3-Read Friday #89
Lesson planning, dual coding, and curricula
Before we begin, you may want to check out my brand-new 16-part book series, The Tips for Teachers guide to… here. Book 7 on Responsive Teaching is now available.
Here are three blog posts that I found interesting this week.
1. Lesson Planning Is Not the Basics: Why We’re Training Teachers Backwards by Dr Dario Emanuele
Dr Dario is my new favourite Substacker. Read this post for a compelling argument for why we need to give novice teachers high-quality, already planned lessons.
2. The Dual Coding Delusion by David Didau
When Dual Coding was all the rage a few years ago, every PowerPoint slide had to be accompanied by a visual representation, no matter how tenuous. David dives into Dual Coding research to examine when integrating text and images is useful.
3. A Multi-Stranded Math Curriculum by Dylan Kane
One for the maths geeks. Dylan outlines how he has changed the format of his scheme of work this year, why he did so, and offers practical tips for anyone wishing to try this approach too.
Have a great weekend.
Craig