Peer support exercise
Now that you know what’s required of a good listener, this peer coaching exercise will allow you to practice your listening skills, and empower others to try and work out …
Course: Supporting Successful Learning in Primary School
Managing behaviour
In Step 3.11 you saw that to have a good working atmosphere you needed: high quality relationships, to ensure effective use of language and, work with a framework of principles. …
Teacher’s view: Communication and language
In this video you hear again from Patrick, Michelle and Helen in our last round table discussion of the course. Patrick and Michelle discuss with Helen the skills children need …
What is the Effective Question Matrix?
The quality of an answer received is determined by the quality of the question asked. An effective method is to write down exactly the questions you want to ask, and …
The importance of the right question
In the video ‘Questions’, Professor Ted Wragg, discusses three types of questions, he discovered, were often asked in schools. Let’s break these down a little further: Type Definition Example Managerial …
What is a good question?
A question is an enquiry either spoken or written to find something out, and you tend to ask questions to which you don’t know the answer. However, in school, adults …
Next steps
We’ve come to the end of the course – thank you for joining us and we really hope you’ve enjoyed it. Before we suggest some ways for you to continue …
Support staff and children
In 2003-2009, the Deployment and Impact of Support Staff (DISS) project conducted the largest research study of the impact TAs and support staff have within [UK] schools, and in this …
Good listening
Listening involves giving attention, and when a child doesn’t get that attention, they can feel upset, confused, angry and it can affect their self-esteem. It can also cause them to …
Expert view: Language development
In this video, Helen meets with Professor Rhona Stainthorp, from the Institute of Education at the University of Reading, where she discusses the important aspects of language in the early …
Primary and secondary behaviour
As mentioned in Step 3.11, ensuring a good working atmosphere in the learning situation is a complicated task, and can test even the most experienced staff. However, it can also …
Understanding the Haydn scale
In the previous Step you were introduced to an illustrative example of the Haydn scale in action. To ensure learning happens, staff need to have control of both the individuals …
The Haydn scale
Note: The audio in this video is purposefully distorted. In this video you’re introduced to the Haydn Scale – a tool that’s used by teaching staff to help them identify, …
Situation: The sofa
In this Step you’re introduced to a real case scenario that Helen witnessed in a primary school, and you may have witnessed a similar scene yourself in a classroom. Take …
Teacher’s view: Teaching in reality
In our third round table discussion, hear from our teaching experts Helen, Patrick and Michelle discussing their views on the learning environment in school and what works for them. While …
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Supporting Successful Learning in Primary School