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Explaining New Learning

Elements of Good Practice

Ask QUESTIONs

Introducing in small steps

Chunking the learning into smaller, manageable 'units' to reduce cognitive load and allow working memory to funtion effectively.

Employ a range of effective questioning stratagies to encourage higher order thinking and student- led explorations of new knowledge

Explaining New Learning

“Explaining new learning” are the teacher’s activities and practices to help the learner construct new knowledge. It is a combination of prior learning, new information and engendering a readiness to learn. Teaching methods should involve a range of approaches; modelling, ‘chunking’ the learning, questioning that promotes higher-order thinking, and student-led inquiry.

Learner choice throughout

Provide models

Essentially, learning by being shown what a good one looks like or deconstructing what a bad one looks like. The pupils should be involved in the modelling more and more as skills are learned.

Ensuring personalisation and choice from the outset; co-creation of success criteria, open questioning techniques and learners options in modelling.