Category: Pedagogy
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Evidence-based teaching lists promise gourmet results, yet serve up freeze-dried strategies stripped of flavour and context. Before you dish out another helping of the ‘EEF toolkit’, taste what real, research-rich science lessons look like—and how to avoid astronaut-food pedagogy
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Evidence-based teaching lists promise gourmet results, yet serve up freeze-dried strategies stripped of flavour and context. Before you dish out another helping of the ‘EEF toolkit’, taste what real, research-rich science lessons look like—and how to avoid astronaut-food pedagogy
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In the famous Sherlock Holmes story, it’s the absence of a barking dog which makes the detective curious. The curious thing about yesterday’s PISA international test results is the absence of any improvement in England’s science results in the last 10 years. Why? Because over this decade, the government has been carrying out a major…
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Students won’t burn mental energy on ‘relatable’ frying-pan anecdotes. Real learning ignites when a discrepant event, gripping narrative or thorny dilemma opens a curiosity gap they must close—exactly the scientist-grade hooks your next lesson needs.
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Thousands of students got into a pickle last week when the GCSE osmosis question was set in an unfamiliar context – carrots. This is no small potatoes.It’s a wake-up call that many schemes are not well aligned with the new exams, which test less of what’s in the book and more what students can do…
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Practising Science: Tony Sherborne's blog 