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The importance of pedagogyThe method and practice of teaching

What makes great teaching – research into practice

• (Pedagogical) content knowledge

• Quality of instruction

• Classroom climate

• Classroom management

• Teacher beliefs

• Professional behaviours

How can we embed and maximise these components of great teaching?

To what extent are they evident / embedded / developed in your school?

Why – Ebacc, Progress 8 / Attainment 8, impending Visitors

After school intervention / revisionSubject specialist tutor groupsTake them out of Core PEDon’t touch English and Maths!!Revision SleepoversHalf term / holiday subject daysWe’ll come round to you

What - Outcomes (progress, attainment) results

How -Personalised’ curriculum, subjects that will get right results for child and school, analyse underperformance, personal learning checklists, exam practice, intervention……. booklets, online tutorials, walking-talking mocks………

Many schools have a mission statementSet of valuesEthos

Why we educate our children

WhyVision – develop children to take their place in society, to be critical citizens, understand the science and stats behind the headlines, know how to be healthy and successful, open doors to science-based careers, understand the importance of science to their lives, how their decisions affect others and vice versa

HowCreate amazing learning environments and experiences – collaborate to make good ideas great, up to date and vital science lessons, personal to our school and our kids, embedding STEM, opportunities to broaden horizons

What………..

Powerful Learning Experiences

Take a moment

One minute to share

Why was it such great learning experience? – two minutes

Improvement Engaging

Expertise Inspiring

Feel Good, Enjoyment An edge!

Novel, new Curiosity

Environment Time (enough), consolidation

Hook Repetition

Real Life, Application Safe, Trust

See the point Know what’s going on

Sense of achievement Euraka!

Thinking about thinking Self improvement

Hands On Deep (immersion)

Independence Personalised

Accessible Challenging

Powerful Learning Experiences

Improvement Engaging

Expertise Inspiring

Feel Good, Enjoyment An edge!

Novel, new Curiosity

Environment Time (enough), consolidation

Hook Repetition

Real Life, Application Safe, Trust

See the point Know what’s going on

Sense of achievement Euraka!

Thinking about thinking Self improvement

Hands On Deep (immersion)

Independence Personalised

Accessible Challenging

Reward Competition

Powerful Learning Experiences

Content Knowledge, Quality of Instruction

Pedagogical Purpose - SoC

Celebrate failure

High aspiration, and how! - WAGOLL, WASOLL

Celebrate effort and resilience over the outcomes

Coaching

Classroom management

Classroom Climate and Teacher Beliefs

‘[your environment] sets the tone about how you feel about people before you’ve met them’

Bill Strickland

Professional behaviours

• professional development

• structures embedded to ensure participation and quality

• 1:1s – accountability and support

• Quality audits

PHD biologist and experienced teacher learning from NQT slide in here

What next?

• What drives pedagogical development?

• How does whole school CPD support and embed excellence in pedagogy?

• Do departments / faculties have the impetus / facility to input ?

• How can we support our faculty and middle leaders to develop pedagogy in in their subjects at the highest level?

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