2 weeks ago | teachingtimes.com | Oliver Sullivan

Create or add to an existing Knowledge Bank Select from an existing Knowledge Bank or create a new one using the dropdown Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Co-teaching opens a world of possibilities for creativity in the classroom. Donna Phillips takes a close look at its potential for supercharging collaborative inclusion in schools. Inclusion is more than a seat in the classroom – it’s a seat at the table of learning design.

2 weeks ago | teachingtimes.com | Oliver Sullivan

Create or add to an existing Knowledge Bank Select from an existing Knowledge Bank or create a new one using the dropdown Behaviour Management Online pressure drives students towards unhealthy obsessions and radicalisation. But, as Jackie Beere OBE shows us, peer coaching within schools can provide a much-needed countermeasure. The drama Adolescence was terrifying because we saw innocence become murderous intent.

3 weeks ago | teachingtimes.com | Oliver Sullivan

The other day I was talking to Ewan, ten years old, who told me that in class they play a game called ‘Twenty-one’. ‘How’s it played?' I asked him. ‘Well,' he said, ‘you start at zero and you add on something to get another number, then the person you’re playing against adds something on and you keep going until somebody reaches 21; that person loses.’ ‘When it’s your go, can you add on any number?’ I asked.

3 weeks ago | teachingtimes.com | Oliver Sullivan

Create or add to an existing Knowledge Bank Select from an existing Knowledge Bank or create a new one using the dropdown Behaviour Management Anxiety and frustration are natural feelings for any school teacher; what matters is how you handle them. Matt Pitman shows how a leader's emotional regulation can benefit their whole school. When I stepped into my new role as a senior leader at a rapidly growing school, I was excited, but if I’m being honest, I was also deeply nervous.