Welcome to the Learning Renaissance: Exploring Effective Learning in the 21st century
Welcome to the Learning Renaissance Blog! My name is David Hughes and I am an educator and writer from the United Kingdom. I always said I wouldn’t write a blog … Continue reading
Time Management Choices
We sometimes constrain the effectiveness of our action by adopting particular strategies for managing our workload. If we fail to work systematically we are exacerbating our stress levels and reducing … Continue reading
Attributes of Successful Schools in the Digital Age | The Tech Edvocate
I think this may be rather putting the cart before the horse in terms of assuming the significant attributes of schools are their use of digital technologies. It takes more … Continue reading
The Qualities of Leadership
I’ve often been amazed at how ineffective leaders become when they are consciously trying to lead. They become preoccupied with the look, rather than the substance of things, about their … Continue reading
Worsening child poverty harms learning, say teachers | BBC News
Poverty is harming children’s capacity to learn and it’s getting worse, suggests a survey of teachers. Pupils who go to school hungry from cramped, noisy homes where they can’t sleep … Continue reading
Current CPD Pathways in UK Schools
This useful overview of current CPD pathways comes from Quintin Kynaston. One important element not touched on here is the format of the CPD in terms of it being an … Continue reading
How Finland’s Amazing Education System Works | Big Think
Finland’s education system works because its entire structure has been around several core principles. First and foremost, equal access to education is a constitutional right. Another important principle is that … Continue reading
The International Baccalaureate: Moving Learning in the Right Direction
I first came across the International Baccalaureate (IB) whilst on secondment to the RSA Academy in the West Midlands. Having adopted the Opening Minds curriculum at KS3 and KS4, the … Continue reading
Ofsted inspection grades challenged | BBC News
Parents should have more reliable measures than Ofsted grades to compare schools in England, says a report from a new education think tank. The EDSK report challenges the accuracy of … Continue reading
Exercise and Well-Being (3) | BelievePHQ
Guidance for good mental health for teachers from Believe PHQ.
Exercise and Well-Being (2) | BelievePHQ
Another exploration of the benefits of exercise on mental health and well-being from BelievePHQ.
Exercise and Well-Being (1) | BelievePHQ
Thanks to Jon Tait for sharing this infographic from @BelievePHQ, which is as appropriate to staff as students.
The internet is the end of libraries? Not in Finland!
You might be forgiven for thinking that the Tory government subscribed to the view that Libraries were redundant given the ubiquitous nature of the internet. Finland begs to differ and … Continue reading
17 Teaching Principles of Effective Instruction | TeacherToolkit
What is it that makes a teacher highly effective? The Principles of Effective Teaching, research by Professor Barak Rosenshine. Source: 17 Teaching Principles of Effective Instruction | TeacherToolkit
Thought For The Day: The Value of Play
The most progressive and effective learning systems recognise this in their statutory provision of early years education and the age at which it commences. Meanwhile in the UK, the Tory … Continue reading
More Mistakes…
I’ve always been of the opinion that we learn so much more from our mistakes tan we do from our successes. In part that is why I’ve made so many … Continue reading
Future Proof Your School: Off and running!
We managed to get the book published a week early and I’ve been astonished by early sales! I published a series of pre-launch Briefing Notes which explored the propositions outlined … Continue reading
The Learning Value of Mistakes
There are environments where the absolute elimination of mistakes is a critical priority. Piloting airliners and neurosurgery come to mind. School-based learning should be more relaxed and mistakes should be … Continue reading
Condensed Lesson Planning
Ross Morrison McGill from Teacher Toolkit condenses twenty years of research on effective lesson planning into an A4 sheet… well worth the effort Ross! This single sheet is probably the … Continue reading
Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding
Todd Finlay at Edutopia gives some great advice about checking for understanding. Such checks form a much better format for assessing learning than traditional marking as it gives the child … Continue reading
How the exam system sets up neuro-diverse students to fail
This is a really important piece by Jules Daulby regarding the double jeopardy that students with learning and behavioural issues, which she encompasses in the term neuro-diverse students, face in … Continue reading
