History Hub Welcomes Matt Bromley

For the final History Hub meeting of the year, we were delighted to have welcomed Matt Bromley, education writer and advisor with over twenty years’ experience in teaching and leadership including as a secondary school headteacher and principal, FE college vice principal, and MAT director. He is a public speaker, trainer, school improvement lead, and a primary school governor. He remains a practising teacher, currently working in secondary, FE and HE settings.

Matt writes for various newspapers and magazines including SecEd, Headteacher Update, SEN Leader, TES, School Business Manager Magazine, Children & Young People Now, Attendance Matters Magazine, and School Inspection & Improvement Magazine. He sits on SecEd’s editorial board and co-hosts their podcast, as well as writes most of their monthly pull-out best practice supplements.

During the session Matt explored teaching and learning strategies, in particular looking at metacognition. He shared a 6-part plan for developing students metacognitive and self-regulation skills;   discussed cognitive load theory and a 3-step learning process focussing on the importance of teacher explanation, modelling and retrieval practice.
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