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10 Strategies To Make Learning Feel More Like A Game by TeachThought Staff We’ve talked about gamification quite a bit, which is different than game-based learning, if you’ll recall. (The definition of gamification is the application of game-like mechanics to non-game entities to encourage a specific behavior. You can read more if you’d like.) M...

Each day more research confirms the link between movement and learning. Brain researcher David Sousa claims that physical activity increases the amount of oxygen in our blood, and this oxygen is related to enhanced learning and memory. A recent Washington Post article suggests that many student behaviors we associate with ADHD may stem from an o...

Targets for the number of new trainee teachers in England have been missed for the third year running, prompting concerns of an intensified recruitment crisis in schools. This year, 28,148 graduates began initial teacher training courses, representing 94% of the target figure. At secondary level, where population increases are set to hit schools...

Plans to redress differences in school funding across England are expected to be outlined in the Autumn Statement. Change will begin in 2017-18 after consultation on the details, which could happen in early 2016, George Osborne is likely to say on Wednesday. This would begin to reduce historical variations in funding per pupil between different ...

Teacher shortages leave schools sharing applicants By Laurence Cawley and Georgie Bevan BBC News Article taken from the BBC Education website; To read full article click http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34731466 Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption Some head teachers say where they once received up to 30 applications per...

How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn by Justin Chando To tell a student “great job”or “this needs work” is a missed opportunity. Everyone loves to hear they did a great job. And perhaps your student really did nail this latest assignment. But the problem with “great job” is this: it’s not specific. There is no in...

10 Indicators Of Efficient Teaching by TeachThought Staff Notice that we didn’t use the more vague “good teacher” phrasing. That’s an important distinction, because here we’re talking about something a bit more clinical. Not entirely scientific and analytical and icky, but not entirely rhetorical and abstract and mushy either. Something somewher...

Nearly one in six teachers starting in England's schools last year qualified overseas, according to official figures obtained by the Times Educational Supplement (TES). In the year to March, 6,179 teachers who qualified elsewhere had their qualifications recognised in England, suggests Department for Education data. This amounts to 16% of 38,746...

It will take a decade to bring maths teaching in England up to world-beating standards, say subject experts. A report from the Advisory Council on Mathematics Education (ACME) suggests teachers responsible for maths in both primary and secondary schools need better qualifications and training. Without more good teachers efforts to improve skills...

Uniform Education are very proud to have received this excellent feedback from an Australian trained teacher. Megan who is arriving in the UK later this month to work through Uniform Education as a supply teacher. "Uniform Education have been great and provided me with an easy transition into London teaching from Australia. They organised interv...