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Messy markbooks: monitoring participation in (and across) lessons

Jan 20, 2024 | Category: Featured

Since taking the plunge with mini-whiteboards (see this post) over the past few years my ability to know whether students are paying attention, thinking and practising has dramatically increased. Beca...

#Doug Lemov #mini whiteboards #Claire Woozley

What I learned in my visit to King Solomon Academy Part 2 - The Lemov lecture

Sep 12, 2014 | Category: Featured

When I reported my observations about King Solomon Academy, a number of commentators pointed out the similarities to some of the Charter Schools in the US. Any similarity is the Charter model, particu...

#Teach First #Doug Lemov #KIPP #Policy Exchange #King Solomon Academy #Zenaida Tan

Coming soon... the secret of literacy revealed

Jan 10, 2014 | Category: Featured

This isn't really a post, more a shameless piece of self-promotion. I would normally cringe at the idea of publicly bathing in the warm glow of congratulations but in this case it feels exciting enoug...

#Doug Lemov #The Secret of Literacy

The times they are a changin': how can we improve the PGCE?

Oct 27, 2013 | Category: Featured

Back in the dim and distant mists of time when I embarked on my Post-graduate Certificate in Education, there was no other way to train as a teacher. Much of my training was interesting and I largely...

#Teach First #Joe Kirby #Doug Lemov #PCK #PGCE #School Direct

Teaching sequence for developing independence Stage 4: Practise

Jul 04, 2013 | Category: Featured

What does practice make? Well, it turns out that my mum was wrong. Doug Lemov points out in Practice Perfect that practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent. What we practise we get good...

#deliberate practice #Ron Berger #Flow #Grit #Doug Lemov