Practice Perfect for Teachers
Lots of recent blogs have expressed a general sense of dissatisfaction with the impact of CPD / INSET in schools - Joe Kirby brings the main themes together in his characteristically incisive and clear post here so I won't add to the stupendous recent edu-blog word count by discussing it here. Instead, here's a summary of an attempt we made recently to run an INSET session on using the principles of deliberate practice in order to develop questioning skills. To give some context, we have been focused for a while on developing questioning as one of the 'things that make the most difference' in the classroom, and had previously undertaken some conventional training on this, through presenting to the whole staff. This was then followed up by doing smaller group work on structuring questioning for engagement, in which teachers had a go at experiencing some of the structures. Questioning for engagement from Cherwelllearning However, after reading Practice Perfect (th...