Evidence Based Education

The Model for Great Teaching highlights 4 key areas: 1️⃣ Understanding the Content 2️⃣ Creating a Supportive Environment 3️⃣ Maximising Opportunity to Learn 4️⃣ Activating Hard Thinking How do YOU implement these in your teaching practice? Share your experiences, insights, or ideas in the comments below! 👇

That's a wrap! 🙌 As 2024 comes to a close, we want to take a moment to thank you—an incredible community of educators, schools, and partners around the world. Whether you are taking a well-earned break, or simply reflecting on the year gone by, we wish you joy, and a wonderful start to the new year. Here’s to continued collaboration, growth, and great teaching in 2025! 🎉

"...for a school leader who cares about student outcomes and has even a passing interest in evidence, investing in professional development of staff should be a top priority." 🚨 Robert Coe on prioritising CPD. Read the blog 👇 https://hubs.la/Q02_V64z0

❗ Important Update ❗ We wanted to let you know that we will be taking a little break to enjoy the festive season, which means we might be a little bit quiet on here for the next two weeks. 🤫 📰 LinkedIn newsletter: There won't be any newsletter articles for the next two Thursdays. But don't worry, we'll return with the next article on January 9th! 🎙️Podcast: There won't be any NEW podcast episodes for the next two Mondays. The next episode will drop on January 6th. In the meantime, you can catch up on the newsletter and previous podcast episodes on: 🗣️ Spotify: https://hubs.la/Q02_V7bm0 🗣️ Apple Podcasts: https://hubs.la/Q02_V6z60 📝 Newsletter: https://hubs.la/Q02_V6tz0

Misconception banks by Kate Jones "It is important for teachers to be aware of misconceptions when planning and designing lessons but also to be responsive when misconception arise." How do you deal with misconceptions? https://hubs.la/Q02_V6pg0

The Great Teaching Toolkit’s resource library puts hundreds of tailored resources at your teachers’ fingertips. It includes more than 500 blogs, videos, books, podcasts and documents, curated and mapped to the Dimensions and Elements of the Model for Great Teaching. https://hubs.la/Q02_V5ST0

Learners are the experts in their learning experience David Spencer, a music teacher at Nexus International School, has been using the student surveys from the Great Teaching Toolkit as part of a whole-school initiative. David spoke to us about how he used the feedback from the student surveys to identify a development area as part of his professional development. Read it here 👇 https://hubs.la/Q02_V6Nj0

What are the conditions for delivering effective feedback? "Assessment for formative purposes provides key information that teachers need. If we agree that feedback is information on a task, then educators must choose an appropriate task that will give opportunity to gather that information to then provide feedback on." Read it here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eYWmv9Br

OUT NOW! ✍ This week's article C.J. Rauch explores novice and expert learners and how an individual’s place on the novice/expert continuum has a strong effect on decisions regarding their learning.

What is 'good' behaviour and how can teachers encourage it? "Students are complex beings with a range of needs, priorities, motivations and interests. Classrooms are plagued with interruptions and distractions – both within and beyond our immediate control. Ignoring all these imperils the likelihood of learning taking place." Download your free copy 👇 https://hubs.la/Q02_TRF10