Supporting schools to improve teaching and learning
Improving teaching and learning
Schools that successfully improve the quality of teaching and learning and continually invest in their staff. They:
- encourage honest evaluation.
- talk openly about their strengths and areas for improvement.
- encourage teachers to take reasonable risks and experiment with different approaches, while always keeping the benefits for pupils at the heart of any change.
- focus on monitoring the quality of teaching in relation to how well pupils do over time rather than making simplistic judgements about the quality of teaching by grading individual lessons.
- use research-based evidence to solve teaching problems.
Teaching and learning, and the new curriculum
The 12 pedagogical principles of good teaching and learning1 is vital for schools to consider as they shape the new curriculum for Wales.