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Effective teaching (4)

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Is it time to ditch ‘Differentiation’?

By Greg Ashman I suspect I would struggle to find a teacher who has never heard of ‘differentiation’. Exhortations to differentiate are ubiquitous in...

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6 elements of great teaching

"You’re a teacher. You know how to help people learn hard stuff. Do that." Professor Rob Coe Teaching can be, without a doubt, a complicated...

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6 Tactics to help a child work on set tasks

Children who are inattentive, hyperactive or impulsive are likely to benefit from an environment which is well structured and predictable. It is good...

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Making a positive primary to secondary transition in Music

by Dimitra Kokotsaki Moving from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 can be a big upheaval for many pupils. Schools work hard to ease the transition with a...

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