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Should we stop CPD about teaching techniques?

by david.weston | 4 Jan, 2015 | Advice, Teachers

There is a huge amount of teacher professional development that is concerned with imparting ‘effective techniques’ for teachers. This is based around the idea that if you show or explain a superior technique then teachers will go away and use it in their...

Views sought: how do we balance student and teacher needs?

by david.weston | 24 Jul, 2014 | Leadership, Teachers

At the Teacher Development Trust we have an explicit mission to promote powerful professional development that helps students succeed and teachers thrive. Sometimes there are examples of extraordinarily successful schools, especially in areas of greater deprivation,...

Are there too many ‘quick wins’ in teaching?

by david.weston | 2 Mar, 2014 | Teachers

There are some teachers who talk too much without causing their pupils to think hard enough that they learn anything. What’s the solution? 1) Swiftly limit the teacher’s poor-quality talk to 5 minutes and suggest that students get on with their own work...

10 things you need to know about the teacher workload survey

by david.weston | 28 Feb, 2014 | Research, Teachers

The DfE finally published the 2013 teacher workload diary survey today and it contains a huge range of fascinating findings. At first reading, the following notable findings stood out for me – bear in mind these are all averages: Primary school teachers report...

The Coherence of Scottish Education

by david.weston | 18 Feb, 2014 | Opinion, Teachers

The Scottish education system has sometimes been criticised as being too consensual and lacking in urgency. However, coming from the aggressively partisan, political and relentlessly changing world of English education there were elements of today’s visit to the...

Beyond lesson observation grades?

by admin | 19 Jan, 2014 | Advice, Leadership, Teachers

Mary Myatt is a lead inspector for Ofsted, adviser, writer and trainer who blogs at MaryMyatt.com. She kindly agreed to write this blog for us after appearing at a panel at a joint Teach First & Teacher Development Trust event on Lesson Observation. You can see...

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