Teaching: the best job in the world. Yet, increasingly, it is considered
one of the toughest professions. In recent years, practices have arisen
and become widespread which overcomplicate teaching and increase teacher
workload, while only having a marginal impact on pupil learning.
Simplicity Rules explores how children learn and the most effective
ways to teach them, focusing on achieving results using strategies that
are low effort and high impact, along with a comprehensive framework
underpinning the ideas.
Covering what to teach, talk, practice, starting a lesson, ending a
lesson, and feedback alongside practical methods to reduce workload as
well as simpler and clearer systems to support teachers in the long
term, this book asks:
- Is this the very best use of my time as a teacher?
- What is the learning impact for the child?
- What is the impact on my own workload?
- Are the results worth this effort?
Promoting a simplification of teaching practices, Simplicity Rules is
an essential guide for school teachers of all levels of experience, and
school leaders.
