Beyond Good
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A maths teacher's reflections on teaching science
Femi has been teaching a Science class and shares his approach and reflections with Matt. They discuss 'learning to learn', booklets, AI, rounds of teaching and CFU, shed loads of practise, feedback and self-checking answers, precision an...
A dearth of good models!
Amongst other things, Femi and Matt talk about how hard it can be as a middle leader to lead on change without strong models to refer to.
Gently testing the boundaries...
Matt and Femi discuss the subtle ways students can often make life difficult for teachers, and why this happens in some classrooms but not in others.
Seating plans, seating reset and Intangibles
Matt and Femi have a chat about teachers using seating plan resets as a strategy, debate breaking down intangible aspects like 'feel' into granular concrete components when coaching, and the role and possible negative effects of prior informati...