On this week’s Tes podagogy, literacy expert Alex Quigley highlights the importance of reading comprehension, and how secondary teachers can foster it in their classrooms ..read more

Given the rise in young people playing video games as a consequence of the pandemic, this week's Tes podagogy is an episode from 2019 with Dr Peter Etchells, the professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University. He explains what the research tells us about the impact of video games, and why they can be of benefit to pupils ..read more

As exam anxiety builds, teachers need to avoid telling students to "do their best" says Dr Tara Porter. In this week's Tes podagogy, she explains why ..read more

In this episode of Tes podagogy, we're joined by Mark Hardman, an associate professor at UCL. He discusses the importance of teacher agency, and how you can ensure you have it in your classroom ..read more

Motivation matters: naturally, we all know this. It’s what drives us, as humans, to behave and act in a certain way. In schools, you’d struggle to find a teacher, or even a pupil, who would say that motivation doesn’t have a part to play in teaching and learning.  However, up until recently the science behind motivation was a mystery to classroom teachers. Peps Mccrea, the dean of learning design at the Ambition Institute, and director of research and development at Steplab, has been a key player in this change. In 2020, he published Motivation Teaching, a book which shifts through the sc ..read more

Tes Podagogy is back with a new season and this week, we return to a 2019 episode with expert John Dunlosky to find out what works - and what doesn't - when it comes to revision ..read more

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss:  Why schools were subject to hacking attacks. The link between vocabulary and behaviour. Why some people end up leading by accident ..read more

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss:  Why remembering names of pupils is important - and harder than it sounds The importance of form time to enhance learning Why ventilation is such a big issue in school this term ..read more

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss:  Why not all research works in all settings What are life-long skills - and do we need to teach them? The perils of teaching a subject that's not your specialism ..read more

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss:  How to create a focused wellbeing approach in school What a jungle school in Indonesia can teach us Books that make you feel good and are worth re-reading ..read more