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The title notwithstanding, this book is a useful and insightful guide to managing a classroom successfully, offering detailed suggestions on how to be an effective leader and teacher in any...

This is essential reading for any and all teachers – supply or permanent – and cover supervisors; it starts off with some general observations on human behaviour and how this...

As a psychologist, I’m obviously pleased that teachers are becoming so enthusiastic about how psychological principles can be used in education“, writes teacher Marc Smith The overwhelming interest is, quite...

Are you and your students getting the most out of your guided reading lesson plans? Guided reading books for teachers like The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading by Jan...

I read this in a magazine recently: Think of a teenager as a wet bar of soap. If your contact is too light, it will slip out. If you apply...

At Step Teachers, we like to find the best resources for Teaching with technology and primary sources. Robert Hawcross wanted to share one of his favorite resources called the World...

"If something on their desk or in their pocket dings, rings or vibrates — they will lose focus." "Students are doing so much in class, distraction and disruption isn't really...

Businesses that operate within the education recruitment sector have a responsibility to ensure best practice and value are common place across the supply chain. This is the view of Marios...

Here’s an inspiring talk by Sir Ken Robinson. Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize, much less cultivate, the talents of many brilliant people. “We are...

Ok, I’m going to say it. I’m done with school trips. Not entirely because I don’t think they have value but because of the downstream consequences of them. You see,...