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The Dr Fox Effect: Charisma, subject knowledge and the curse of expertise
Why effective teaching depends less on generic performance and more on knowledge organised for instruction.
 • David Didau
The myth of the portable teacher
What happens when effective teachers transfer into tougher schools
 • David Didau
Why school is the oldest and most effective educational technology
How evolution and culture explain how school have been shaped over time
 • David Didau
The Coaching Trap: Why better teaching depends on better schools
Why coaching needs to focus primarily on leaders rather than teachers
 • David Didau
Five principles for effective retrieval practice
Moving from recognition to recall, from recall to use, and from performance to learning
 • David Didau
The problem with patterns: how good data leads to bad decisions
Collider bias and the misreading of school data
 • David Didau
Five principles of effective feedback
Feedback is powerful, but not reliably helpful. The trick is knowing what you’re trying to change.
 • David Didau
David Didau: The Learning Spy
David Didau: The Learning Spy
The Learning Spy Substack is a sharp, provocative dispatch from the front lines of education, where ideas are tested, myths are challenged, and nothing is taken for granted.
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