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Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson is Managing Director of Montrose Public Affairs Consultants and EdCentral's resident policy and research expert.

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04 January 2017 Do you know your free schools from your academies? Here’s our guide to secondary schools in England

06 October 2016 Progess 8 and Attainment 8: an overview

09 January 2017 The importance of teaching knowledge (not just skills)

04 May 2018 What is pedagogy and why does it matter?

08 February 2017 Facilitating subjects are more important than ever – but what are they?

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Louise Holmes

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22 November 2016 My story, and why I founded EdCentral ...

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Twitter chat round-up: advice for NQTs

Expert Insights

Teacher tips

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times, but your NQT year is never dull. Last Sunday, we held an NQT surgery on Twitter to look at some of the issues facing new teachers in that high-pressu...

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A beginner’s guide to Professor Steve Higgins

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What is he best known for? Higgins specialises in the use of research evidence to support effective spending in schools – probably most famously with the Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Fou...

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A beginner’s guide to Professor James Heckman

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Where does he work? Heckman is an American economist currently working at the University of Chicago as the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, professor of law at the Law Schoo...

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What is pedagogy and why does it matter?

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The quality of the teaching workforce and the teaching practice in classrooms is one of the biggest levers we have for improving student outcomes. Even after accounting for prior student learnin...

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How do you know which educational research to trust? Here are the questions to ask

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I have previously drawn attention to differences in expert opinion over the usefulness of statistical significance testing, particularly in regard to randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Now it's time...

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A beginner’s guide to: Professor Barak Rosenshine

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Beginners' guides

Best known for: Rosenshine's research has contributed significantly to understanding the effectiveness of various instructional methods, which culminated in his identification of 10 principles of...

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A beginner's guide to Professor John Hattie

Beginners' guides

Don't miss Professor @john_hattie of #VisibleLearning fame during a webinar entitled 'Collective Efficacy or Individual Ineffectiveness - part of the #sparkingconversations series with #BTSSparkUS and...

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Six behaviours teachers should praise to help pupils build a growth mindset

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Byline: Bradley Busch Ask someone about growth mindset, and the majority of people will be able to tell you that it is different from a fixed mindset. We've blogged previously about the best way to ca...

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