Getting Better Together
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 […]
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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. What is Cognitive Load? Cognitive load is the theory that your working memory has a limited capacity. This limit varies […]
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. […]
The Australian Professional Teaching Standards have the following statement that relates to this standard: “Teachers know the content of their subjects and curriculum. They know and understand the fundamental concepts, structure and enquiry processes relevant to programs they teach“ The teaching standard “Know the content and how to teach it” has 6 areas of focus […]
It is vital as teachers that we continually reflect on our practice. This video series below forms part of the online course “Reflecting on Practice” and focuses on how we are using the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers to help in this process. If you would like to complete this course as part of your […]
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In this episode of the Effective Teaching podcast, Dan interviews Eleni Kyritsis from Teach Tech Play to discuss how STEM can be used in your classroom to create lifelong learners. STEM with Eleni Kyritsis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. What is STEM? STEM is often thought about as robotics and […]