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| | joe-kirby.com
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| | Here's what I think is problematic... Our education system isn't working well enough. Summative assessment is shackling schools. Graded observations are straitjacketing teachers. Confused ideas are undermining teacher training. AfL has become hijacked, hoop-jumping gimmickry. Snake oil is awash in the school system. Inspections are inconsistent. ... and here's what we can do about it:...
| | dggscpd.wordpress.com
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| | At the core of a great teacher's skill-set is the ability to explain the concepts, theories and techniques that make up their subject. These can seem simple to the expert teacher, but to the novice learner, these complexities can be completely alien . There is no doubt that teachers who explain things well, making the...
| | aliceleung.net
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| | Last year I started prototyping with teaching and learning strategies based on cognitive science. I was particularly interested in how to design and structure learning to support students to consolidate knowledge and skills into long term memory. Some of the things I did were: Managing cognitive load through effective presentationsPrototyping promising practices with retrieval practice,...
| | blog.highereducationwhisperer.com
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| Tips on course design, teaching and research, for university and colleges, by Tom Worthington, the Higher Education Whisperer.