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A key to transforming practice – Spiral vs Linear Learning Part II

On 28-11-2014

In A key to transforming practice – spiral vs linear learning Part I I proposed that the way teachers think about learning influences the way they teach. By observing the actions of teachers in day to day practice and how they structure and discuss learning within their lessons, units, and across the year we can […]

On 07-10-2014

A class begins, something is taught, hopefully something is learnt, the bell rings and then the next class begins. A unit of learning is begun, there are a range of activities occuring across days – weeks – months, hopefully something is learnt, then the unit ends and the next unit begins. A school year begins, […]

On 13-08-2014

I have been having a lot of interesting presentations at schools lately where I have been brought in to work with the teachers on formative assessment or differentiation or backward planning or some other pedagogical or curriculum strategy with the aim of building teacher capacity to create great learning environments. One of my key messages […]

On 28-05-2014

In Part I I argued that we can’t actually measure learning, the best we can do is infer learning from behaviour demonstrated over time. I pointed out that most of the measurement approaches I have seen used by teachers and schools are poor quality or are based on anecdotal observation that does not allow students […]

On 22-05-2014

How do we know that a learner has learnt something? Is it from one off tests? Is it from their performance in rich learning tasks? Is it from reflection at the end of term as you do your reports? Is it from keep a track of what your students submit? How do YOU measure if […]

On 06-05-2014

“When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to climb.” Patanjali, Ancient Yoga Master When I first began as an educational consultant I thought that my core business would be working with teachers and schools supporting them to plan rich, authentic learning for students […]

On 11-02-2014

A student’s performance is mostly impacted by three communities The School Learning Environment The Student’s Peer Community and their own beliefs about learning The Parental / Family Community Schools tend to spend most of their time, money and energy working on the School-Student leg. Most of the professional development done in schools is based on […]

On 05-02-2014

One of the sports I reintroduced myself to when I first began university was track and field. I was a reasonable athlete as a junior, nothing special, but I wanted to get involved in something that would challenge me personally. I had played team sports for years, and still did at the time, but I […]

On 04-02-2014

Welcome to all of our new and old subscribers! As most of you probably realise by now – after all of our informative and resourceful newsletters – the team at Intuyu Consulting spends much of their time working in long term learning partnerships with schools. We love it because we get the chance to build relationships, we […]

On 29-01-2014

Welcome back to the start of the school year and we are hoping you are feeling refreshed and fired up ready to go! A little over two years ago I sat down with two primary school teachers to have a conversation with them to discover what had them be so successful with developing their students […]

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A key to transforming practice – Spiral vs Linear Learning Part II

A key to transforming practice – Spiral vs Linear Learning Part I

Moving from Teacher Centred to Learner Driven Learning

Assessment and Processes to Develop Active Learning: Part II

Assessment and Processes to Develop Active Learning: Part I

Building Trust and Developing Teacher Leadership

Bringing Parents into the Learning Partnership

Going for Mastery – The Journey of Learning

Delivering Long Term Results

Start the Year with Great Habits!