Bella Nightingale, Assistant Head of Teaching and Learning, at Marlborough College discusses how the College is utilising the very latest thinking to improve learning outcomes for their pupils
It is a privilege to be a teacher. The opportunity to inspire, influence, and educate a future generation is a wonderful responsibility and one that yields deep satisfaction and joy. Excellent teachers are passionate about their subjects, interested in how children learn, care deeply for their pupils, and can capture and hold the attention of classes of different ages, personalities, backgrounds, needs and feelings. Teaching well is, in some ways, an art: some would say, being able to do it effectively is a gift; however, the best teaching is underpinned by an understanding of the science of learning.    How Marlborough College Teachers are Improving Learning Outcomes for Pupils
It has never been a more interesting time to work in education given developments in cognitive science research about the way the brain works and how we learn. It is thanks to academics such as Professor John Hattie and Dr Dylan Wiliam, as well as pedagogics like Kate Jones and Tom Sherrington, that teachers can access the science in a meaningful and practical way; these experts have been driving this movement to take the research into the classroom: an approach we embrace at Marlborough College. 

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