One of the problems with a conception of learning that is focused on ‘understanding’ is that it...
Effective Practice
Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science
by Dianne Murphy | Feb 19, 2014 | Effective Practice
How many phonemes are there in the English language? How many different ways are there to...
Code-Teaching or Code-Breaking?
by Dianne and James Murphy | Feb 15, 2014 | Effective Practice, Myths and Misconceptions
Code-breaking is what you do when you don't know the code. There are two main approaches to...
The Writing On The Wall
by Dianne and James Murphy | Feb 1, 2014 | Effective Practice
“It would be good if your training programme presented a more balanced view.” This oft-posed...
A question of expectations
by Dianne and James Murphy | Jan 25, 2014 | Effective Practice
Students’ progress can be inadvertently limited by the things we do as teachers. For example, if...




