Feedback Inspired and Passionate Teachers Know Thy Impact Visible Learners VL School Education Systems
Feedback for students is useful when it addresses the learning gap. If done well it has the potential to 'double the speed of learning' according to Dylan Wiliam. How often as leaders do we listen and act on feedback received. Read more here.
Developing visible learners resilience is vital for them to appreciate that making mistakes is a natural part of the learning process. Jackie Gerstein says "How we work to maintain a positive and significant relationship with learners is the most important way to contribute to their resiliency". Read more here.
Engaging students is all about harnessing the web says Philip Kovacs, texts books and memorising are a thing of the past.
Gerald Aungst shows us how to create a culture of problem solving using a framework that will allow your students to grow into mathematical thinkers and sophisticated problem solvers here.
Visible learning promotes the power of collaboration where inspired and passionate teachers plan together. If teacher evaluation is simply accountability driven nothing will change for our learners. Read more here.
Recent scientific insights into stress, cognition, memory and attention, are bringing more radical thinking in many countries, as they are rethinking their traditional end of year testing regimes. Read more here.
A new study from Nature Neuroscience suggests that letting go of executive areas of the brain speeds the learning of motor tasks, such as playing an instrument. This has insight for what kind of classroom environment encourages children to learn faster by developing visible learners. Read more here.
Observing teaching isn't always about finding faults, Hayley Ryan explains 5 ways to improve observing a lesson
