What if the supports we give students could raise the bar instead of lowering it? We sit down with Alex Fairlamb, Trust Teaching and Learning Network Lead and Assistant Principal, and author of The Scaffolding Effect, to unpack how temporary, responsive scaffolds help learners move from guided practice to genuine independence without sacrificing high expectations. We dig into scaffolding as a core part of adaptive teaching: anticipating barriers before a lesson starts, using data and recent ...
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What if the supports we give students could raise the bar instead of lowering it? We sit down with Alex Fairlamb, Trust Teaching and Learning Network Lead and Assistant Principal, and author of The Scaffolding Effect, to unpack how temporary, responsive scaffolds help learners move from guided practice to genuine independence without sacrificing high expectations. We dig into scaffolding as a core part of adaptive teaching: anticipating barriers before a lesson starts, using data and recent ...
42. Scaffold up, don't dumb down! with Alex Fairlamb
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42. Scaffold up, don't dumb down! with Alex Fairlamb
What if the supports we give students could raise the bar instead of lowering it? We sit down with Alex Fairlamb, Trust Teaching and Learning Network Lead and Assistant Principal, and author of The Scaffolding Effect, to unpack how temporary, responsive scaffolds help learners move from guided practice to genuine independence without sacrificing high expectations. We dig into scaffolding as a core part of adaptive teaching: anticipating barriers before a lesson starts, using data and recent ...
Bedrock Talks from Bedrock Learning
What if the supports we give students could raise the bar instead of lowering it? We sit down with Alex Fairlamb, Trust Teaching and Learning Network Lead and Assistant Principal, and author of The Scaffolding Effect, to unpack how temporary, responsive scaffolds help learners move from guided practice to genuine independence without sacrificing high expectations. We dig into scaffolding as a core part of adaptive teaching: anticipating barriers before a lesson starts, using data and recent ...
