Memorable Teaching: Leveraging Memory to Build Deep and Durable Learning in the Classroom, Paperback

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This is a book is for any educator who's interested in understanding how learning and teaching works. From the author of Lean Lesson Planning, this latest instalment in the High Impact Teaching series pulls together the best available evidence around memory and learning, to provide a coherent set of actionable principles that can be used to improve your impact in the classroom. It's about building deep, powerful and enduring learning, by making you a more informed and effective practitioner. --- CONTENTS Act I Preliminaries Why memory? Memory architecture The 9 principles Act II Principles 1: Manage information 2: Orient attention 3: Streamline communication 4: Regulate load 5: Expedite elaboration 6: Refine structures 7: Stabilise changes 8: Align pedagogies 9: Embed metacognition PRAISE FOR LEAN LESSON PLANNING 'This is a great little book for teachers based on robust evidence.' - Carl Hendrick, Head of Learning and Research at Wellington College 'How to improve your teaching by planning better. More importantly: how to improve your teaching by doing fewer things better when you are planning. Things that make teachers' lives simpler like that are few and far between.' - Doug Lemov, Author of Teach Like a Champion 'Breezy recap of best practices in lesson planning. Easy to read, pocket-sized. Useful book for the new or veteran teacher in your life.' - Dan Meyer, Chief Academic Officer, Desmos