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Exam Class Toolkit - how to create engaging lessons that ensure progression and results:
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Educational Mashups part three: creative ideas from the ‘Industry’
As teachers we strive to perfect our practice by observing colleagues, reading good literature as well as communicating with other enthusiasts at conferences, workshops and online. We also seek out new resources whenever the opportunity arise or wherever we may be in the world. We generally know what to look for because it tends to [...]
Read more »Educational Mashups part two: The 30 Circle Test
This post refers to an previous post added in July on educational mashups.
Students need to see how units of work tie together, link up, sequence and that there are recognizable patterns across what they have learned. It is of course our job to do this well but sometimes it can be very hard to make [...]
Think Backwards
Too many lessons are planned from the beginning (i.e. the content at the front of people’s minds. What is taught is less important than why it is being done. Having an idea about where students are meant to be and what skills they need to have by the end of the lesson will help to [...]
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