Great Teaching Tooklit Archives

Why do we see teacher expertise as needing knowledge, skill and judgement (even though most people seem to focus on just one of these)?

Thu 17th August 2023

In their chapter in the second edition of the Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance, Stigler and Miller claim that “most teacher education and professional development [...]

Developing Great Teaching INSET

Fri 21st April 2023

The Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review and Model for Great Teaching forms a comprehensive and accessible review of the international research evidence on the things that teachers know and do [...]

A common language for great teaching

Thu 24th November 2022

First published for ISC Research, ‘A common language for great teaching’ was written by Julia Armstrong, Assistant Head for Professional Learning at Kellett Senior School Hong Kong. [...]

Now in the GTT: Community

Wed 20th April 2022

The Great Teaching Toolkit Community: May 2022 Since the Great Teaching Toolkit was released in September 2021, its aim has been to provide teachers with high-quality feedback, training and tools [...]

Student perceptions on teaching: Can student surveys provide useful feedback for teacher learning?

Thu 23rd September 2021

When it comes to determining priorities for teacher professional development, the decision-making process is generally driven by: The priorities or guidance of school leadership; or [...]