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Creating a metacognitive classroom

January 6, 2021January 22, 2021Oxford English Team

Metacognition is about pupils’ ability to monitor and direct their own learning. The concept of metacognition has been around for a long time, but seems to be having a revival recently, perhaps in part owing to some of the challenges presented by lockdown. Beyond the nightmare navigation of zooms, screen sharing and behaviour management from […]

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Virtual Learning in History: tips and advice from Lindsay Bruce

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020Oxford History Team
Virtual Learning in History

The past few weeks have been hard. It’s hardly a new insight, but for teachers – a group that likes to be in control – this has been particularly tough! Working from home and trying to get the children we teach to learn virtually is a unique situation that creates the following areas of concern: […]

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