Advice

Schemas and Memory

Inside every educators' head are subject schemas — the meaningful connections of individual facts. If we want students to develop such schemas, why not show them as part of our teaching?

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Five Ways Visuals Help Learning

Now that we know from research how learning occurs, we can identify the specific ways in which visuals support five psychological processes. These same processes can be used to improve learning for students and, for educational professionals.

Putting the pedagogy back into technology (or why zoom isn’t enough)

Providing learners with the opportunity to learn online during COVID was no mean feat. But for learning to be engaging, meaningful and sticky we need to add pedagogy to the mix — and fast.

‘Inclusion & SEN’ How can this reduce (rather than add to) workloads?

Supporting students with additional needs and those with EAL and poor literacy skills need not be another thing. Better to tweak ‘mainstream’ techniques that benefit all students, including those with additional needs and, at the same time, reduce teaching workloads. Sounds crazy? Read on.

Overcoming barriers to progress in the classroom, lab or workspace

Do your learners struggle to focus on learning from the moment they arrive? Do they have difficulty retrieving and revisiting content from previous sessions? Is progress hindered by learners struggling to understand what great work looks like?

Helping Subject Matter Experts Become Teaching Experts

Giving busy educators the agency to grow and develop as adaptive, reflective practitioners the HOW2 Platform frees up organizational resources to support those who need it most.