The Teaching Space

Highlights Introduction In my teaching practice I am always aware of the need for my learners to regularly engage with material I am teaching them to embed it in their long-term memory. It’s also important they practice retrieval in order to remember (00:40). Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve in under 2 minutes (01:17). Something I have realised while studying my master’s in education is that I don’t pay enough attention to this with my own learning - particularly with what I read. So I did some research and tried a few techniques to help me remember what I read. I will share my approach in this episode (01:55). Materials in Focus This episode focuses non-fiction rather than fiction, and ‘real books’ rather than audiobooks (03:10). 12 non-fiction book target for 2021 (04:32 ). How I Remember What I Read Highlighting is great but not enough - highlights must be revisited (05:57). Add annotations to highlights - what does this highlight mean, why did you highlight it and how is the idea interesting or useful to