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This is part of a series of blogs detailing a discussion that I had with John Sweller in mid 2017.…
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This is part of a series of blogs detailing a discussion that I had with John Sweller in mid 2017.…
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In mid 2017 I met with John Sweller to ask him a few questions that I had about Cognitive Load…
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Embed from Getty Images A recent article on Education Minister Simon Birmingham’s website entitled ‘Lifting the Bar on Quality Teacher Education‘…
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Continue ReadingFirst Year as Senior Maths HoD: My ResearchED Presentation
Below is my presentation as given at ResearchED Melbourne, 2017. If you’d like a copy with some selected presenters’ notes,…
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