The Science of Learning CPD
The Science of Learning CPD workshops are available for inset days/in school CPD.
About the workshop
Our one day Science of Learning teacher CPD workshop brings our best-selling book The Science of Learning to life, helping your staff find out about the most important educational psychology research in an interesting and useful way.
Divided into three sections, this workshop covers the best evidence-based strategies for the classroom. These will allow your staff to improve students’ memory and resilience and help them become independent learners.
Take a look behind the scenes and find out what this CPD workshop looks like by reading this thorough blog from a teacher who attended one of our Science of Learning CPD courses…
WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE DAY
- An overview of the most recent and interesting educational research
- Practical strategies to enhance learning in the classroom, based on research
THE KEY MESSAGES
Memory
- Retrieval practice, spacing, interleaving
- Pre-questions and elaborative interrogation
- Dual coding and the production effect
Resilience
- Creating resilient classrooms
- The link between feedback and resilience
- Delayed gratification, fear of failure and high expectations
Independent learning
- Preparing to learn: sleep and breakfast
- Managing distractions: mobile phones and music
- The effects of others: the Bandwagon Effect and the Köhler Effect
THIS WORKSHOP WILL HELP TEACHERS IMPROVE STUDENTS’:
- Motivation to learn
- Memory and learning
- Resilience
- Metacognition and self-regulation
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In-person and online
We can deliver our workshops in person if it is possible and safe to do so. However, all of our teacher CPD workshops are also available for live online delivery via your video platform of choice.
