Ep 006: What's Wrong With Planning Activities?

How can we safeguard against pedagogical fads? Is 'engagement' pupils getting up, having experiences and teaching each other? Or does 'engagement' describe pupils enthralled through teacher exposition and questioning, and engaging in lots of practice? Pritesh and Neena explore.

Timestamps:

0:10 Seduced by Teaching Ideas
2:27 Blu Tack Lesson Reflections
5:08 Ofsted Panic and Teacher Talk
7:54 Activities Versus Content
12:28 Building the Knowledge Web
17:51 Rehearsal, Feedback, and Practice
22:48 Engaging Explanations Matter
26:15 Voice, Pause, and Story
30:43 Intentional Teaching Delivery
37:26 Thinking Hard to Learn
41:21 Next Episode’s Reward Debate

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