- Coaching young people – (part 1)
My involvement with “Coaching young people,” was incidental. It arose from a conversation with a trusted parent and led to a Coaching engagement with their son. Their confidence in my Coaching leading to a number of referrals and here we are. In a series of …
- Streamlining for teaching, Gemini and Chat GTP
I am forever re-thinking about the interplay of cognitive architecture, working memory and curriculum/instructional design, even more so when preparing schemes of learning at half-term. However, more recently, rather than thinking about what new information needs to be taught, I am thinking about what the …
- Assassinate your pupils
Imagine a secret game of tag, but instead of tapping someone on the shoulder, you “zap” them by making them hold or interact with a secret “weapon” like a pen, book, or even just a wink! That’s kind of like Assassin. It’s like hide-and-seek, but …
- Core knowledge improves reading scores
Knowing stuff makes learning new stuff easier. Does more knowing stuff have the same impact on comprehending? That is being able to not only understand, but have the “spare capacity to explore the significance, intricacies, interrelationships and implications of what you understand.” I expect it …