Teaching & Learning Coordinator

Teaching & Learning Coordinator http://www.teachingexpertise.com/job-role/teaching-learning-coordinator The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en Cooperative working http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/cooperative-working-12094 <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF /> <w:L<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/cooperative-working-12094">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/cooperative-working-12094#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom management Teaching & Learning Coordinator Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:37:37 +0100 jlee 12094 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Learning, achievement and behaviour http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/learning-achievement-and-behaviour-12042 <p> Student learning and student behaviour are inextricably linked. In other words, the two cannot be disentangled or untied.</p><p>A familiar approach to lesson planning is first to consider all the learning issues and plan, structure and deliver accordingly. Only then are the behavioural issues dealt with.</p><p>In fact, it is not unusual for school development plans or classroom planning to state: ‘Term one will focus on teaching and learning, whilst term two will move onto behaviour issues.’</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/learning-achievement-and-behaviour-12042">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/learning-achievement-and-behaviour-12042#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom management Teaching & Learning Coordinator Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:47:20 +0100 scameron 12042 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Positive learning via independent enquiry http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/positive-learning-independent-enquiry-11769 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-content"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>In this article we hear from a variety of people who were involved in the Learning Futures independent enquiry project described in<strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.learning-teaching-update.com/article/spaced-learning-introduction">issue 42</a></strong> through edited excerpts from the Learning Futures blog.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/positive-learning-independent-enquiry-11769">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/positive-learning-independent-enquiry-11769#comments Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:43:51 +0100 scameron 11769 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Asking questions http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/asking-questions-10519 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-content"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>Earlier in the year, BBC2 aired a fascinating programme called The Classroom Experiment in which Professor Dylan Wiliam (celebrated co-author of Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment) asked a group of teachers to introduce a variety of teaching strategies designed to encourage greater student participation in lessons.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/asking-questions-10519">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/asking-questions-10519#comments Classroom Teacher Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:03:20 +0000 scameron 10519 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Technological age: using ICT to transform T&L http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/technological-age-using-ict-transform-tl-9528 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-content"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><table border="0" rules="all" frame="border" style="border: 0pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(221, 160, 221); width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td>It is sometimes surprising to think how far ICT use in schools has come in just the last decade. This month’s Case in Point takes a look at some of the key ICT development issues (here).<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/technological-age-using-ict-transform-tl-9528">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/technological-age-using-ict-transform-tl-9528#comments Curriculum Development Curriculum Manager Headteacher ICT and learning ICT Manager Leadership and Management Teaching & Learning Coordinator Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:49:11 +0100 scameron 9528 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing ‘effective participators’ using the World Café http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-world-cafe-8689 <p><strong>What is ‘the World Café’?</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-world-cafe-8689">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-world-cafe-8689#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:12:51 +0100 scameron 8689 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing ‘effective participators’ using Appreciative Inquiry http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-appreciative-inquiry-8340 <p>This e-bulletin continues our focus on the final key competence of the QCDA Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills framework – developing 'effective participators'. We are exploring a range of different approaches and strategies that have been used to help young people play a full part in the life of their school, college or wider community.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-appreciative-inquiry-8340">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-appreciative-inquiry-8340#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 25 May 2010 10:36:22 +0100 scameron 8340 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing ‘effective participators’ using Narrative Enquiry http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-narrative-enquiry-8162 <p>We will look at the key stages of a Narrative Enquiry, and how it has been used in a range of different contexts with one in-depth example from a Northumberland High School showing how it has been used to support and inspire student-led research.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-narrative-enquiry-8162">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-effective-participators-using-narrative-enquiry-8162#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Learning Mentor Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Wed, 12 May 2010 13:53:37 +0100 scameron 8162 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Helping young people to become ‘effective participators’ http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/helping-young-people-become-effective-participators-8111 <p>This ebulletin is the first in a series that looks at how we might encourage young people to actively engage with issues that affect them and those around them. We will look at a range of different approaches and strategies that have been used to help young people play a full part in the life of their school, college or wider community.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/helping-young-people-become-effective-participators-8111">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/helping-young-people-become-effective-participators-8111#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Learning To Learn Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:21:31 +0100 scameron 8111 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com 'Learning for transfer' - Hugging and Bridging http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/learning-transfer-hugging-and-bridging-8011 <p>As we have seen, in a typical PLTS-focused plenary, students are asked to share not only what they have learned about the subject, but also what they have learned about the process that made the learning possible. For example, the teacher might ask her class to reflect on the type of thinking they have been doing, the strategy or methods they adopted, the social dynamics they observed within their team, and so on.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/learning-transfer-hugging-and-bridging-8011">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/learning-transfer-hugging-and-bridging-8011#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:45:13 +0000 scameron 8011 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com 'Learning for transfer' - activities for developing an ‘inner voice’ to monitor thinking http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/helping-students-learn-transfer-activities-developing-inner-voice-monitor-thinking-7947 <p>Last time we looked at how to run an effective PLTS-focused debrief or plenary – in particular how rich questioning is the key to generating conversations about learning in your classroom. As we saw, the plenary in a PLTS-focused lesson is distinctive because it puts thinking and learning under the spotlight. Students are asked to share not only what they have learned about the subject, but also what they have learned about the process that made the learning possible - their thinking.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/helping-students-learn-transfer-activities-developing-inner-voice-monitor-thinking-7947">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/helping-students-learn-transfer-activities-developing-inner-voice-monitor-thinking-7947#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:20 +0000 scameron 7947 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Effective debriefing: making thinking and learning skills visible http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/effective-debriefing-making-thinking-and-learning-skills-visible-7895 <p><strong>Debriefing: making thinking and learning skills ‘visible’</strong><br />‘Debriefing’ refers to the discussion that takes place following or during a learning episode. The purpose of these discussions is to encourage pupils to talk not only about their answers/solutions – what they have learned about a particular subject – but also to:</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/effective-debriefing-making-thinking-and-learning-skills-visible-7895">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/effective-debriefing-making-thinking-and-learning-skills-visible-7895#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:39:54 +0000 scameron 7895 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Reflective learners: helping learners make sense of their learning http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/reflective-learners-helping-learners-make-sense-their-learning-7867 <p>It is becoming widely appreciated that, in current times:</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/reflective-learners-helping-learners-make-sense-their-learning-7867">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/reflective-learners-helping-learners-make-sense-their-learning-7867#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Learning To Learn Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:46:36 +0000 scameron 7867 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Exploring emotional resourcefulness: activities for developing empathy http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/exploring-emotional-resourcefulness-activities-developing-empathy-7813 <p>This week’s e-bulletin continues our focus on developing ‘self-managers' – one of the six areas of the QCDA’s Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills framework.</p><p>Last time we looked at strategies to help young learners become more aware of the blocks and limiting beliefs that get in the way of their potential, and how these are often reflected and reinforced by the language they use.</p><p>The activities shared this week focus on developing the ability to respond more capably to other people’s emotions and behaviour.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/exploring-emotional-resourcefulness-activities-developing-empathy-7813">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/exploring-emotional-resourcefulness-activities-developing-empathy-7813#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:58:14 +0000 scameron 7813 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Building a self-concept: positive reframing http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/building-self-concept-positive-reframing-7650 <p><em>Learning and Teaching Update </em>continues to look at practical activities that can be used to help young people explore the idea of 'emotional resourcefulness', that is, the capacity for self-knowledge and understanding – and the ability to make the best use of that understanding</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/building-self-concept-positive-reframing-7650">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/building-self-concept-positive-reframing-7650#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:01:42 +0000 scameron 7650 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Building a positive self-concept: emotional resourcefulness http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/building-positive-self-concept-7639 <p>This e-bulletin continues our focus on developing ‘self-managers' – one of the six areas of the QCDA’s Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills framework.</p><p>We continue to look at practical activities that can be used to help young people explore the idea of 'emotional resourcefulness', that is, the capacity for self-knowledge and understanding – and the ability to make the best use of that understanding.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/building-positive-self-concept-7639">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/building-positive-self-concept-7639#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:30:27 +0000 scameron 7639 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Teaching primary schools MFL http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/teaching-primary-schools-mfl-7006 <p>Irrespective of whether they go on to take languages at A-level or beyond, children can get an awful lot out of learning languages at primary school. An understanding of other cultures and countries, for a start. Not to mention a better chance of getting MFL GCSEs and other accreditation. And should they venture abroad one day, they might actually be able to understand some of the signage or even talk to people.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/teaching-primary-schools-mfl-7006">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/teaching-primary-schools-mfl-7006#comments Classroom Teacher Curriculum Development Curriculum Manager Headteacher Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:53:57 +0100 scameron 7006 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Classroom ideas: studying Darwin http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/classroom-ideas-studying-darwin-7003 <p><strong>HMS Beagle </strong><br />One such expedition was a planned voyage by HMS Beagle to map the coastline of South America, and Darwin managed to get himself a recommendation to sail on the Beagle as naturalist. The Beagle set sail on 27 December 1831 on a voyage that would last five years and write Charles Darwin’s name into the history books.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/classroom-ideas-studying-darwin-7003">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/classroom-ideas-studying-darwin-7003#comments Classroom Teacher NQT Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Teaching materials Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:51:05 +0100 scameron 7003 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Assessing creative development: the ICEDIP model http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/assessing-creative-development-icedip-model-6955 <p>In this issue, we will look again at Geoff Petty's model of creativity and explore how it might be used to help students reflect on and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses as creative thinkers. The term 'creative' is used here in the widest possible sense, to include the creative arts, but also invention, design, problem solving, writing, entrepreneurial initiatives and so on. <br />Future bulletins will look at a range of other approaches to assessing creativity.</p><p><strong>The ICEDIP model </strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/assessing-creative-development-icedip-model-6955">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/assessing-creative-development-icedip-model-6955#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:18:12 +0100 scameron 6955 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Child initiated learning http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/child-initiated-learning-6861 <p><strong>What is child-initiated learning?</strong><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/child-initiated-learning-6861">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/child-initiated-learning-6861#comments Classroom Teacher Learning To Learn Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:08 +0100 scameron 6861 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Creative thinking in the classroom: learning how to analyse http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/creative-thinking-classroom-learning-how-analyse-6843 <p>This e-bulletin continues our focus on developing ‘creative thinkers’ – one of the six areas of the QCA’s Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills framework. So far we have looked at practical 'creative thinking tools' that can be used to support both the generation and development of ideas. <br />In this issue, we will focus on the Control Panel strategy – a tool for analysis and synthesis that can be adapted for use in any subject area.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/creative-thinking-classroom-learning-how-analyse-6843">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/creative-thinking-classroom-learning-how-analyse-6843#comments Classroom Teacher Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:55:02 +0100 scameron 6843 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Working cooperatively: educational professionals in the classroom http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/working-cooperatively-educational-professionals-classroom-6297 <p>A confusing wave of acronyms has now entered the classroom. Pupils are presented with an array of professionals in the school environment on a daily basis. Teaching assistants (TAs), learning support assistants (LSAs), specialist teaching assistants (STAs), behaviour support assistants (BSAs) and higher level teaching assistants (HLTAs) are just a few of the ‘extra’ adults now working with individual pupils or as general support in today’s classrooms.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/working-cooperatively-educational-professionals-classroom-6297">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/working-cooperatively-educational-professionals-classroom-6297#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom Teacher Learning Partnerships NQT SEAL Coordinator SENCO Staff support Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching Assistant Tue, 19 May 2009 09:59:41 +0100 scameron 6297 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Motivating students to take responsibility http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/motivating-students-take-responsibility-5637 <p>I joined Rawlett Community Sports College in January 2007. Over the previous three years, the school  had maintained a reasonable 54% for GCSE grades A*–C and 43% for GCSE grades A*–C including English and maths. However, the three-year contextual value added (CVA) pattern showed a decline into the bottom 25% of schools.</p> <p>Over the first two months, I observed lessons, got to know the staff and students and was able to soak up the culture of the school. Several key points became apparent:</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/motivating-students-take-responsibility-5637">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/motivating-students-take-responsibility-5637#comments Classroom Teacher Raising Achievement Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:41:54 +0100 scameron 5637 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing an enquiry-based curriculum http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-enquiry-based-curriculum-5633 <p>In issue 16 of <em>Learning and Teaching Update</em>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/advancing-learning-through-ktp-4076"><strong>Anna Reid wrote about her early experiences as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) associate</strong></a>, working on a research project in Bedlingtonshire Community High School in Northumberland. The project was designed to create an assessment framework for enquiry skills for Key Stage 3 pupils. In this article, we outline how the process affected us and our practice and how it benefited our students.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-enquiry-based-curriculum-5633">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-enquiry-based-curriculum-5633#comments Classroom Teacher Curriculum Development Curriculum Manager Learning Styles Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:04:09 +0100 scameron 5633 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Collaborative professional enquiry in schools http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/collaborative-professional-enquiry-schools-5608 <p>In 2002, the Standard for Chartered Teacher was published in Scotland. This represented an opportunity for teachers to demonstrate their expertise outside of the formal promotion structure, with all those who were at the top of the main grade, invited to move towards chartered status by undertaking an accredited programme, mostly within universities.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/collaborative-professional-enquiry-schools-5608">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/collaborative-professional-enquiry-schools-5608#comments Classroom Teacher Continuing Professional Development CPD leader CPD partnerships Head of Year Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:46:31 +0100 scameron 5608 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Encouraging creative thinkers: working across the curriculum http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/encouraging-creative-thinkers-working-across-curriculum-5579 <p>This e-bulletin will continue to explore how the QCA Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills framework can be put into practice. So far we have explored practical ideas and classroom resources useful for helping students develop as <a target="_blank" href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-independent-enquirers-two-thinking-tools-3446"><strong>‘Independent Enquirers’</strong></a> and effective <a target="_blank" href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-team-work-young-learners-4059"><strong>‘Team Workers’</strong></a>.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/encouraging-creative-thinkers-working-across-curriculum-5579">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/encouraging-creative-thinkers-working-across-curriculum-5579#comments Classroom Teacher Creative learning Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:26:32 +0100 scameron 5579 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com How can aspiring footballers be encouraged to gain academic qualifications? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-can-aspiring-footballers-be-encouraged-gain-academic-qualifications-5476 <p>The dream of many a young boy is to become a professional footballer, earning an extravagant salary, driving a fast car, a WAG on his arm, celebrity status and a lavish lifestyle as advertised in glossy magazines and tabloid newspapers. However, the reality is that a only a tiny minority of youngsters have the talent to pursue this career and even fewer have the drive and work ethic required. These invaluable characteristics do not often appear in individuals and to achieve these football aspirations at a high level they need to be carefully nurtured and supported.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-can-aspiring-footballers-be-encouraged-gain-academic-qualifications-5476">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-can-aspiring-footballers-be-encouraged-gain-academic-qualifications-5476#comments Learning Mentor PE and Sport Personalised Learning Raising Achievement Subject Leader Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:36:24 +0100 scameron 5476 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com How to develop independent student learning http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-develop-independent-student-learning-5475 <p>William Parker School is an 11 to 16 comprehensive school in Daventry, Northamptonshire. In its first year as a specialist humanities college, priorities were established to develop opportunities for both students and staff that would impact on learning across the whole school. The specialism would support a sustainable improvement in achievement for all students. As Daventry, and its local area, is changing rapidly we were particularly aware of the need to develop our students’ personal learning and thinking skills.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-develop-independent-student-learning-5475">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-develop-independent-student-learning-5475#comments Curriculum Development Curriculum Manager Learning To Learn SEAL Coordinator Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:07:41 +0100 scameron 5475 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Mixed-ability teaching: a case study http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/mixed-ability-teaching-case-study-5468 <p>One of the most difficult challenges facing teachers of mathematics is the wide range of knowledge and motivation that different students have. Not surprisingly, many teachers support the practice of ability grouping so that they may narrow the range of and teach more effectively. In two different research studies I have conducted, in England and the US, I have followed students through secondary schools, investigating the impact of different teaching and grouping methods upon learning.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/mixed-ability-teaching-case-study-5468">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/mixed-ability-teaching-case-study-5468#comments Raising Achievement Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:20:34 +0100 scameron 5468 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com A day in the life of a learning support assistant (LSA) http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/day-life-learning-support-assistant-lsa-5467 <p><strong>My role</strong><br /> I work as a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) with students aged 13 to 16 years, at Gosforth High School in Newcastle upon Tyne. The school is a specialist language college, with 1,700 students in total, and is federated with a local middle school.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/day-life-learning-support-assistant-lsa-5467">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/day-life-learning-support-assistant-lsa-5467#comments Learning Mentor Learning Partnerships Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Teaching Assistant Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:02:40 +0100 scameron 5467 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Philosophy for Children (P4C) http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/philosophy-children-p4c-5466 <p>Philosophy for Children (P4C) has, since its introduction to the UK in the 1990s, developed as a powerful pedagogical approach and met with ever-increasing popularity. Questions and dialogue are central to P4C, which many teachers feel helps to develop their pupils’ thinking skills, their confidence to speak and listen to others, and their respect of other people’s viewpoints. Many teachers also mention the engagement and enjoyment with which their pupils take part in ‘philosophy’ sessions.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/philosophy-children-p4c-5466">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/philosophy-children-p4c-5466#comments Learning To Learn Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:54:08 +0100 scameron 5466 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com A successful community learning centre: a case study http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/successful-community-learning-centre-case-study-5462 <table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="" style="background-color: rgb(153, 204, 255);" summary=""> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><strong>Where we stand<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/successful-community-learning-centre-case-study-5462">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/successful-community-learning-centre-case-study-5462#comments Deputy Head Extended Schools Leadership and Management Learning Communities Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:39:14 +0100 scameron 5462 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Philosophy for Children: intergenerational dialogue http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/philosophy-children-intergenerational-dialogue-5459 <table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="" width="100%" style="background-color: rgb(204, 153, 255);" summary=""> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><strong>What is P4C?</strong><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/philosophy-children-intergenerational-dialogue-5459">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/philosophy-children-intergenerational-dialogue-5459#comments Learning To Learn Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:55:40 +0100 scameron 5459 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing pupils' social skills to improve teamwork: part 2 http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-pupils-social-skills-improve-teamwork-part-2-5410 <p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-pupils-social-skills-improve-teamwork-part-1-5076" target="_blank"><strong>Last time </strong></a>we looked at the first three steps of this structured approach:</p><ul><li>Step 1: Set up a Teamwork Skills Centre</li><li>Step 2: Choose a Skill-of-the-Week</li><li>Step 3: Introduce the skill</li></ul><p>This week we will look at the final three steps, namely:</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-pupils-social-skills-improve-teamwork-part-2-5410">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-pupils-social-skills-improve-teamwork-part-2-5410#comments Classroom Teacher Communication and social skills Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:48:21 +0000 scameron 5410 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Keeping traveller children safe online http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/keeping-traveller-children-safe-online-5213 <p>Today’s digital generation has a wealth of opportunities to exploit through the application of ICT, both within the school environment and at home. However, although technology opens countless doors for children and young people, there are also aspects that prove a significant risk. The potential dangers should not be overlooked and range from students accessing inappropriate internet sites to the threat of cyberbullying, and in its most extreme form, predator grooming.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/keeping-traveller-children-safe-online-5213">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/keeping-traveller-children-safe-online-5213#comments Home-School Coordinator ICT and learning ICT Manager Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Vulnerable groups Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:09:12 +0000 scameron 5213 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing pupils' social skills to improve teamwork: part 1 http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-pupils-social-skills-improve-teamwork-part-1-5076 <p>When teams fail, it is almost always for one of two reasons: the students don't want to work together, or they don't know how to work together – they lack the will or the skill to co-operate as a team. <a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/troubleshooting-problems-students-teamwork-4848" target="_blank"><strong>Last issue</strong></a>, we focused on the principles of team-building and strategies that can be used to help learners develop the will to work together during the lifespan of a team.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-pupils-social-skills-improve-teamwork-part-1-5076">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-pupils-social-skills-improve-teamwork-part-1-5076#comments Classroom Teacher Communication and social skills Learning and Thinking Skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:29:05 +0000 scameron 5076 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Using PE to boost cross curricular skills http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/using-pe-boost-cross-curricular-skills-4995 <table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);" summary=""> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><strong>CASE STUDY Combs Ford Primary School, Stowmarket, Suffolk</strong></p> <p>A Suffolk primary used the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority’s PE and School Sport (PESS) initiative to rejuvenate the entire school and boost the skills and independence of pupils with special educational needs.</p> <p><strong>Overview</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/using-pe-boost-cross-curricular-skills-4995">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/using-pe-boost-cross-curricular-skills-4995#comments Active learning Activities Citizenship and PSHE Classroom Teacher Emotional wellbeing PE and Sport SEN Policy Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning Special Educational Needs Subject Leader Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching materials Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:11:46 +0000 scameron 4995 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing primary thinking skills with cricket http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-primary-thinking-skills-cricket-4994 <p>This <em>Primary Know-How</em> section from <em>PE & Sport</em> <em>Today</em> offers lesson activities for:</p> <ul> <li><a href="#3___4"><strong>Year 3 and 4</strong></a></li> <li><a href="#5"><strong>Year 5</strong></a></li> <li><a href="#6"><strong>Year 6</strong></a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p><br /> <em><strong>Crispin Andrews first explains how striking and fielding activities can develop children's thinking skills</strong></em></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-primary-thinking-skills-cricket-4994">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-primary-thinking-skills-cricket-4994#comments Active learning Activities Classroom Teacher Emotional wellbeing PE and Sport Subject Leader Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching materials Thinking Skills Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:40:27 +0000 scameron 4994 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Learning logs to encourage reflective learning http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/learning-logs-encourage-reflective-learning-4882 <p>For a number of years, schools have utilised homework diaries for children to organise their out-of-lesson learning and to assist parents in monitoring the completion of tasks. However, although the homework diary provides an excellent aide-memoire for children to remember what they are required to do at home, I became increasingly concerned about how children recalled what they’d actually achieved while at school.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/learning-logs-encourage-reflective-learning-4882">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/learning-logs-encourage-reflective-learning-4882#comments Classroom Teacher Learning To Learn Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:15:57 +0000 scameron 4882 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com School trips and risk assessment http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/school-trips-and-risk-assessment-4881 <p>The new school year has brought with it a flurry of press reports about the benefits to children of play time and adventure. We are told that children benefit from outside play, and that wrapping them in cotton wool is creating a risk-averse generation that struggles to deal with challenges.</p><p>Nowhere is this more relevant for education professionals than in school trips, where outings are dropping because of overly bureaucratic health and safety rules, and a fear of prosecution if something goes wrong.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/school-trips-and-risk-assessment-4881">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/school-trips-and-risk-assessment-4881#comments Assistant Head Deputy Head Headteacher Leadership and Management Legal framework Legal liability Legislation Staying safe Teaching & Learning Coordinator Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:42:48 +0000 scameron 4881 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Deep learning: structuring a coherent approach http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/deep-learning-structuring-coherent-approach-4849 <p>For the past six years, I have been working with a range of secondary schools throughout the UK, trying to help them make sense of learning in order to support teachers’ understanding and broaden students’ achievement. In every school, I initially ask school leaders and teachers to describe the nature of their students as learners. Invariably, I am told ‘they do like to be spoon-fed’. I wonder if this is the case; or have they come to expect to be spoon-fed, by hard-working teachers who are driven by the understandable need to ratchet up standards?<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/deep-learning-structuring-coherent-approach-4849">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/deep-learning-structuring-coherent-approach-4849#comments Classroom Teacher Learning Styles Learning To Learn Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:10:56 +0000 scameron 4849 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Off the Premises Handbook http://www.teachingexpertise.com/publications/premises-handbook-4806 <p><em>Written by Caroline Stagg, Anthony Thomas, Peter Smith and Chris Warn<br /></em></p><p>The <em>Off the Premises Handbook</em> is a comprehensive and practical resource to ensure you have the confidence to plan, prepare, implement and evaluate off-site visits which will support learning and enrich your relationships with students, with the full support of national, local and school policies.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/publications/premises-handbook-4806">read more</a></p> Books Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Headteacher Leadership and Management NQT Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:48:04 +0000 scameron 4806 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing thinking skills http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-thinking-skills-4079 <p><a href="#Mysteries"><strong>Mysteries</strong></a>, <a href="#Odd_one_out"><strong>Odd One Out</strong></a>, <a href="#Mind_maps"><strong>Mind Maps</strong></a> and <a href="#Diamond_nines"><strong>Diamond Nines</strong></a>. These are all thinking skill techniques that I have come across in my seven years of teaching.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-thinking-skills-4079">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-thinking-skills-4079#comments Classroom Teacher Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thinking Skills Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:10:11 +0000 scameron 4079 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Advancing learning through KTP http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/advancing-learning-through-ktp-4076 <p>The knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) at Bedlingtonshire Community High School is a two-year project that runs from January 2008 to December 2009 in collaboration with the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching at Newcastle University. It is one of the first of its kind in the UK and its primary aim is to improve learning for staff, students and the community.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/advancing-learning-through-ktp-4076">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/advancing-learning-through-ktp-4076#comments Curriculum Manager ICT and learning ICT Manager Leadership and Management Learning Partnerships School Improvement Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:06:05 +0000 scameron 4076 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Thinking Skills in the Primary Classroom http://www.teachingexpertise.com/publications/thinking-skills-primary-classroom-4046 <p><em>Thinking Skills in the Primary Classroom</em> includes an introduction to the different thinking skills used mentioned in the book, along with guidance on differentiation, adapting the activities and creating your own.</p> <p>It provides teachers with the tools they need to promote creative and critical thinking abilities to their pupils, by providing the practical materials needed as well as increasing their confidence in applying new strategies to their teaching.</p> <p><em>Thinking Skills in the Primary Classroom </em>will help you to:</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/publications/thinking-skills-primary-classroom-4046">read more</a></p> Books Classroom Teacher Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:52:50 +0000 scameron 4046 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Learning about climate change: lesson ideas http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/learning-about-climate-change-3989 <p>The government recently announced a package of measures designed to revitalise geography in schools. During secondary education, interest in geography is declining – and it is an important area of study. While many of the government’s initiatives are designed for the KS3+ classroom, there is no reason why some ‘real-world’ geography issues cannot be introduced in the KS2 classroom.</p><p><strong>What is climate change?</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/learning-about-climate-change-3989">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/learning-about-climate-change-3989#comments Classroom Teacher Geography teacher NQT Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Teaching materials Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:25:12 +0000 scameron 3989 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Science lessons: the seaside http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/science-lessons-seaside-3970 <p>There are few things more quintessentially British, or more evocative of ‘summer’, than a day out at the seaside – and there are also few places in Britain which better lend themselves to scientific study than seaside resorts. Take a look at the picture on this page, for example.</p><p>Try showing your class this image or something similar, or get them to draw their own seaside pictures from suggestions made in a class discussion. You can then discuss what the pupils think they could study at the seaside that links to science. Just a few suggestions might be:</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/science-lessons-seaside-3970">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/science-lessons-seaside-3970#comments Classroom Teacher Outdoor Learning Subject Leader Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Teaching materials Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:15:30 +0000 scameron 3970 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Visual literacy http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/visual-literacy-3961 <p>Visual images are fast becoming the most predominant form of communication. Children are surrounded by all sorts of visual media now and according to Mary Alice White, researcher at Columbia Teachers’ College:</p> <p class="rteindent1"><em>‘Young people learn more than half of what they know from visual information, but few schools have an explicit curriculum to show students how to think critically about visual data.’</em></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/visual-literacy-3961">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/visual-literacy-3961#comments Classroom Teacher ICT and learning ICT Manager Literacy, reading, writing skills Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:34:49 +0000 scameron 3961 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Becoming involved in Forest Schools http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/becoming-involved-forest-schools-3928 <p>Making fires, toasting bread and boiling water over the flames; shelter building, climbing trees, cutting down trees, using saws and knives for carving – these are not activities in which children nowadays are generally encouraged to participate. Many observers would say that children have become too cosseted by a nanny mentality, preventing them from exploring and learning to cope with hazards. Teachers have become extremely wary of any activity involving potential health-and-safety hazards, as they do not want to become involved in possible litigation.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/becoming-involved-forest-schools-3928">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/becoming-involved-forest-schools-3928#comments Active learning Headteacher Leadership and Management Outdoor Learning Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:58:54 +0000 scameron 3928 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com The Life Project: developing resourcefulness http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/life-project-developing-resourcefulness-3920 <p>At the Life Project, we use a range of facilitated exploration techniques to give young people a strong understanding of themselves, their operating systems, their aspirations and the tools to make decision, set goals and plans that suit who they are and what they want to achieve. These methods are suitable for children aged 10 and over. They are also useful in work with adults.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/life-project-developing-resourcefulness-3920">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/life-project-developing-resourcefulness-3920#comments Activities Classroom Teacher Emotional Literacy Head of Year Learning Mentor Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching materials Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:35:32 +0000 scameron 3920 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com