This blog is part of a series designed to give a short, sharp insight into a pedagogy strategy or technique. Originally these blogs were CPD sessions, delivered by myself to teachers in the school where I work. Over the next few weeks I hope to type up some of these ‘Quick Wins’ briefings into 3-5Continue reading “Quick Wins: Metacognition and Modelling”
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Quick Wins: What are they and why do them?
Firstly, my apologies that I haven’t updated in a long time. This began as a lockdown project and fell very easily onto a back burner. Over the past few months I’ve struggled to get available time and inspiration to line up, but here is the product of a few weeks of mulling things over. I’mContinue reading “Quick Wins: What are they and why do them?”
What’s the point in practical work?
I’d planned to write this post and had a bit of an idea drafted out, but I finished it earlier than I planned because I was inspired by this tweet: Until very recently, the idea of teaching science with limited practical work horrified me. How can it be science if they aren’t doing practical work?Continue reading “What’s the point in practical work?”
Hello World
Firstly, welcome to my first ever blog, and thank you for coming here to read my take on all things Cog Sci and classroom based. To put this site into context, I have been teaching chemistry for 8 years across two very different schools. One was a highly successful state grammar school based in aContinue reading “Hello World”
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