Alan Harrison

Alan J. Harrison, MA (Education), BSc (Computer Science), NPQML, MBCS, MCCT is a Senior Professional Development Leader for the National Centre for Computing Education, an associate lecturer at Ada College, an associate tutor at Edge Hill University and an assistant examiner for OCR. He was a secondary Computing teacher for ten years and Head of Computing for five, and wrote the book "How to Teach Computer Science" – see httcs.online for more information.

Forget “yoga Mondays”. Slash workload and increase autonomy if you want to tackle teacher burnout.

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teacher burnout

Introduction Teacher wellbeing is in crisis. The NASUWT Wellbeing at Work Survey 2024 records a record low wellbeing score for teachers. 84% of teachers report rising stress, and 86% say their job harms their mental health [8]. Burnout, as defined by the World Health Organisation in this Education Support blog, is “a syndrome linked to … Read more

What is Social Learning Theory?

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social learning theory

Introduction I’m trying to explain a tricky concept but Nyla and Mimi are whispering. They are both generally good students and will get the work done in the lesson, so I’ll let it slide for now and press on with my explanation. Oh, now Tom and Kaspar are talking. I’ll raise my voice a bit, … Read more