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What 'no excuses' means to me

May 13, 2015 | Category: behaviour

And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch’d....

#Michaela School #no excuses

20 psychological principles for teachers #10 Mastery

Jun 07, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the second of four posts exploring what motivates students and the tenth in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psy...

#Growth mindset #performance #goal theory #mastery

20 psychological principles for teachers #9 Motivation

Jun 06, 2015 | Category: psychology

The next four posts in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education's report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching and Learning will be on what motivates s...

#motivation #Daniel Pink #Paul Dolan

May on The Learning Spy

Jun 01, 2015 | Category: Featured

Blimey, but May was a busy month! I wrote more posts than ever before - a ridiculous 29, and had more views than any other months with 90,590 views. Anyhoo, I did this last month and 4 people got in t...

20 psychological principles for teachers #8 Creativity

May 31, 2015 | Category: psychology

In this, the eighth in a series of posts examining a report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching and Learning, I take a closer look at Principle 8: “Student creativity can be fostered...

#creativity

20 psychological principles for teachers #7 Self-regulation

May 31, 2015 | Category: psychology

In this, the seventh in a series of posts examining a report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching and Learning, I take a closer look at Principle 7: "Students’ self-regulation assists...

#EEF #non-cognitive skills #self-regulation

Ofsted inspections to be higher stakes: for inspectors!

May 28, 2015 | Category: Featured

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.Mathew 7:7 Sometimes life takes a surreal twist. In January 2014 I predicted Ofsted would stop grading...

#Ofsted #Sean Harford

20 psychological principles for teachers #6 Feedback

May 30, 2015 | Category: psychology

In this, the sixth in a series of posts examining the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching And Learning, I cast a critical eye over Principle 6: “Clear, explanatory, and timely feedback to s...

#feedback

20 psychological principles for teachers #5 “Learning is dependent on practice”

May 28, 2015 | Category: psychology

This is the fifth in a series of posts unpicking the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching And Learning. In this post I investigate Principle 5: “Acquiring long-term knowledge and skill is la...

#Daniel Willingham #deliberate pratice

20 psychological principles for teachers #4 Context