Dr Bokhove delivered a session at Oxford University on the many forms of ‘instruction.

Direct instruction is a hot topic in school, but discussions about it often end up with people talking past each other, as the term can mean several things. In this talk I will look at different ways of conceptualising ‘direct instruction’, for example as scripted Direct Instruction (in capitals) from the seminal Project Follow Through, lecturing and more interactive teaching like Rosenshine’s ‘explicit instruction’ and ‘active learning’. I will also highlight strengths and limitations of their respective evidence bases. I will frame these more generally as a ‘guidance dilemma’: what amount of guidance do we use in teaching and learning in learners’ journey from novice towards more expert. I will finish with some concrete recommendations.

The slides are here:

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