"If you have a spare half-hour or so, you could read Memorable Teaching from cover to cover. I doubt you'll find an education book with more useful insights per minute of reading time." - Dylan Wiliam - Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment, UCLThis book is for any educator who's interested in understanding how learning works, and how to optimise their teaching to make it happen.From the author of Lean Lesson Planning, this latest instalment in the High Impact Teaching series pulls together the best available evidence from cognitive science and educational research, and stitches them together into a concise and coherent set of actionable principles to improve your impact in the classroom.POWER UP YOUR TEACHINGIt's an evidence-informed teacher's guide to building enduring understanding, and sits alongside books such as Make It Stick, Why Don't Students Like School?, and What Every Teacher Needs To Know About Psychology.---CONTENTSAct I PreliminariesWhy memory?Memory architectureThe 9 principlesAct II Principles1: Manage information2: Orient attention3: Streamline communication4: Regulate load5: Expedite elaboration6: Refine structures7: Stabilise changes8: Align pedagogies9: Embed metacognitionPRAISE FOR MEMORABLE TEACHING"I can't remember when I have ever read a book that takes such complex ideas and communicates them with sophistication and simplicity." - Oliver Caviglioli, Founder and author of HOW2s"The book packs an awful lot of useful material into a short, easy to read format and as such is something that all teachers should add to their collections." - Josh Goodrich, Head of CPD at Oasis Southbank"A truly excellent book which sets out the science behind learning with remarkable clarity." - Mark Enser, Head of Geography at Heathfield Community College
"I doubt you'll find an education book with more useful insights per minute of reading time." Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at UCLThis book is for any teacher or school leader who's interested in understanding how learning works, and how to optimise their teaching to make it happen. It stitches together the best available evidence from cognitive science and educational research into a coherent set of actionable principles that you can use to improve your impact in the classroom.Memorable Teaching has been carefully constructed to be a highly efficient reading experience. It is short, sparse and you should be able to read it in about an hour.Memorable Teachi