…visit suttontrust.com. What Makes Great Teaching? took over 200 pieces of research to identify the elements of teaching with the strongest evidence of improving attainment. It found some common practices…
A special relationship
…their places many times over with high SAT score students from US families who could afford to pay sticker price fees. The reason they don’t is that building a diverse…
Tapping into talent
…to find ways of more systematically ‘mining’ their talent base … With awareness, with greater knowledge then comes an ability to assess and get those choices right”. So said Justine…
Why schools can’t teach character
…such as the history of the British Isles. Numerous research studies have shown that the best predictor of academic attainment is how much knowledge children possess at an early age….
My lessons from America
…Sutton Trust paper on what makes great teaching to life with some interactive polling software and a great discussion. His slides are here. It’s well worth looking at those slides,…
Thou shalt not praise: the seven deadly sins of teaching
The TES reports on new Sutton Trust research into teaching practices. Telling students they have done a good job may seem like a sensible form of encouragement, but dishing out…