Powerful Pedagogy

In Powerful Pedagogy, Ruth Powley, Love Learning Ideas blogger and experienced teacher and school leader, debunks teaching and learning myths and shows how the more we know about pedagogy, the more able we are to make informed, efficient choices about our practice, saving ourselves valuable time.

Ruth Powley is Deputy Headteacher at Wilmslow High School, Cheshire, UK, and author of the immensely popular Love Learning Ideas blog @powley_r.

Introduction: Why don't we know what effective teaching looks like? Chapter 1: What is powerful pedagogy? Chapter 2: Four principles of effective learning Chapter 3: Six principles of effective instruction Planning for effective instruction Part 1: Planning effective lessons Chapter 4: Modelling of excellence Chapter 5: Explaining for understanding Chapter 6: Practising to fluency Chapter 7: Questioning as assessment Chapter 8: Testing to permanency Chapter 9: Marking for improvement Planning for effective instruction Part 2: Designing effective curriculum sequences