THE BIG REVEAL: Showing Students How Metacognition Works
THE EXPERT IN YOU When I talk to adults about metacognition, I begin with a broken vacuum cleaner (a picture of it, that is) and ask,...
The Collective Power of Relationships, Memory and Mindset—and 9 practical Ideas for Leaders
With so much research available and educationalists abound, figuring out which pedagogical approach to follow is a bit like picking the...
Get Names Right—Right from the Start. It's Worth it
When I first started teaching 20 years, I would clumsily call the register, apologising for mispronunciations and promising I’d get it...
Managing Multitasking: What teachers and students need to know—and do
This is Part 3 of a series called, Learn, Teach, Model: Learn about memory . . . because it makes you a better teacher Teach students...
Retrieval practice: How to get students using it
This is Part 2 of a series called, Learn, Teach, Model. Part 1 introduces the series, the main challenges teachers face and an approach...
How to get students to use the Learning Strategies that we're so excited about
Last Summer, I visited a friend whose son was about to take his exams. We found ourselves in one of those familiar conversations you get...
How One Primary School Put Mindset into Practice
Although I’ve been teaching and leading in schools for more than 20 years, I find this time in education to be the most exciting in terms...
If you want students to learn, they need to feel they belong
When it comes to understanding the connection between emotion and memory, poet and author Maya Angelou’s words sum it up well: “I've...
Why Leaders Need to Make Time for the Brain
As educators, we know that understanding the brain must be important. It makes sense. This powerhouse is the control centre for all...
9 Mindset Misconceptions
As educators, especially those who have been teaching for some years now, we can get hardened by the policy changes and silver bullets...
