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Lorna Smith is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bristol. Here she shares 20 principles of behaviour for learning for training and new teachers.

Essential tips and advice to help you to survive and even thrive during your teacher training.

We’ve drawn on the collective wisdom of Teachit’s editors, all seasoned teachers, to share some of their advice for getting through the challenges of your ECT years.

Lorna Smith and Harry Dodds are both experienced teachers and ITE course leaders. Here they offer their ideas about using Bloom’s taxonomy to plan and structure learning.

Fun, engaging and original ideas for starter activities to help busy teachers with effective lesson planning. Here we share favourite tried and trusted starters from our editorial team of experienced teachers.

Trying something new, whether it's a new revision game, app or activity, can help kick-start the revision process for students who are struggling to get down to it. Here are 20 fresh, creative and fun revision ideas to try in class or at home.

Will Bailey-Watson is a PGCE History leader. Here he discusses how vital it is for students to see why their homework is important.

Helena Thomas is a PGCE English course leader. She believes training teachers need to take their time when teaching poetry to students, and offers a range of strategies to it more meaningful.

Helena Thomas, a PGCE Secondary English tutor, outlines her suggestions and some of the leading research which will help your students to make progress in their writing.

Andy Sammons, teacher, writer and head of department (@andy_samm), warns new teachers to avoid gimmicks and focus on the fundamentals of teaching.

Andy Sammons, author of 'The Compassionate Teacher' and head of department, shares his tips for successful lesson openings and 'do now' tasks to keep students on track.

Andy Sammons (@andy_samm), Head of English and CPD writer, shares his ideas with training teachers about how to embed evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning in your classroom with his 10 top tips.

Sue Wheeler is a former teacher, now specialising in safeguarding. Here she outlines the implications of the statutory safeguarding guidance for training teachers.

Deborah Smith, an experienced paediatric occupational therapist, offers her advice to primary teachers on how to work with children who need additional support with their handwriting.

Joe Dale – an independent languages consultant – shares his top 20 tips for using technology in MFL teaching.