Pedagogy

The latest research and advice covering the theory and practice of teaching, including teaching methods and tips

Thursday

3rd Jul 2025

How a ‘community of practice’ can transform teacher CPD
This approach can help teachers to strengthen links to their wider subject communities, boosting professional development in the process, says psychology teacher Lyndsey Hayes
Illustration of figures thinking and sharing ideas

Wednesday

2nd Jul 2025

4 barriers to inclusive practice - and how to overcome them
As the government pushes for more children with SEND to be educated in mainstream schools, Zofia Niemtus looks at what needs to happen to make genuine inclusion a reality, outlining the key issues holding practice back
Road closed sign

Monday

30th Jun 2025

Why leaders need to spend more time in the early years
To truly understand the issues early years teachers are facing, school leaders need to engage more deeply with this stage of education, writes Julian Grenier
Small boy playing with puzzle pieces

Friday

27th Jun 2025

The surprising link between discovery learning and Singapore maths
Jerome Bruner is often dismissed as the ‘father’ of discovery learning, but his research has given education so much more, writes Christian Bokhove
Numbers on side of building with scaffold

Monday

23rd Jun 2025

How practitioner enquiry can empower a school’s workforce
Positioning teachers as researchers trying to solve teaching and learning problems in their own classrooms can be a great model for CPD, write three initial teacher trainers
Teacher CPD: How practitioner enquiry empowers teachers
Why the Harkness method is ideal for EAL students
The leader of an international school in China says switching to the Harkness method has transformed the learning experience for students and staff
Harkness

Friday

20th Jun 2025

Why can’t we agree on what great teaching looks like?
Given all the research evidence that we now have on effective teaching practice, all teachers should share the same pedagogical principles, writes Bruce Robertson
Looking through a glass ball

Tuesday

17th Jun 2025

How to boost children’s spatial skills - and their maths performance
Training children’s spatial abilities improves maths performance, studies show – and new research from the University of Surrey identifies practical teaching methods to do just that
spatial skills dinosaur

Monday

16th Jun 2025

How do you know if an intervention is worth doing?
A reading intervention doesn’t have to deliver improved progress to be worthwhile – if it tells us more about the pupil’s needs, it’s helpful, says Megan Dixon
Child in diagonal library

Saturday

14th Jun 2025

How Benjamin Bloom inspired my use of AI
Rather than approaching generative AI as one-way communication, teachers should use it to create a feedback loop, suggests Jack Dougall
How Benjamin Bloom inspired my use of AI

Thursday

12th Jun 2025

Why you could be getting whole-class feedback wrong
Whole-class feedback has the potential to be a workload saviour, says Alex Quigley, but does it always help learning?
Reviews whole-class feedback wrong

Tuesday

10th Jun 2025

5 ways to help children transition to Year 1
Effective transition from Reception should create a bridge between two worlds, says early years specialist Michelle Windridge, who sets out how to do this well
5 ways to help children transition to Year 1