While many of us in the school teach more than one subject (particularly within the Social Sciences, Modern Foreign Languages and Junior Science) we certainly all have more than one A level, pool of knowledge, area of interest or even degree subject. There are times when being confined to a particular subject area can be …
Continue reading Borrowing and loaning expertise: why straitjacket ourselves to a single subject?
Today's TeachMeet brings a discussion on the principles behind metacognition, its role within the learning process and how we might go about developing it through our teaching. Julie and I will present some ideas, examples and classroom strategies. These are set out in the attached PowerPoint - which also contains some recommended reading at the …
Thanks to Jenny Toerien for delivering a brilliant twilight TeachMeet on inquiry learning and the use of Oakham School's FOSIL model to support its implementation in the curriculum. Based on the research of Carol Kuhlthau and other preeminent thinkers in this area, plus evidence from the New York State Education Department, Oakham's Framework of Skills …
This blog will introduce the rationale behind Lesson Study and some of the key aspects of the process. The Teaching and Learning team hopes you will be involved in a Lesson Study of your own during the Spring Term. We are running two events specific to setting up a Lesson Study amongst Oakham staff. The key …
Continue reading Lessons Learned – Introducing the Lesson Study process at Oakham
Written by Henry Deane “It appears to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most sceptical scrutiny of all hypothesis that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas. If you are only sceptical, then no new ideas make it …
I have recently become interested in the concept of Growth Mindset which has been most notably explored in depth by Carol Dweck, and which has become part of the everyday pedagogical approach in many British primary schools. One aspect of the Growth Mindset ideology is questioning the use of praise in the classroom: how we …
The following are ideas that should supplement those already uploaded within the Teach Meet Resources. In my career to date I have had the opportunity to mentor, coach and support a number of teachers at different stages in their development. These are some of the key things I have learnt along the way as an …
