Coming to the belief that learning is invisible was a threshold moment for many. It feels rather silly looking back on it. How did we ever believe that you could 'observe' learning by going to watch a lesson, or evidence 'progress' over the course of an hour? Ridiculous. But then, we are loaded with beliefs … Continue reading Is learning invisible?
Tag: Teaching
Why I am still using ‘cold call’
When should we give a name to something we do as teachers? This question is on my mind this week following a post I wrote about adaptive teaching last week. I wrote the post because I keep coming across examples of people using the term to mean different things, sometimes quite unhelpfully. I was making … Continue reading Why I am still using ‘cold call’
Adaptive teaching: in search of conceptual clarity
Just because it swims, doesn't mean its a fish. I think we can all agree that naming things correctly is important. To do this, we must have a proper conception of what does and does not fall into a category, and to do this we must define that category precisely. For example, if we believe … Continue reading Adaptive teaching: in search of conceptual clarity
Well, w’dya know?
It wasn't so long ago that pupils making rapid progress in lessons was a big thing. Fueled by Ofsted's 2012 framework, teachers were encouraged to prove this progress during lesson observations and school leaders were encouraged to go looking for it. In 2015, 'rapid' was replaced by 'sustained' as a criteria for outstanding teaching. By … Continue reading Well, w’dya know?
