Memorable Teaching : Leveraging Memory to Build Deep and Durable Learning in the Classroom

"I doubt you'll find an education book with more useful insights per minute of reading time." Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at UCL

This book is for any teacher or school leader who’s interested in understanding how learning works, and how to optimise their teaching to make it happen. It stitches together the best available evidence from cognitive science and educational research into a coherent set of actionable principles that you can use to improve your impact in the classroom.

Memorable Teaching has been carefully constructed to be a highly efficient reading experience. It is short, sparse and you should be able to read it in about an hour.

Memorable Teaching is the second instalment in the High Impact Teaching series.

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Contents

Act I: Preliminaries

• Why memory?
• Memory architecture
• The 9 principles

Act II: Principles

• 1: Manage information
• 2: Orient attention
• 3: Streamline communication
• 4: Regulate load
• 5: Expedite elaboration
• 6: Refine structures
• 7: Stabilise changes
• 8: Align pedagogies
• 9: Embed metacognition

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Praise for Memorable Teaching

"I can't remember when I have ever read a book that takes such complex ideas and communicates them with sophistication and simplicity." Oliver Caviglioli, Education author & information designer

"A truly excellent book which sets out the science behind learning with remarkable clarity." Mark Enser, Head of Geography at Heathfield Community College

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Praise for other books in the High Impact Teaching series

"A great little book for teachers based on robust evidence." Carl Hendrick, Head of Learning and Research at Wellington College

"Things that make teachers' lives simpler like this are few and far between." Doug Lemov, Author of Teach Like a Champion

"All I can say is that it was everything I’d hoped for and more." Jon Hutchinson, Assistant Head at Reach & Visiting Fellow at Ambition

"Another absolute gem from Peps Mccrea." Helene Galdin-O'Shea, English teacher & researchED organiser

"Peps packs the punches from the first page." Kathryn Morgan, Advisor at TDT & ubergeek

Peps Mccrea is an award-winning teacher educator, designer and social entrepreneur. He is Associate Dean of Learning Design at the Institute for Teaching, and co-founder of edtech startups Staffrm and Numeracy Ready. Peps has three Masters degrees, two small kids, and dances like no one is watching, which is probably for the best. Visit pepsmccrea.com for the full shebang.