3-Read Friday #71
Explaining, modelling, and the 3-year cycle
Have you checked out our Super Spreadsheet, which has the very best multiple-choice questions and quizzes aligned to the White Rose scheme for Years 2 to 9 and a tab with quizzes for Years 10 and 11 for any scheme? Here it is!
Here are three blog posts that I found interesting this week.
1. It's Not the Explanations by Dylan Kane
A really interesting post from Dylan, arguing that explanations are not as important as the questions and tasks we give students. I would add the examples we choose to model to Dylan’s list - one of the most significant changes in my teaching over the last 10 years is to talk less but show more…
2. The gradual decline of effective teacher modelling – why tech can often hinder modelling by Emma Turner
… which leads nicely onto this post by Emma in which she argues that not enough emphasis in teacher CPD is put on the art of modelling. With the proliferation of prepared, clickable PowerPoints, this central tenet of teaching risks dying out.
3. Educational Amnesia: Why England Is Sleepwalking into a Scottish Mistake by Mark McCourt
Who doesn’t love a meaty blog post from Mark? Here, Mark returns to his long-running theme about the 30-year cycle in education, and the dangers facing England at the moment.
***If you found this edition of 3-Read Friday useful, you might enjoy my free 90-minute online CPD workshop: 25 Tips for Teachers***
Have a great weekend.
Craig
Thinking hard about the choice of examples, and the number of examples, we give students is a great point. I think that's one of the most common manifestations of the curse of knowledge: teachers underestimate the number of examples students need to understand a new idea.