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Navigating the Stormy Sea of CPD in Schools

Navigating the Stormy Sea of CPD in Schools

by | 7 Jun, 2017 | Advice, Research, Teachers

It is perhaps no surprise that schools are finding it challenging to find the very best professional development opportunities for their staff. Within an increasingly fractured system,  schools have to navigate independent providers, local authorities, teaching...
Is reading a virus?

Is reading a virus?

by | 26 Sep, 2016 | Research, Teachers

Dr Jessie Ricketts (@ricketts_lara) In 1998, Uta Frith argued that reading, a cultural invention, is a ‘virus’ that ‘infects speech processing’. So how does learning to read impact on oral vocabulary learning? Infants begin by learning spoken labels (phonological...
Testing is Key to Long-Term Learning

Testing is Key to Long-Term Learning

by | 23 May, 2016 | Uncategorized

A guest post from Kathy Rastle (@Kathy_Rastle), Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Head of Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London. We are now well into the summer term, and are faced with the usual arguments over the appropriateness of standard...