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March 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I've been working a bit on #modelling, as a key element of effective #adaptive_teaching, so here is a new blog post collating some thoughts on how it can be planned for.
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Modelling and how to plan for it
The current focus on ‘adaptive teaching’ has meant that the craft (or art) of teacher modelling has rightly been foregrounded, as a crucial mechanism for making learning accessible. Interestingly, whe...
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August 13, 2024 at 1:58 PM
I've been working a bit on modelling, as a key element of effective #adaptive_teaching, so here is a new blog post collating some thoughts on how it can be planned for.
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Modelling and how to plan for it
The current focus on ‘adaptive teaching’ has meant that the craft (or art) of teacher modelling has rightly been foregrounded, as a crucial mechanism for making learning accessible. Interestingly, whe...
jamesdurran.blog
August 14, 2024 at 6:45 PM
NEW POST #Disciplinary_literacy: more on challenging texts in the classroom; ensuring that pupils are reading 'actively' and thinking hard. All part of good #adaptive_teaching!
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Disciplinary literacy: ‘active’ reading in the classroom
Some ways to make sure that students are thinking hard when they read challenging texts in the classroom In a recent post, I explored ways in which a teacher (in this case of geography) might succe…
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July 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On #adaptive_teaching. If we think of teaching (in the moment & over time) as conversation, then it will be naturally adaptive. Conversation is built on feedback loops: we adapt what we say next according to what others have learned from us, & to what we've learned from them.
February 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lots of great stuff on here at the moment on 'checking for understanding' (and on #adaptive_teaching generally.) At its core, it's all about #feedback_loops.
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On ‘checking for understanding’ and feedback loops
A lot is being written and published at the moment on adaptive teaching, and particularly on how ‘checking for understanding’ happens in classrooms. It strikes me that some of the discourse risks o…
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March 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM