All Developing teaching practice articles
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FeatureTargeted strategies to support good classroom behaviour
Tackle potential behaviour challenges in your chemistry classroom before they arise
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Establish good learning behaviours in the science lab
Discover how to move from reactive to proactive behaviour management
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How knowing your pupils will improve outcomes
Try these ideas to build relationships and manage behaviour effectively
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Put your best foot forward with personalised professional learning
Ensure your CPD is tailored to you and your classroom to improve student outcomes
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Improve students’ understanding of stereoisomers with these evidence-based ideas
Discover three effective methods to help your students understand molecular rotations
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Opinion
Never write another lesson plan template again
Lesson planning is essential, lesson plan templates are not
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Ensure chemistry students get the most out of practical work
Top tips from research to improve understanding and collaboration in practicals
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Support students to make sense of models
How your subject knowledge and teaching knowledge combine to transform students’ understanding
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Tweak your questions to improve students’ problem-solving skills
How changing the format of practice questions can improve learners’ skills
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Boost confidence in STEM
Discover how writing tasks can stimulate learning and boost confidence
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Mechanistic reasoning in the chemistry classroom
Do teachers need to rethink their explanations depending on their teaching context?
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How to apply pedagogical knowledge effectively
Develop your PCK to help students grasp and apply subject knowledge
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Ideas
How to succeed as a new science teacher
Four fab hacks to help you thrive in your first years of teaching science
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Help students transition from primary to secondary
It’s tough growing into a new identity as a secondary school student. Here’s how teachers can help ease the transformation
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Exhibition chemistry
Dynamite soap: The combustion of stoichiometric hydrogen–oxygen mixtures
Add this quick demo to the end of a lesson on squeaky pops to show the dramatic impact of mixing chemicals in the correct proportions
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Ideas
How to bring your CPD from books to the classroom
Four easy steps to develop your teaching through books and articles
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CPD
Teaching observation skills at 11–14
Observation is a key skill for budding chemists. This is how to develop it with your younger students
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What affects students’ self-assessment skills?
A study investigating students’ self-assessed understanding has implications for your practice
