Setting The Standard

2 - How we learn

Setting The Standard is a holistic online professional development programme that ensures all teachers across a school deliver the same standard of high quality education.

In This Session, You Will:

  • Understand how students actually learn Explore how information moves from sensory memory to working memory and into long-term memory — and why this matters for every lesson you plan.
  • Learn how to manage cognitive load with confidence
    Discover how to structure explanations, tasks and questions so that students’ working memory isn’t overwhelmed — dramatically increasing understanding.
  • Use scaffolding strategically
    Develop the skill of breaking complex learning into manageable steps, providing the right support at the right time — and removing it as students grow in confidence.
  • Harness the power of chunking and prior knowledge
    Learn how building strong foundations of factual knowledge enables students to tackle increasingly complex material with success.
  • Embed learning for the long-term using spaced retrieval practice
    Master practical techniques to combat the forgetting curve, ensuring students don’t just understand today’s lesson, but remember it weeks, months and years later.

What We Offer

What's included in this online course?

Individual User
2 - How we learn

Comes with:

  • Access for 1 user to Setting The Standard, Session 2 - How we learn.
  • Two videos guiding you through the knowledge and skills of how our brains develop new knowledge and how to create lessons built on this. 
  • Teacher portfolio of evidence with activities, examples and guides to ensure impact in lessons.


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