Getting Better Together
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS
In this episode, Dan tackles how you can structure units based on student learning Episode 60 How to Structure Units Based on How Students Learn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Grab your workbook, complete it and submit it for 1 hr of professional development. A certificate of completion is also […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS
In this episode, Dan interviews Cassie Stephen to discuss how art can help students become lifelong learners. Episode 58 How can art help our students become lifelong learners? is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Join the Facebook Community Some people underestimate the power of art in transforming mindset and behaviour. Practising […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS
In this episode, Dan explains how behaviour management effects not just learning, but lifelong learning. Episode 55 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Join the Facebook Community Video show Show notes Things to avoid Yell at a student… ok to raise your voice to get attention but yelling at a student […]
Deliberate practice is practice that has specific goals for improvement, repetition and feedback to ensure that the goal is met and that there is a measured improvement in performance. When applied to teaching this process naturally leads to a focus on classroom practice. But an often overlooked aspect of this process is the need for […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS
In this episode, Dan explains what cognitive load is and how it can be leveraged to increase the student learning in your lessons. Cognitive Load is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Join the Facebook Community What is Cognitive Load? Cognitive load is the theory that your working memory has a limited […]
I have to say that I love having my lessons observed and enjoy watching other teacher’s classrooms in progress. I know this is not what every teacher says, but I love it for one reason only and that is because it helps me to get better! At one of my schools, we were given funding […]
The most important aspect of deliberate practice is that it must focus on improving performance. As teachers this performance could relate to our professional knowledge, practice or engagement. That is it can relate to our understanding of our students, how they learn and how to apply this to our teaching. It could also relate to […]
Deliberate practice is all about improving your craft. It has 5 key elements: Designed in order to improve performance Repeated Feedback driven Uses a sustained mental and/or physical effort Structured around learning goals The question as to why you should engage in deliberate practice should be fairly obvious. The number one reason is to improve […]
We have all heard that in order to become an expert at a skill you need to have amassed 10, 000 hours of practice. But is this really all there is to becoming an expert? In his books So Good They Can’t Ignore You and Deep Work Professor Cal Newport says “no!”. Instead referring to […]
There are probably a million reasons why teachers should stop and reflect on their practice frequently and consistently and there are probably as many different ways of reflecting, from using surveys such as those provided by AITSL in the teacher self-assessment tool to the constant reflections that we do on our practice throughout a single lesson. […]