WHY | BUILD A SHARED UNDERSTANDING.
WHY | BUILD A SHARED UNDERSTANDING.
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It's important that everyone involved in sharing ideas about teaching understands the underlying rationale and evidence base, where one exists. This applies to all of the ideas we explore in our toolkit including the use of WalkThrus themselves.
THE LEARNING MODEL.
THE LEARNING MODEL.
In our training, we find it helpful to use a simplified model of learning based on working memory and long-term memory.
The diagram opposite draws on Cognitive Load Theory and the work of Dan Willingham. Many of the models in this section connect to this framework, providing a shared foundation for understanding how learning happens - and what effective teaching and professional development look like in practice.
LEARNING MODELS & THEORIES.
LEARNING MODELS & THEORIES.
WalkThrus and their underpinning model for learning.
Key ideas about how learning happens for students.
Key ideas about how learning happens for teachers.
Five key ideas from Why Don't Students Like School?
A summary of Sweller's important work.
Motivate, Attend, Relate, Generate, Evaluate.
Introducing Fiorella & Mayer's SOI model and key strategies.
Four dimensions for making thinking visible.
Efrat Furst's superb explanation of learning.
Five key ideas from Robert & Elizabeth Bjork's seminal work.
A key concept underpinning mastery thinking.
TEACHING APPROACHES.
A summary of Rosenshine's 10 famous principles.
Five characteristics of highly intentional teachers.
The five key strategies for embedding formative assessment.
Five ways to implement ideas from An Ethic of Excellence.
WalkThrus and their underpinning model for learning.
A highly popular framework for teaching and learning.
COACHING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Four core mechanisms identified by the EEF.
Exploring the mechanisms that make coaching effective.
Coaching teachers personally, cognitively and technically.
The research behind effective PD.
Doug Lemov's model for teacher development.
A causal framework for building teachers' mental models.
An intuitive, everyday approach to problem-solving.
The knowing-doing gap and its implications for coaching.
Charles Goodwin's concept of noticing and sense-making.
A synthesis of Grossman's work into teacher development.
MOTIVATION & LEARNING HABITS.
Six key ideas for supporting student learning.
Eduardo Briceno's model for framing attitudes to learning.
Five key elements in fostering student motivation.
Five key concepts to support habit-forming.
Key elements in teaching learners how to think about learning.
CURRICULUM PRINCIPLES.
Building a curriculum with Grammar, Dialectic and Rhetoric.
Appreciating the wonder in our curriculum content.
Concepts teachers should know about writing.
Concepts teachers should know about reading.
WIDER READING.
Brought to you by Teaching WalkThrus, this accessible and practical In Action... series illustrates how some of education's most popular theories, principles and strategies can be applied in the classroom. They include practical examples and case studies to bridge the gap between education research and teaching.
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