2. Teach Like Nobody’s Watching
I believe that teaching is fundamentally simple.
Recap
Input
Application
Test
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I
I believe that doing these simple things well is complex.
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I believe that we have also over
complicated teaching.
Pleasing inspectors
Keeping parents happy
Poorly understood research and
learning myths
Poor behaviour
Poor systems
5. Teach Like Nobody’s Watching
The Solution?
Teach like nobody’s watching.
Have the confidence in your craft and your professionalism
but make sure that this confidence is based on a solid
foundation.
7. Teach Like Nobody’s Watching
Is there a best way to teach?
Teach – “Narrowing the gap between what pupils can
do/know/understand and what we want them to be able
to do/know/understand”.
Best – Both the most effective and efficient in most
circumstances.
Way – An approach.
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Step 1 – Recap
Create a hook for new information
Make the place in the schema explicit
The testing effect and the forgetting curve
Rosenshine B (2012) Principle of Instruction American Educator.
Sweller J (1994) Cognitive load theory, learning difficulty and
instructional design, Learning and Instruction (4) pp 295 - 312
12. Should the LHWP have been
built?
Starter
What information would you use to contrast development in
two countries?
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The testing effect
Weighing the pig might make it grow.
Keep it low stakes
Self assessed
Use it to link different parts of the topic
15. Coasts – Knowledge Test 5
1. Name three types of deltas.
2. What percentage of coastal sediment comes from rivers?
3. What kind of tidal range is needed to produce a delta?
4. What is the name for channels that branch off and split?
5. What is a “crevasse splay”?
6. Why can eelgrass thrive in salt marshes?
7. What can form in a saltmarsh when water is trapped in shallow
depressions?
8. Where did the sediment come from to form the bar at Slapton?
9. Why does large sediment size create steep beaches?
10. What is the term for transportation whereby material is bounced along
the seabed?
16. Coasts – Knowledge Test 5
1. Name three types of deltas. Cuspate, Arcuate and Bird’s foot.
2. What percentage of coastal sediment comes from rivers? 90%
3. What kind of tidal range is needed to produce a delta? Low
4. What is the name for channels that branch off and split? Distributaries
5. What is a “crevasse splay”? Areas of deposition where water has breached a levee.
6. Why can eelgrass thrive in salt marshes? Salt tolerant.
7. What can form in a saltmarsh when water is trapped in shallow depressions? Saltpans
8. Where did the sediment come from to form the bar at Slapton? Offshore
9. Why does large sediment size create steep beaches? Weak backwash as water percolates
through the stones.
10. What is the term for transportation whereby material is “bounced” along the seabed?
Saltation.
17. Teach Like
Nobody’s
Watching
A simple learning plan
Recap
Input
Application
Test
Rosenshine B (2012) ibid
Clark, Sweller and Kirschner (2012)
Mayer & Anderson (1991)
Meyer & Land (2003)
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Step 3 – Input
You are the expert
Good explanation needs careful planning
Use images to support what you say
Target questions
Repetition helps
It helps to repeat yourself.
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Step 3 – Input through good explanation
Know your stuff
Prepare
Question
Avoid distractions
Support working memory
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Step 4 – Application
We remember what we think about
Practice makes permanent
Model your expectations
Teach up and support down
Willingham D (2010) Why don’t students like school
24. Should the LHWP have been
built?
Task
You have been asked to write an evaluation of the LHWP for the Lesotho and
South African governments.
Should the LHWP have been built?
Challenge
Try to include references to;
• Comparisons in climate,
• Development data,
• References to sustainability.
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Step 5 – Test
How do we know what they know?
How do we respond?
Christodoulou D (2017) Making good progress
Wiliam D (2017) in Hendrick C & MacPherson R (2017) in
What does this look like in the classroom?
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29. Lean Lessons
Step 5 – Test & Respond
Re-viewing
Re-drafting – is it excellent yet?
Re-teaching
30. Teach Like
Nobody’s Watching
A simple learning plan
Recap
Input
Application
Test
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