History – iceberg questions

Craig has shared how he has been developing the use of these type of questions in history: We have been Continue reading →

PDC reflections

Below are some of the reflections from the last round of PDC meetings. Cate has shared how knowledge organisers are Continue reading →

PDC Group 5 – Three Tier Vocabulary

In our December meeting, we explored the idea of ‘Three Tiered Vocabulary’, linking this in to the Knowledge Organisers that Continue reading →

PDC Group 4 – Motivation

Our group has been interested in the engagement and motivation of students and how it can be improved. We have Continue reading →

PDC reflections – Bjork’s desirable difficulties

Claire has produced the following set of reflections from her PDC group below (Group five – one of our two Continue reading →

metacognition and examination practice

We know that metacognition has a huge impact on student learning. Getting students to think about how they pull apart an Continue reading →

Discussion circles

Many thanks to Karen for sharing this activity from her A-level lesson: ‘We read different articles on why witch hunting Continue reading →