Research School Network: Blogs

Supporting disadvantaged learners through structured talk

Director Chris Runeckles discusses how structured talk can be used to tackle educational disadvantage

Deploying Teaching Assistants – updated guidance report – part 2: The practical aspects from the perspective of a SENCo

Co-authored with Research Associate Kate Blight (former SENCo) the blog explores what the new guidance report means for schools.

Deploying Teaching Assistants - updated guidance report - part 1

This blog is the first of a two-part series looking into recommendations 1 and 2 of the updated EEF report on TA deployment.

Exploring the intersection of oracy, diversity and disadvantage

Metacognition and structured talk

Chris Runeckles explores how we can support students to articulate metacognitive thinking and purposefully direct their learning

Refining Whole-class Feedback

Research School Associate and science teacher Jody Chan explores changes she has made to post-assessment/homework feedback

I am a teacher of ...... – what has maths got to do with me?

A look into the role of non-maths teachers in developing students mathematical identities and perceptions

Accountable Talk

Metacognitive Questions - Clips from the Classroom

Supporting disadvantaged learners through consistency, clear routines and high expectations

The role that high expectations, routines, consistency and strong relationships in supporting disadvantaged learners.

Curriculum Design in Primary Science - Part Two

In the follow-up to her first blog Jody Chan delves deeper in the construction of primary science curriculum

Curriculum Design in Primary Science

The first of two blogs in which Research School Associate Jody Chan considers the primary science curriculum