These teaching and learning CPD sessions offer engaging and original approaches to introducing or revisiting a range of effective pedagogical strategies. Grounded in educational research, these sessions are interactive, well-structured, and have been successfully tried and tested.
The aim of each teaching and learning CPD session is to develop the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed in order to utilise in practice in each key area, and as an aid in achieving these aims, the trainer is supported with:
-Colourful, engaging, and comprehensive PowerPoint presentations;
-Videos for analysis of key techniques;
-A wide range of interactive resources for CPD activities;
-Instructions and plans to assist delivery.
All images and videos are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of each PowerPoint.
A range of visuals for CPD/PLD teaching and learning theories, strategies and ideas such as Rosenshine, retrieval practice, feedback, Bloom, modeling and others.
Rosenshine in a nutshell is a single sheet that was borne out of a need to reduce the whole thing to one sheet for an interview .
The Model of learning and teaching - borne out of more than two decades of Taekwon-Do teaching and coaching and even longer class room practice. I wanted to codify what I was doing in both worlds. It seems to chime closely with what’s happening now.
The Forgetting curve with repeated input goes back to my BSc Environmental Biology days. It shows why repeated stimulation of the neural pathways works. It also explains why mediocre boarding schools get food grades - they drum it in to the kids morning noon and night.
With the Ofsted focus on curriculum and the retention and recall of information - this resource provides some creative ideas on how to embed this into lessons. Templates are attached for ease and distribution to staff and ideas are supported with transferable instructions to share across subject areas.
These Design Technology lessons focus on 3D Printing, Bending and Shaping, Die Casting, Lathe/Milling Machine/CAD-CAM, Manufactured Boards, Power and Machine tools and Soft and Hardwoods. The lessons are suitable for KS3 and GCSE students.
**Shaping Techniques: Die Casting and Sand Casting: Whole Lesson
This full lesson includes accurate information for your students to understand Die Casting and Sand Casting. Great to introduce students too - but also for revision.
What the PPT includes:
• The starter introduces them to an exam style question based on Die Casting - students will be given a hand out explaining the command words which will appear in their exam. They will them highlight the command words and key information in the mock question itself. (this will come in handy later on in the lesson)
• Information about the Die Casting and sand casting process - images and videos
• Two hand outs -
The first task asks students to answer an exam style question relating to Die Casting - They will be given time to answer the question. The second hand out shows a model answer to the question along with the mark scheme. They will be asked to mark the model answer using the mark scheme and reflect. They will they go back to their answer and mark in the same way reflecting after. Plenary - Students will identify the pro’s of each casting process.
**Shaping Techniques: Lathe/Milling Machine/CAD-CAM/his PPT is a whole lesson.
It’s great to introduce students to the topic of Shaping Techniques when using the Milling machine and Lathe (can also be used for the revision period) - It also explores CAD/CAM when used with these 2 machines/processes.
An exam question has also been included focusing on The Milling Machine. The answer for this question has been provided also with highlighted content showing where students will pick up the marks. This is all presented on 1 slide, so you could always show it to the class and run through it to encourage self assessment.
The PPT is full of reliable subject information. Videos and imagery are included for those more visual learners and to support understanding and learning
**Shaping Techniques: Bending and Shaping PPT is a whole lesson.
This PPT is a whole lesson - great for introducing students to the topic or for revision.
The lesson cover:
Bending Materials – naming 3 types
This is a task for students to complete. The task consists of students completing a detailed table by unscrambling the function of each bending type and example products. Answers have been provided on the next slide for the convenience of teacher and student.
Heated before being bent-
Subject specific information including reference to ‘annealing’
Pressed and Shaped
Subject specific information provided - images and video to help support learning. Diagram of the pressing process provided along with a task for students asking them to draw and label the metal sheet press process - great for exam prep.
**Shaping Techniques: 3D Printing PPT is a whole lesson.
Slides include reliable information from the CGP Revision booklet. You will find the following:
Clearly layed out task sheets to help structure the students’ work/lesson Information referring to - the 3d printing process, CAD/CAM, videos, prototypes and how 3D printing has helped in other industries - Health and Food. Students to answer a practice question - PPT includes model answer and encourages students to self reflect and improve their answer.
**Power and Machine tools - PPT and Comprehensive Task
Here you have a PPT displaying the key power tools and machine tools (which are featured in the CGP revision guide) all of the information which the students need to know for the exam are included, as the information has been used from the revision guide. The information is clear and includes images.
You will also receive a comprehensive sheet, which has been differentiated (low and high ability)
It has been advised for the teacher to print most of the ppt slides as flashcard (using the print 6 per page setting) and for the students to complete the comprehensive sheet. The teacher will then dedicate time to run through the questions and answers and the students to self mark.
There is a plenary at the end to encourage students to move around the room and answering/asking as many questions to a peer in 30 seconds.
**Manufactured Boards- PPT and Task Handout
Here you will find a full lesson teaching students about manufactured boards. The PPT contains reliable subject knowledge, images, task sheets (along with mock question & answer) and links to ‘how it’s made’ videos.
The PPT is divided into 3 parts -
Starter - Name that board!
Main - PPT slides clearly run through the 3 main manufactured boards - chipboard, MDF and Plywood. Task handouts encourage students to identify the wood by appearance and match them to their suited product. Students are provided with a mock exam question with answer.
Plenary - Speed Questioning! EXCITING!
**Softwoods and Hardwoods - PPT and task Handout
Here you will find a whole lesson. Resources include PPT and handout x4 sides! (oh not forgetting ALL of the ANSWERS!)
Students will be engaged throughout. The PPT is structured as -
Starter - Catagories and name the 8 soft and hardwoods (visuals shown)
Main - Information about each wood clearly presented, task for students to answer statements about each wood, design task for students to design a product fit for purpose, students collect customer feedback and an informative video showing students the process of how hardwood flooring is made.
Plenary - Referring back to the starter- students will answer and discuss.
This is a SOW that was written by me for the COSIM/LESP project. It attempts to help students overcome their misconceptions on the phenomena linked to particle theory. It recomends using the LESP computer programme, but any particle simulation programme will do, so long as students can place the particles where they want to....alternately drawing storyboards also works.
These handy flashcards provide an overview of key learning theory and how they can be used within the classroom. Theories included-
Behaviourism
Constructivism
Social-Learning Theory
Humanism
Montessori Approach
Attachment Theory
Metacognition
Bioecological model of development
Discovery Learning Theory
Anchored Instruction
Zone of Proximal Development
Cognitive Development
Maslow’s Hierachy of Needs
Experiential Learning
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Mindset Theory
These are the perfect companion for trainees, NQT’s and ECT’s to ensure a variety of teaching techniques are deployed within the classroom.
Top Tip #1- These cards last longer when laminated and are put on an easy to grab keyring!
Top Tip #2- These cards could be used as a stimulus for criticality when writing assignments by discussing contrasting theory.
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CPD/ training: Engaging all students part 1 - the quiet ones - session (lasts 45mins -1 hour with time for questions) a detailed 3 step guide with activities throughout. Interesting and hands on training session, suitable for NQTs or as a refresher for any teachers.
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This powerpoint includes all content required to teach the Theories of Learning topic of the OCR A-Level PE course.
(It will work as a normal powerpoint document, but for best use, upload and open / use this document on Google Drive.)
This resource pack is comprised of:
1.) Observation & Learning Walk Performance Grid
2.) Marking and Feedback Performance Grid
For use alongside lesson observations, learning walks, and book monitoring, these succinct performance grids enable observers to gauge, categorise, and feedback on teaching and learning sessions using OFSTED guidance for effective teaching. The documents provide descriptors of 'outstanding', 'good', 'requires improvement' and 'inadequate' practice within appropriately considered teaching and learning focus areas, for example: Questioning, Positive Feedback, Use of Additional Adults, etc. Schools who still grade individual teachers have noted that these are helpful aids in arriving at an overall judgement.
Introduction
Various theories that explain how children learn have been formulated. Teacher and subject centred teaching methods were mostly used in ancient times. Today however, many educational research scholars have come up with more appropriate teaching methods. Researchers in Child Developmental are of the opinion that the aspects of growth and development are interrelated and thus a child’ physical development will affect his/her socio-emotional as well as cognitive development and hence his/her learning. Knowledge of theoretical principles in child development and instructional methods will help us understand the stages through which a child passes and what he/she is capable of learning or doing.
A teaching and learning handbook that outlines the following areas:
Contents
Knowledge Rich Curriculum
Planning a great lesson
The non-negotiables
Feedback and assessment
Horsforth
Extended Learning
CPD
Princilpes of instruction
Quality assurance
Teacher files
Teaching and Learning group
Handout of Bandura’s Social Learning Theory including key facts, Bobo doll experiment and four stages of learning. Could be used as a handout to aid in teaching a lesson on Social Learning Theory, as a revision guide or as a classroom poster.
A resource created by multiple teachers to support the delivery of the degree sport programmes. It can also be used for other specifications and subject areas. The unit itself contains a range of PowerPoints that cover the unit contents.
Roles of a teacher
Professional standards of a teacher
Theories of teaching/learning x2
Methods of assessment
Feedback
This resource contains 2 hours of teaching time.
This lesson includes;
Exam practice
MWB Exercise
Writing tasks
Video tasks
Discussion tasks
Essay planning
A template with tips on how to create your own eye-catching journey
Size is preset to fit A3 paper
With location pin bank, red roadwork boxes (for even more detail, such as curriculum links) and there are even some vehicles parked ready in the car park - just get creative!
Includes help notes that can be over typed
This is a powerpoint document
I write the schools teaching and learning newsletters every two weeks. These are NOT my own personal ideas I merely source them from various places (research articles, text books, twitter, educational blogs) to provide CPD to the staff at my school and share best practice. They include teaching and learning ideas, activities, current and topical pedagogy etc.
If this is something you are responsible for in your own school or you would like to improve your own knowledge with very short simple snippets of advice then why not download them and save yourself a bit research time.
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