Opinion

Is multitasking a myth? People seem to be able to do more than one thing at a time, for example we can drive a car and listen to music. But is this really multitasking? When we have reached a [...]

‘Lethal mutations in education and how to prevent them’ was co-authored by Kate Jones, Senior Associate for Teaching and Learning here at EBE, and Dylan Wiliam, who sits on our [...]

Teaching tips and tricks: avoiding ‘fast fashion’ professional development In an excellent blog post, Sarah Cottingham wrote about teaching ‘tips and tricks’ offered in professional development [...]

For much of the ten years I spent as a classroom teacher, I thought that motivation came in only two flavours: extrinsic and intrinsic. I saw a binary distinction between them. Extrinsic [...]

Putting high-quality teaching at the heart of a pupil premium strategy A focus on high-quality teaching as part of a pupil premium strategy, or any strategy, almost feels too obvious, doesn’t [...]