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Personalised
Learning David Miliband, minister of state for school standards, made personalised learning the central plank of his speech to the North of England Conference in January. "Personalised learning," he added, "means assessment, teaching, curriculum and school strategies designed to ensure that the talents of every individual can be fully realised." "It aims to raise standards for all by setting high expectations based on a sound knowledge and understanding of every child." This is not individualised learning where pupils sit alone at a computer, nor is it pupils left to do their own thing. It is the practical application of the insight that every single child has a talent of some kind or another. It is up to teachers and schools to recognise that talent and develop it. |
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Pupils
come into the classroom and there's something to do right
away. There's a puzzle on the board, a challenge on the
desk, something to think about. Right away, the teacher has
the attention of the class. The lesson is off to a flying
start. The
first ten minutes are spent on a brisk mini-activity to catch
the imagination. This
is the starter activity. They might work out and
explain the pattern in a sequence of numbers written on the
board or write down what they can infer from a statistical
graph. Summary
Document of what constitutes good teaching in Mathematics
Ofsted Summary Documents
These summary documents of Ofsted's finding provide an excellent reference point for teachers and HoDs seeking to improve the teaching of Mathematics and provides a good reference point against which to measure the quality of teaching whilst providing guidance of the next steps.
What is the difference between a Good and a Satisfactory lesson in the Secondary Classroom, plus Examples of key teaching points with suggested development ideas - Click here
Planning and Observation Sheets
The following documents are linked to Ofsted's new criteria
and I think it only fair to point out that the Teaching
Unions are warning against the use of Ofsted criteria in
terms of awarding a grade as it limits the quality of scope
of feedback from lesson observations and creates an
environment where observations are undertaken for the
limited purpose of monitoring rather than supporting
professional development as part of an effective system of
performance
management. This funny video clip lasts about a minute and looks at the problem of doing 25 divided by 5 - Click here.
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