Chatting with Jon Owen @JonOwenDI of the past two days has drawn out a lot of thinking on cognition. It started with a question. What is knowledge, before it become knowledge. We settled on “sense data” and the teacher poll …
Dr Stephen Chew, Professor of Psychology at Samford University takes us on a tour of “how to make teaching and learning more effective.” Learning only takes place in one location that’s inside your brain. If you understand the principles how …
This INSET our school benefited from an afternoon’s presentation and conversation with Sarah Cottingham @overpracticed. Sarah’s social threads and blog posts are becoming very popular indeed. Here is what I took away from her presentation in addition to what I …
Last week I stumbled upon the work of Prof Karl-Heinz Bäuml, Professor of Psychology at Regensburg University and wrote about how retrieval practice can “Revive forgotten memories.” From reading Bauml’s work, and that of Bernhard Pastötter, I have settled on …
Workflow does not get as much attention as workload. Of course, smart workflow, reduces workload, both important considerations for teachers and learners. Feedback is a perennial thorny issue, often discussed from a viewpoint of workload. I am going to review …
This is half a post really. I am just thinking through, “the thinking” behind two learning / revision tasks. It is a two step process – bare with me. I think you will find it is worth it. I think …
Three short reflections First – if you are interested in the development of trust and discretionary effort with your organisation, I recommend Ted Interview with – Frances Frei. Francis is a professor at Harvard Business School and talks opening and …
“Panda P” – a brain break game from Positive Education course I attended back in week 1 of my Dubai adventure, reappeared on a leadership training session last Sunday. It made my senior colleagues smile so here it is for …
