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Most Popular Articles

Lessons in Learning to Learn Should we be teaching children how to learn as well as what to learn? Well, duh! as the children say. Here's some ideas from what Jackie Beere has been doing at her secondary school for the past few years
A Paediatric Neurologist Speaks Using the science of the brain to understand how children learn
What If...? A well received article first published by SHA earlier in 2004 by Ian Gilbert and an exercise in how to write an article without actually writing an article...

New Articles

The Perfect (Ofsted) Lesson
The Perfect (Ofsted) lesson? – meeting the new criteria and delivering progress in learning. How can you make sure in the brief time that an inspector (or other assessor) spends in your classroom – that your lesson ticks enough boxes to impress - and gain that outstanding grade?

The Challenge of the Able Child
Seminal article by G&T guru Dr David George

Embedding PLTs in whole school practice
Just what could the whole PLTS agenda look like in your school - and how it can transform things for the better

Most Popular Books

Super-Teaching If you only buy one book in order to improve what goes on in your classroom then let it be this one.
The Learning Revolution This book is an inspiring synthesis of theory and practical techniques.
The Little Book Of Thunks 260 questions to make your brain go ouch!

Glossary of Topics

A brief outline of the sorts of topics that the various Associates at Independent Thinking can cover (with some book recommendations thrown in for good measure)

Accelerated Learning
Learning quicker and better

Assessment for Learning
Assessment for Learning or AFL is a powerful tool that proves assessment and marking are two separate things

The Brain
Education - it's about brains, stupid!

Behaviour
Behaviour is not about 'control' in the learning school

Creativity
It's not just about paint and poetry...

Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence or EQ will take you further than your IQ

Gifted and Talented
Gifted and Talented - which is which and what are you supposed to do?

Learning
Moving from a teaching model of education to a learning one

The Learning School
20th century teaching school model v 21st century learning school model

Mentoring
One to one with a teacher, a peer, an older student or someone from outside education - all models have proven to be very effective

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