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Can we improve school interviews? Part 3: The interview lesson

May 11, 2017 | Category: psychology
In Part 1 of this series I reviewed some of the evidence on what makes for effective interviews, and in Part 2 I looked specifically at creating a less biased, more structured formal interview. In thi...

Bottom sets and the scourge of low-level disruption

Nov 14, 2016 | Category: behaviour
In many English schools, low-level disruption is the norm. Children talking when expected to be silent, fiddling with equipment and each other, calling out, and generally not being 'on task' are all r...

20 psychological principles for teachers #11 Expectations

Jun 13, 2015 | Category: psychology
This is the third of four posts exploring what motivates students in my series examining the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education’s report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Tea...