Monday, 2 September 2013

The butterfly effect: sharing simple ideas can have a big impact in schools

Low effort changes have a big impact on school improvement thanks to the butterfly effect. Photograph: Alamy
Tips for teachers have always had an undeserved bad name. When I started teaching in 1962, I couldn't get enough of them but they were in short supply in my theory-dominated PGCE course. I couldn't see the relevance of my tutors' theory and they frowned on my enthusiasm for tips to survive and then thrive. It puzzled me then and it still does. Surely theory becomes relevant with

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