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Why is education important John Leggott College  Increased lifetime salary (13% for a degree)  Improved health (half the number of disabled years)  Longer life (1.7 years of life per extra year of schooling)  For society – increased economic growth

Which of the following skills is disappearing from the workplace? John Leggott College 1.Routine manual 2.Non – routine manual 3.Routine cognitive 4.Complex communication 5.Expert thinking/ problem- solving

Which of the following skills is disappearing from the workplace? John Leggott College Therefore important to educate future generations More important – prepare them to act intelligently when they are facing a situation they haven't been in before

Where is the solution for education? John Leggott College Structure – larger or smaller schools Alignment – curriculum reform, national strategies Governance – specialist schools and academies Technology – Computers, interactive whiteboards Classroom assistants

Where is the solution for education? John Leggott College Schools – different schools get different results – demographic factors account for most of the variation

Where is the solution for education? John Leggott College What matters is what happens to students in the classroom… Specifically – it’s the teacher. Looking at research: Students taught by the best teacher learn twice as fast as average Students taught by the worst teacher learn half as fast In the classrooms of the best teachers students from disadvantaged backgrounds and with behavioural difficulties do as well as those from advantaged backgrounds / without

But what makes a good teacher John Leggott College Advanced content matter knowledge <5% Pedogogical content knowledge 10-15% Further professional qualifications 5% Total explained difference 20-25% Remaining 75% is ‘dark matter’

What we shouldn’t do John Leggott College Raise the bar for entry into the profession – This would increase the proportion of students passing an examination by less than 3% This would result in one student per class, in thirty years…

Or… John Leggott College Make the teachers we have better. We should focus on the things that matter – what makes teaching different from lecturing?? = AfL By changing the small things, they can really make a difference

A good teacher John Leggott College Establishes where students are in their learning Identifies the learning destination Carefully plans a route Begins the learning journey Makes regular checks along the way Makes adjustments to the course as conditions dictate

Assessment for Learning John Leggott College Questioning Move away from I-R-E (teacher interferes too much) Don’t ask students with hands up (others escape teacher attention) Could use : Basketball approach – stops teacher involvement allows another student to go deeper into question Hotseating Random name generator

Assessment for Learning John Leggott College All class responses Mini whiteboards, ABCD cards, fingers Exit passes

Assessment for Learning John Leggott College Questioning If a student says ‘I don’t know’, don’t reply with ‘OK’. You could come back to the student Or ask several others for answers and ask them to choose the best one

Assessment for Learning John Leggott College Wording Rather than saying ‘are you OK?’ Better to ask do you agree / disagree

Assessment for Learning John Leggott College Giving students more responsibility Designate a small group of students to run a plenary reviewing the main points of the lesson When a question is asked, select another student using a RNG and ask them to answer it

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