Scholars Blogs

Imogen Mitchell talks about her initial teacher training year

Charlotte Webster talks about her experience as a young maths student and how that influenced her own teaching, along with other highlights of her ITT course.

John McAlister reflects on his own experience of training to be a maths teacher at a local school in Hertfordshire.

Jefri Reci shares his thoughts on how his own school experience impacts his attitude to behaviour management.

The most important thing I have learnt during my teacher training is that strong student-teacher relationships can have a great impact on a class’ behaviour. I now believe they are vital in ensuring students learn effectively.

We hear Andreea Rotaru's thoughts on the CPD Workshop, ‘An example of a Teaching for Mastery lesson for KS3’, where participants experienced a sequence of lessons aimed at developing a deep understanding of maths as opposed to encouraging students to resort to rote learning.