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Is there a right way to teach?

Nov 24, 2012 | Category: learning

It’s become a trite and hackneyed truism that if they’re not learning you’re just talking. We’re all clear that teaching only happens when the little tinkers manage to make some sort of progress – pre...

#Ofsted #Hattie #direct instruction #Wilshaw

Is it better to be told, or to discover a fact?

Jan 22, 2012 | Category: learning

I've read a lot of blogosphere twaddle about why students don't learn effectively in groups and the only effective method for teaching is direct instruction. My view is there needs to balance in all t...

#group work #Hattie #direct instruction #spelling

Should we be teaching knowledge or skills?

Nov 02, 2011 | Category: learning

It is a truth universally acknowledged that our education system isn’t quite up to snuff. And at that point virtually all agreement ceases. There are those on which we might loosely term the ‘right’ o...

#Ian Gilbert #SOLO taxonomy #Hattie #Tait Coles #constructivism #Daniel Willingham #direct instruction

Forget the answer, what's the question?

Sep 24, 2011 | Category: learning

We all know the value of effective questioning, but should it be the students rather than the teacher doing a bit more of the asking? After reading about Question Formulation Technique (getting studen...

#Of Mice and Men #Dylan Wiliam #Hattie #QFT #Question Formulation Technique #Steinbeck #Tait Coles

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Is there a right way to teach?

Is it better to be told, or to discover a fact?

Should we be teaching knowledge or skills?

Forget the answer, what's the question?

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