Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching
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Primary Headteacher | Teaching Blog/Vlog | Teaching and Learning | http://wagollteaching.com and http://youtube.com/wagollteaching
Not all modelling is best conducted at the front of the classroom... buff.ly/RfP64hW
⭐ A Gather Around: A Step-By-Step Model Script
A step-by-step guide for WAGOLL+ members on how to use Gather Arounds to demonstrate processes and events for primary children
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Not all modelling is best conducted at the front of the classroom... buff.ly/RfP64hW
⭐ A Gather Around: A Step-By-Step Model Script
A step-by-step guide for WAGOLL+ members on how to use Gather Arounds to demonstrate processes and events for primary children
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Thinking Aloud - Children need to know how you became intelligent and the process that that entails buff.ly/OO9kwZQ
The Art of Modelling: Thinking Aloud
Helping children hear the expert thinking behind knowledge, concepts and processes
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Modelling is essential for novice learners. It directs attention, encodes key moves, and shows what success can look like. But in practice, we do far more than just model outcomes. buff.ly/U9gUN7J
The Art of Modelling: Demonstrating Expert Knowledge
Taking a broader view of what modelling means for teaching in the primary classroom
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To use research-informed strategies effectively, primary teachers must balance the science of learning with how primary school children develop.
Considering the Primary Child: Teaching with Development in Mind
To use research-informed strategies effectively, primary teachers must balance the science of learning with how children develop.
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A learning model that shows how memory and environment work together and reflects how children truly learn in EYFS and Primary.
A Learning Model with the Environment in Mind
A learning model that shows how memory and environment work together and reflects how children truly learn in EYFS and Primary.
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A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in June!
📼 WAGOLL Rewind: June 2025
A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in June!
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Using structured discussion to adapt strategies to work in your primary classroom context:
ADAPT Meetings: A Model for Great PD Training
Using structured discussion to embed strategies that work in your classroom context
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Write, Pair, Share scaffolds thinking before it's discussed with a partner. Really important in primary. When discussions are more complex. buff.ly/lRWHMT9
⭐ Write, Pair, Share – With Planning Script
Helping children shape their thinking before they speak
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This week's post! Demonstrating Expert Knowledge: Taking a broader view of what modelling means for teaching in the primary classroom buff.ly/13T11v7
The Art of Modelling: Demonstrating Expert Knowledge
Taking a broader view of what modelling means for teaching in the primary classroom
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Using structured discussion to embed strategies that work in your classroom context
ADAPT Meetings: A Model for Great PD Training
Using structured discussion to embed strategies that work in your classroom context
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My latest Substack on The Art of Modelling is inspired by posts from Rachel, Alex and Emma! buff.ly/Yd39eVV
My latest Substrack for leads looking to run Adapt Meetings to support the contextualisation of teaching strategies into year groups and subjects. buff.ly/9rB3sUA
Discovery learning to drive would be chaotic and dangerous. A maths lesson won't cause a crash, but if we agree that direct instruction reduces mistakes and confusion, that alone justifies its effectiveness for teaching biological secondary knowledge.
"If we don’t take the rich evidence base we have and really consider and evaluate how we can use it in real learning environments, then the broader movement termed the ‘science of learning’ will be seen as a fad like so many other failed initiatives in education" #Unterricht #Didaktik
Carl Hendrick@carlhendrick.substack.com · last yr.*NEW POST* The first in a series of posts on how to move away from strategies and activities to applying the science of learning in a more effective way. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/bright-lin...
Lived in Dubai for 11 years. My daughter was born and lived here for a years. This week she has now started referring to dinner as 'tea'. Proudest moment so far 🥲🤣 Proud northern dad!
I really wanted to create a learning model that really focused on the reality of learning, particularly in the Primary and Early Years settings. The interaction with the environment is fundamental to the early learning stage: buff.ly/Aju9Y7C
A Learning Model with the Environment in Mind
A learning model that shows how memory and environment work together and reflects how children truly learn in EYFS and Primary.
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Each week I've been sharing practical teaching strategies, task design research and book recommendations. I've found writing a great way of refining research into digestible content for myself and others. In case you missed my posts over the last month: open.substack.com/pub/wagollte...
📼 WAGOLL Rewind: May 2025
A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in May!
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