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Self-regulation Is Taught, Not Innate
I remember sitting in a brightly lit professional development suite five years ago, listening to a consultant in a slim-fit suit explain...
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Teaching Pupils to Monitor Themselves
I was sitting in a middle leadership meeting last Tuesday—the kind where the air feels thin and the coffee tastes like burnt...
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Familiarity Feels Like Understanding
I remember sitting in a staff meeting ten years ago, listening to a consultant in a sharp suit explain how we could...
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Doing Well Today Is Not Learning
I remember sitting in a windowless training room back in 2012, listening to a consultant in a slim-fit suit explain why our...
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When Struggling Is the Point
I remember sitting in a department meeting ten years ago, nodding politely while a consultant in a slim-fit suit explained how “desirable...
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Transfer Is Harder Than Anyone Assumes
I remember sitting in a windowless training room during a Tuesday afternoon INSET, watching a consultant in a slim-fit suit explain the...
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Two Examples Before the Rule
I remember standing in front of a Year 9 group during a particularly bleak Tuesday afternoon, staring at thirty faces that looked...
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Words and Pictures Together, Not Decoration
I’ve sat through enough CPD sessions to know that when someone starts talking about “multimodal cognitive load theory,” they’re usually about to...
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Asking Why It Is True
I spent twenty minutes yesterday watching a CPD presenter explain “elaboration” using a slick, multi-coloured slide deck and terms like cognitive scaffolding...
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Explaining It to Yourself Out Loud
I remember standing at the front of a Year 9 classroom on a Tuesday afternoon, watching twenty-eight teenagers nod in unison while...
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