T&L Staff Bulletin 2020/21

Teaching and Learning is at the heart of our work in Gateacre School and is central to our ever developing school culture. Each week a short teaching and learning bulletin is produced to share ideas and prompt discussion as we continue to grow as a whole school.

The teaching and learning bulletin, or T&L in 5 as we have dubbed it, is at times light hearted, at others serious, with some contents proving contentious and others simply current teaching and learning fact, backed by academic research. Below is an index which focusses on research based topics that allows the reader to delve into past issues in pursuit of specific areas. Enjoy!

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TOPIC	ISSUE
Behaviour Management	11, 12, 29, 32, 34, 49, 50, 64, 74, 75, 78, 79, 84, 112
Desirable Difficulties	19, 60, 61, 62, 63,101, 102
Dialogic Teaching/Discussions	12, 26, 36, 79, 87
Dual Coding	30, 31, 68, 70, 81, 104, 107
Feedback	1, 7, 8, 40, 43, 75, 90, 94, 95, 96, 107
Growth mindset Theory	7, 11, 24, 25, 26, 33, 45, 58, 84,
Home Communications	36
Homework	6, 52, 53
Instruction	13, 59, 67, 77
Interleaving	61, 71, 72, 73, 88, 91
Knowledge Organisers / Mind Mapping	66, 78 97
Learning Environment / Classroom Climate	17, 29, 34, 35, 63
Learning Outcomes	37, 38, 39
Learning Styles	20, 57, 82
Maths	67
Memory – the nature of and learning	47, 64, 76, 80, 81, 84, 87, 103, 105
Metacognition/Autonomy	3, 18, 32, 46, 47, 48, 77
Motivation & Engagement	13, 14, 15, 31, 33, 43, 47, 48, 58, 60, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80
Music	17
Myths of Education	20, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 68, 82,
Open Door Classrooms	9, 10
Peer Tuition	8
Practice	21, 22, 36, 37, 39
Questioning	2, 4, 6, 12, 18, 28, 32, 35, 38, 41, 42, 56, 88,89, 90, 91, 92,
Reading	41, 69, 72 86
Retrieval Practice	16, 19, 31, 48, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 73, 84, 86, 88, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100 112,
Rigour	23, 24 94
Schema	105, 106, 108, 111,
Subject Knowledge	61
Seating Plans	15
Setting/Steaming	92, 93
Stretch & Challenge	41, 45
Spaced Learning	83, 96 108
Teaching Assistants	70, 71, 104
Teaching Techniques	93 110, 111
Task Setting (Brighten Lines) & Teacher Talk	54, 59, 72
Teacher Body Language/Positioning	30, 35
Teacher Beliefs & Professional Behaviours	65, 66, 74
Thinking Skills - Taxonomy	26, 27, 42, 55, 89, 90 91, 92, 93
Writing	40

T&L Staff Bulletin 2020/21

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