Curious about the Science of Learning? Keen to ensure your teaching practice is evidence-based and effective? Take advantage of the opportunity to discuss current educational research and how to make use of it in the classroom with researchers and other teachers tonight at 8pm.

Can’t make the chat tonight? Post questions to 50+ scientists on the site any time to start a discussion about anything that interests you about the Science of Learning.

Note – there are no Learning Zone live chats for the next few weeks as schools break for Easter. Teachers – please post your questions in ASK in the meantime and normal play resumes 16th April.

In the news

Science of Learning – A collection of articles March 2018 – Impact, Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching

Applying the Science of Learning in the Classroom February 2018 – Impact, Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching

Interview with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: ‘It is, strangely, acceptable to mock and demonise teenagers’ – 25th March (Guardian)

Selective schools make no difference to GCSE results, study says – 23rd March (Guardian)

Discussions happening in the Learning Zone

• Mixed-ability classes – good or bad? I know I’m oversimplifying but – all else being equal – is setting good for some and not others, or bad/good for all?
• Is there any research into the effectiveness of what teachers call ‘differentiated’ teaching? Does any of it suggest an optimal approach to teaching method?

• Some reading I’m doing indicates that information is not saved to long term memory with out revisiting while other reading suggests that it moves to long term soon after being in short term and that the issue is with creating context…

Get more from the Learning Zone

Researchers and other teachers will be interested in who is asking questions. Your profile page is how they find out. The more you put in, the more you’ll be able to get out of the Learning Zone. Edit your profile.

Your profile allows you to show your areas of interest so relevant researchers and other teachers can connect with you. You can include your Twitter handle if you wish to network this way. Your profile also includes a record of questions you’ve asked – great evidence for your professional development.

There are a few questions for our evaluation (these remain hidden from your profile) – your support filling these in helps improve the project.

Edit your profile