Teaching and learning

Leading CPD practitioners including Mary Myatt, Kathrine Mortimore, Sue Cowley and David Didau offer their advice on the key topics and evidence-based research in teaching and learning to help you to grow and develop as a teacher.

  • Improving engagement with pre-1900 texts

    Improving engagement with pre-1900 texts

    Published: 05/12/2022

    Pre-1900 literary texts can be challenging for KS3-4 English students. Here are some ideas and classroom resources to engage students and build important comprehension and GCSE exam skills. 

    By: Victoria Walker
  • Disciplinary literacy: Seven tips for explicit vocabulary teaching

    Disciplinary literacy: Seven tips for explicit vocabulary teaching

    Published: 02/02/2022

    Kathrine Mortimore, author of Disciplinary Literacy and Explicit Vocabulary Teaching and lead practitioner in English, shares her expert advice on how to embed explicit vocabulary teaching into a primary or secondary curriculum. 

    By: Kathrine Mortimore
  • Effective strategies for teaching migration

    Effective strategies for teaching migration

    Published: 30/08/2022

    Increasing numbers of history departments are teaching migration at KS3 and KS4. Head of History Emily Folorunsho explains why her department chose to switch and the strategies they use to teach the topic.

    By: Emily Folorunsho
  • Focus on pronunciation in MFL

    Focus on pronunciation in MFL

    Published: 31/10/2022

    Introducing more pronunciation doesn’t need a radically new way of teaching modern foreign languages. Here are some tips and resources to help you increase your focus on pronunciation.

    By: Lucy Palmer
  • Getting ready for the 2024 MFL GCSE specifications

    Getting ready for the 2024 MFL GCSE specifications

    Published: 06/02/2023

    The draft French specifications for the new curriculum are now published, and here at Teachit we already have resources to support you in your teaching of the 2024 curriculum content.

    By: Lucy Palmer
  • 20 ideas for making it stick

    20 ideas for making it stick

    Published: 05/09/2020

    Head of Science, ResearchEd presenter and founder member of CogSciSci, Adam Boxer, shares his ideas for helping students to build up the knowledge required in the GCSE curriculum.

    By: Adam Boxer