Edssential article from @shaun_allison :
I’m fortunate to watch a large number of lessons – being taught by brilliant teachers. There are many things that they all do well, but one thing they all have in common is that they are great at modelling. Now it seems fairly obvious that if you want to teach somebody a new skill, you need to break the skill down into the key ‘bits’ and then show them very carefully how to do it – you can’t just expect it to happen by diffusion. In my mind, this is what modelling is. It’s also becoming increasingly obvious to me that it is a key teaching skill that needs to be thought through and planned carefully, if effective learning is going to happen. It’s also key in the development of independence: