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Great teachers use questioning for two main – and quite distinct – purposes: to promote students’ thinking, and to assess it. Questioning in the classroom is a popular topic, and quite rightly [...]

Student agency refers to feelings of autonomy and input that learners have over their own learning. It is rooted in the principle that when students believe their actions can make a difference, [...]

Prompted by the release of the UK Department for Education’s (DfE) Trust Quality Descriptions in July 2023, we have had the opportunity to reflect on how the Great Teaching Toolkit supports [...]

What belongs to you and is cherished by you, but is used almost exclusively by everybody else? Riddle lovers may quickly recognise the answer to this: your name. It’s a good brain teaser, but it [...]