Sarah explores how schools can enhance student learning by equipping teachers with strategies grounded in Cognitive Science, emphasizing the importance of activating prior knowledge, building connected schemas, and creating meaningful links across the curriculum to foster deeper understanding and long-term retention.
Sarah explores how schools can enhance student learning by equipping teachers with strategies grounded in Cognitive Science, emphasizing the importance of activating prior knowledge, building connected schemas, and creating meaningful links across the curriculum to foster deeper understanding and long-term retention.
Sarah Cottinghatt is the Research Lead at Steplab. She is a former English teacher and experienced teacher educator. She is involved in research on effective professional development and Cognitive Science in schools and supports schools with their teacher training, with particular expertise in coaching. Sarah is the author of Ausubel's Meaningful Learning in Action, and currently co-authoring a book: Coaching for Adaptive Expertise for the InnerDrive series.
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Sarah Cottinghatt is the Research Lead at Steplab. She is a former English teacher and experienced teacher educator. She is involved in research on effective professional development and Cognitive Science in schools and supports schools with their teacher training, with particular expertise in coaching. Sarah is the author of Ausubel's Meaningful Learning in Action, and currently co-authoring a book: Coaching for Adaptive Expertise for the InnerDrive series.
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