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Professor Robert A Bjork

A beginner’s guide to: Professor Robert A Bjork

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What is he best known for: Being an internationally renowned expert on learning, memory and forgetting – his research focuses on the implications the science of learning has for education. Quick facts:Born: 1939Nationality: AmericanProfessional bio: Professor Robert A BjorkWhere does he work:Bjork is Distinguished Professor of Psych...

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A beginner’s guide to Professor Daniel Willingham

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Best known for: Willingham's work has worldwide appeal: his writings on education have been translated into fourteen different languages. Applying his expertise in cognitive psychology to the educatio...

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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 Foun...

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School's out, sofa's in. Teachers share their favourite education films and books

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One of our NQT surgeries looked at how new teachers can spend the holidays wisely – with the overwhelming advice being to relax, recuperate and not think about work.We know that's easier said tha...

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Assessment isn’t the big, bad wolf of education – our perception of it is the problem

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In the current education debate, I believe assessment is unfairly judged. It is easy fodder for persecution because it is misunderstood and often carries negative connotations with students, teachers,...

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A beginner’s guide to: Professor Eric Donald Hirsch

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Best known for:His book 'Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know', which argues that the majority of children in the United States are not being taught the basic cultural knowledge that a...

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A beginner’s guide to: Professor Barak Rosenshine

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

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Dr Gary Jones

Can school leaders rely on Kotter's change management model?

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for school leaders to be appropriately critical of educational and management gurus.One such guru is John Kotter, whose name is often found on lists of the world...

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Guest Teacher

The pride, the workload and toilet breaks: my life after teaching

Tales from the frontline

It feels like barely a month goes by without seeing another blog or report about teachers are walking away from the profession and the recruitment and retention crisis. I'm not judging: I was one of ...

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