This article captures the importance of implementation science in pedagogy- but the evidence also says that the approach we choose matters. As always education is a complex interplay of factors.
Could this approach help your school reduce the risk of exclusion? www.edpsychschool.com/post/could-t...
Merry Christmas from Educational Psychology Services for Schools
The key to successfully using FASE will be carefully matching the excerpt to be read to the individual child- and not putting children in a position where they dread being called upon.
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There is a debate about the best way to teach reading. However, irrespective of which pedegogy informs practice, joy in reading is a must!
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Talk partners is an excellent approach to engaging learners.
In the UK groups of 6 seats are common in primary schools, and rows of paired desks more common in secondary schools. Some places are experimenting with beanbags, standing desks and clip boards though!
Would be interesting to read the blog!
Quietude is wisdom's ally.
Great point! Purposeful learning rocks!
Loving this tip (and that it has a reference 😇)
Becoming poverty informed...it's a must. However- surely this means we need material change?
Certainly girls' attainment seems to raise social consternation- perhaps this blog has good ideas about why. "The problem isn’t girls’ gains—it’s a competitive culture that equates boys’ worth with dominance over other boys and offers no workable script for competing with girls as peers."
Three great strategies for reading whole books in class, from the Science of Reading Classroom blog.
Maybe theres a blog/ research out there on seating arrangements? You've inspired me to keep an eye out...
👍Nice blog by SoL on Substack.
Enjoying this blog on teaching modern foreign languages (and I bet the activities work equally well for teaching English language too).
Deficit thinking is often too abstract to help move understanding on, yet specific enough to build barriers to the belief it is possible.
The ever-present difficuly of the 'spend to save' paradox.
However, from an Educational Psychology point of view, meaningul changes to support the child, family and school can be made without waiting for diagnostic assessments. Indeed, even when these have happened, EPs are often needed to 'translate' the findings into actions schools can take 🤔
Just because "awe & wonder" should be on the curriculum...
Useful analysis of the SEND crisis "Contrary to headlines about SEND doubling since 2010, the overall percentage of children with SEND has not dramatically risen. What has gone up is the proportion of those children designated as needing an EHCP for support."
The curriculum is always designed to meet the needs that can be envisioned for the current workforce. It's therefore always at least decade behind where the world will be when pupils finish their studies.
Schools are a reflection of dominant interests in society- both "caused by" and a "response to" social norms.
Now this study seems rich in potential for educators...but too removed from classrroom realities, as it stands...
This blog is about an American state, but the question remains: How much influence do teacher voices have at the table?
